Western Fruit & Produce Company doing business in a cast-iron building at 507 SW Front Avenue. Located on the east side of Front Avenue between Alder and Washington Streets. Taken November 22, 1938. Same subject as Negative No. 400117-1.

View of the city of Portland taken from upper Hall Street.

View of the city of Portland taken from upper Hall Street.

View of the city of Portland taken from the West Hills.

View of the city of Portland taken from above SW Harrison Street. Taken in 1940.

View of the city of Portland and the Goose Hollow area.

The Portland Hotel, also known as the Hotel Portland, looking west from Yamhill Street. People wait on the sidewalk at a streetcar stop. Taken October 18, 1938.

Nighttime view of the Terminal Sales Building, constructed in 1927, viewed from SW Yamhill and Thirteenth, looking NE. A parking lot in front of the building advertises parking for $0.15, day or night. Taken February 28, 1940.

Houses and buildings at the intersection of SW First Avenue and Hall Street. The Hotel Harrison is visible in the background. A sign advertises Board & Room for $5.00 and Meals for $0.25. Taken October 10, 1940.

Houses and buildings at the intersection of SW First Avenue and Hall Street. The Hotel Harrison is visible in the background. A sign advertises Board & Room for $5.00 and Meals for $0.25. Taken October 10, 1940.

123 and 127 SW First Avenue, Oct. 18, 1938. Part of the former Glisan's Block, on the east side of First Avenue just south of SW Ash. Pacific States Rubber Co. conducted business in this location from at least 1919. Sign reads, “Pacific States Rubber Co. M’f’r’s. Quality Leather Belting.” Upstairs is a sign for Wakefield, Fries & Co. Realtors.

Houses and buildings at the intersection of SW First Avenue and Hall Street. A garage is on the corner and the Hotel Harrison is visible in the background. Taken October 8, 1940.

Houses and buildings at the intersection of SW First Avenue and Hall Street. The Hotel Harrison is visible in the background. Taken October 8, 1940.

A streetcar crosses the intersection at SW Front Avenue and Madison Streets. Spear Linoleum Company store is on the corner, with a wrought-iron balcony on the second floor. Taken January 8, 1940.

A busy street scene on the east side of First Avenue, looking north from Alder Street toward Washington Street. A streetcar bound for Oregon City is in the street, along with several pedestrians and automobiles. Greene’s Building, at right, and First National Bank Building, both constructed in 1882, would later be occupied by the Beebe Co., at left. This block was demolished in the early 1950s to make way for the Morrison Bridge ramps. Taken January 17, 1940.

A balcony built in the style of Chinese architecture on the third floor of a building, on the corner of SW Second Avenue and Pine Streets in Chinatown. Several storefronts have signs in Chinese.

The Starr Block on Front Avenue, viewed through a window on the second story of the Miles Building. There are bricks and debris around the window. Cast-iron details of the Starr Block are visible.

Starr Block, Front Avenue at Pine Street. Taken April 10, 1939. Sign in window reads, “For Lease.”

Details of cast-iron work on the Snow Building on Front Avenue, between Oak and Pine Streets. Taken December 13, 1938.

Looking east across SW Front towards Ankeny and Front Avenue. Demolition of Dekum and Reed Building behind the Skidmore Fountain. The pediment and cornice of the Johnson building across Front Avenue is still intact. Signs for Mutual Grocery and Gadsby’s Home Furnisher. Taken March 9, 1939.

View of Skidmore Fountain from Dekum & Reed Block, with surrounding buildings. Hotel Multnomah sign is visible on rooftop. Sign in window of New Market Block, North Wing reads Steckmest & McDougall Inc., Ship Chandlers. Attached to the same strip of film as Negative No. 3991.

View south from Sixth Avenue and Taylor Street. Public Service Building and the Congress Hotel visible at left. Pedestrians and cars in Downtown Portland. Attached to the same strip of film as Negative No. 3992.

Looking west at the Portland waterfront from the east side of the Willamette River. Several industrial buildings, with the west hills rising in the background. Wooden pilings in the Willamette River in the foreground.

Portion of Portland skyline looking northwest from the Beverly Hotel on SW Park and Taylor. A church steeple and a playhouse theatre are both visible.

Demolition of Opitz Building, view from the SE corner of First Avenue and Pine Street, looking across the latter to the Kamm Block. Cast-iron details of the Opitz Building still stand amid the debris of demolition. Taken January 20, 1939.

The Kamm Block sits across the street from the demolition of the Opitz Building, February 5, 1939. Looking from First Avenue along Pine to Front Avenue, to the Kamm Block. The Kamm Building housed the Boxer Fixture Co. Across the street is the Colonial Fixture Shop and an advertisement reading, “Hochfeld Bros. Dealers in Bankrupt Stock.” A large cast-iron pillar lies in the debris. Same subject as Negative No. 390205-1.

Demolition of Opitz Building, SE corner of First Avenue and Pine Street. Two workers on the roof work on demolition. Attached to the same strip of film as Negative No. 3984. Same subject as Negative No. 390131-2.

Demolition of Opitz Building, February 5, 1939. Looking from First Avenue along Pine to Front Avenue, to the Kamm Block. Large piles of debris. Attached to the same strip of film as Negative No. 3990. For near duplicate view, see Negative No. 390205-1