Photograph showing the exterior of the house at 67 Shaver Street (now North Shaver Street) where A. W. Norblad took the oath of office as governor of Oregon on Sunday, December 22, 1929. Norblad, president of the Oregon Senate, succeeded Governor Isaac L. Patterson after he died of pneumonia on December 21, 1929. According to an Oregon Journal story on Monday, December 23, 1929, the Shaver Street house was the home of Norblad's sister, brother-in-law, and mother. Also see related image No. 371N1885, showing Norblad and his family on the front steps of the house the day he was sworn in.
Photograph showing the front of the home of James F. Failing, located at 243 11th St. (corner of SW 11th and Main). Failing's children John Conner (on steps) and Henrietta Chase (below) can be seen standing in front of the house.
A low angle view of Portland and the Willamette River surrounded by 40 vignettes of structures in the city. Part of Kuchel & Dresel's Pacific Views series.
Collection consists of glass plate negatives that depict Portland residents and houses, circa 1905. Several photographs feature Portland families or residents posing inside or outside their homes. All of the people pictured are unidentified except for a man who is likely Dr. O.C. Blaney, pictured next to a house displaying a sign that bears his name. The negatives do not include information about the locations depicted in the photographs, but the images likely portray early neighborhoods on the east side of the Willamette River. The negatives were found in a house in Northeast Portland, and a few images show places identifiable as the east side of Portland. Subjects include houses, porches, gardens, families, portraits, and construction projects. Other images depict the Oregon Coast and agricultural work.
A crowd of people are gathered outside a house at 8101 N. Portsmouth Avenue. A bus has driven into the house, and can be seen partially inside the front porch area (negative 1 of 7).
A bus that has damaged the porch area of a house at 8101 N. Portsmouth Avenue. Children looking at the bus and the camera can be seen in the foreground of the photograph. A sign on the bus reads “101” and “Fessenden St” (negative 2 of 7).
An adolescent points toward a damaged wall at 8101 N. Portsmouth Avenue, after a bus has damaged the house and porch. Other adolescents and a piano and photographs can be seen in the photograph (negative 5 of 7).
A three-story victorian house in the Hawthorne neighborhood (location not identified). Electric lines can be seen passing through the front of the frame (negative 15 of 25). Original sleeve title: Portland communities - Hawthorne Ave.
Photograph looking east on Hawthorne Boulevard towards SE 55th Avenue. At the end of the street is the Philip Buehner House (5511 SE Hawthorne Boulevard). Original sleeve title: Portland communities - Hawthorne Ave.
Photograph showing a row of multi-story hillside homes in the Linnton community. At the front of the frame is a wooden ramp leading up a small rise to a house, which is overshadowed by large trees (negative 7 of 31). Original sleeve title: Portland communities - Linnton.
Patrolman Elmo Bryant stands on the porch of a home in Northeast Portland, after the apparent murder of Mrs. Irene Cahill, and suicide of Johan Wallin. Snow is on the ground in front of the house, and another man can be seen standing in the driveway (negative 2 of 2).
A wallpapered dining room at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Webb Willis, most likely in the Portland area. Chairs and a table can be seen through a doorway with curtained windows at the far side of the room (negative 1 of 10).
A shingled home at a shipyard trailer camp at N.E. 2nd avenue and N.E. Glisan Street in Portland. The Willamette River can be seen through a tree next to the house (negative 2 of 2).
The exterior of a house, owned by John Hall, at 1115 S.W. King Avenue, in Portland. Originally built at James A. Dougherty, the Colonial Revival style house features columns and an upper porch. The house is located in the Goose Hallow neighborhood (negative 1 of 3).
The exterior of homes owned by Robert S. Farrell (left, 1131 S.W. King Avenue), and John Hall (right, 1115 S.W. King Avenue), in Portland (negative 3 of 3). See also: negative 1304_1
The exterior of a Victorian style home belonging to Charles Samuel Jackson in Portland. Jackson established the Oregon Journal daily newspaper in Portland (negative 2 of 2).
A house, most likely at 1436 S.W. Taylor Street in Portland. An Oregon Humane Society vehicle is parked in front of the house, in order to remove seventeen ex-alley cats after the death of their owner, Mrs. Bessie Sweet. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Saturday, March 26, 1949 (negative 2 of 7).
An estate owned by Mary F. Failing, at 01679 S.W. Greenwood Road in Dunthrope, a suburb of Portland. An automobile is parked in the driveway at the front of the home. Fred H. Swift purchased the home in 1950. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, August 6, 1950 (negative 1 of 11).
An unidentified mid-century home in the Portland area, photographed during a landscape tour for students from the University of Oregon and Oregon State College. A living room, holding a grand piano, rock wall, and fireplace, looking out from a high vantage point. A story published before the trip appeared in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, May 11, 1952 (negative 12 of 16).
Landscape students from the University of Oregon and Oregon State College on a landscape tour in the Portland area. Several students can be seen sitting on a lawn in front of an unidentified mid-century house. A story published before the trip appeared in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, May 11, 1952 (negative 2 of 16).
An unidentified mid-century home in the Portland area, photographed during a landscape tour for students from the University of Oregon and Oregon State College. A lawn area is surrounded by a containment wall on one side. A story published before the trip appeared in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, May 11, 1952 (negative 3 of 16).
An unidentified mid-century home in the Portland area, photographed during a landscape tour for students from the University of Oregon and Oregon State College. The house is perched on the side of a hill, looking towards trees in the distance. A story published before the trip appeared in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, May 11, 1952 (negative 5 of 16).
A mid-century home, owned by Clarence E. Francis, at 2331 S.W. Scholls Ferry Road. Looking down a hill, the one-story home surrounds a courtyard area, looking towards an area of trees and hills (negative 1 of 5).
The interior of a mid-century home, owned by Clarence E. Francis, at 2331 S.W. Scholls Ferry Road. The rooms appears to be a living room and library, featuring a wooden vaulted ceiling and looking towards a front door (negative 2 of 5).
Grace Kern standing in front of the Georgian home built in 1915 by her father in NE Portland, at 1421 N.E. 21st Avenue. She stands in an arched entrance-way, holding enveloped in her hands. The home was sold to the Lloyd Corporation in 1953 for development. Kern moved several architectural elements from the home to her new residence in southwest Portland. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, July 31, 1953 (negative 1 of 8).
The interior of a Georgian home owned by Grace Kern, at 1421 N.E. 21st Avenue. The home was built by Kern’s father in 1915 before being sold to the Lloyd Corporation in 1953 for development. A tea cart is next to an ornate fireplace, over which I painting of a woman hangs. Kern moved several architectural elements from the home to her new residence in southwest Portland. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, July 31, 1953 (negative 3 of 8).
Grace Kern playing an accordion for a caged bird (parrot?), at her home at 1421 N.E. 21st Avenue. The home was built by Kern’s father in 1915 before being sold to the Lloyd Corporation in 1953 for development. She looks intently at the cage where the bird hangs onto the side with its claws and beak. Kern moved several architectural elements from the home to her new residence in southwest Portland. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, July 31, 1953 (negative 4 of 8).
The exterior of a Georgian home owned by Grace Kern, at 1421 N.E. 21st Avenue. The home was built by Kern’s father in 1915 before being sold to the Lloyd Corporation in 1953 for development. Trees and shrubs can be seen around the house, next to a tightly manicured lawn. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, July 31, 1953 (negative 7 of 8).