Tape 1, Side 2. This oral history interview with Alfred Krohn was conducted by Charles Digregorio at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, Oregon, on November 17, 1976, as part of the oral history program at the society's research library.

In this interview, Krohn discusses his family background and speaks at length about the career of his father, Robert Krohn, as a music and physical education teacher in Portland. He shares his memories of the Multnomah Athletic Club in the early 20th century, talks about the Prince Lucien Campbell family, and describes the children's parade during Portland's early Rose Festivals. He also discusses the importance of making sports accessible to children, lists programs offered by the Multnomah Athletic Club, and talks about other athletic clubs and organizations in the Pacific Northwest.

Tape 1, Side 1. This oral history interview with Alfred Krohn was conducted by Charles Digregorio at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, Oregon, on November 17, 1976, as part of the oral history program at the society's research library.

In this interview, Krohn discusses his family background and speaks at length about the career of his father, Robert Krohn, as a music and physical education teacher in Portland. He shares his memories of the Multnomah Athletic Club in the early 20th century, talks about the Prince Lucien Campbell family, and describes the children's parade during Portland's early Rose Festivals. He also discusses the importance of making sports accessible to children, lists programs offered by the Multnomah Athletic Club, and talks about other athletic clubs and organizations in the Pacific Northwest.

Photograph showing ten hockey players standing in a row outside a building. They are holding hockey sticks and wearing skates and pads. Most of the players are wearing jerseys bearing the winged “M” logo of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club (now the Multnomah Athletic Club).

Portrait of two unidentified men posing with hockey sticks and a goal on the street outside a building. They are wearing matching uniforms, hockey gloves, and skates. Their uniforms have the winged “M” emblem of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club on the front. (The club is now known as the Multnomah Athletic Club).

Portrait of an unidentified man posing with a hockey stick in the street near a building. He is wearing a hockey jersey, gloves, shorts, leggings, and skates. The winged “M” emblem of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club is visible on the front of his jersey. (The club is now known as the Multnomah Athletic Club.)

Portrait of an unidentified man posing with a hockey stick in the street near a building. He is wearing a hockey jersey, gloves, shorts, leggings, and skates. The winged “M” emblem of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club is visible on the front of his jersey. (The club is now known as the Multnomah Athletic Club.)

Portrait of an unidentified man posing with a hockey stick and goal outside a building. He is wearing a jersey and hockey shorts, gloves, leggings, and skates. The winged “M” emblem of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club is visible on the front of his jersey. (The club is now known as the Multnomah Athletic Club.)

Portrait of an unidentified man posing with a hockey stick on the sidewalk outside a building. He is wearing a jersey and hockey gloves, shorts, leggings, and skates. The winged “M” emblem of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club is partially visible on the front of his jersey. (The club is now known as the Multnomah Athletic Club.)

Portrait of a man posing with a hockey stick on an ice-covered rooftop or balcony. He is wearing a Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club uniform, hockey gloves and skates. The name “A. C. Smith” is written on the negative and is visible on the right side of the image. The Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club is now known as the Multnomah Athletic Club.

Portrait of a man posing with a hockey stick in the street outside a building. He is wearing a Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club uniform, hockey gloves, and skates. (The club is now known as the Multnomah Athletic Club.) The name “Pountney [sic]” is written on the negative and is visible on the right side of the image.

Three men standing in front of a ski jump at the 1953 Portland Rose Festival. The jump has been built at Multnomah Stadium, supported by visible scaffolding. Skiers can be seen on the slope of the jump, in front of the Multnomah Athletic Club building (negative 1 of 7).

A ski jump built at Multnomah Stadium for the 1953 Portland Rose Festival. The wooden jump is supported by an extensive network of supports, which can be seen in front of the clubhouse for the brick Multnomah Athletic Club (negative 4 of 4).

Swimmers toss another women into a pool during an annual state high school invitation swim meet, at the Multnomah Athletic Club pool. The tossed swimmer can be seen in midair, as the other laughing players stand at the edge of the pool (negative 4 of 10).

Swimmers at the annual state high school invitation swim meet, at the Multnomah Athletic Club pool. Two women can be seen approaching a wall during a heat, both wearing swim caps (negative 6 of 10).

Swimmers at the annual state high school invitation swim meet, at the Multnomah Athletic Club pool. Several of the swimmers are wearing swimsuits with a winged M, representing the Multnomah Athletic Club. They appear to be cheering as a group for other swimmers from the edge of the pool (negative 2 of 10).

Multnomah Athletic Club swimmers in a boat, waving towards the camera. The boat is docked on a piece of wood in a grassy area, and the women all wear swim suits with a winged M on the front (negative 4 of 7).

Multnomah Athletic Club swimmers with coach Phil Hansel. Taken from above and looking downward, the group is seated on a diving boards at the Multnomah Athletic Club pool. The women are wearing bathing suits with a winged M on the front and Hansel is pointing upward with one hand (negative 6 of 7).

Swimmers diving into a pool at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland. Several swimmers are standing on diving blocks over the water, with another swimmer in between. A coach (Jack Cody?) stands behind looking towards the pool (negative 2 of 4).

Two swimmers, likely including Suzanne Zimmerman on the right, stand at the edge of a swimming pool with coach Jack Cody, at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland (negative 10 of 12).

Jack Cody walks arm-in-arm with five swimmers from the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, including swimmers Mary Anne Hansen, Nancy Merki, Suzanne Zimmerman, Brenda Helser, and Bernice Lindsay. The women are wearing matching uniforms with a flying “M” logo (negative 1 of 4).

Nancy Merki (left) and Suzanne Zimmerman each kiss a check of Jack Cody, swim coach for the Multnomah Athletic Club. Merki and Zimmerman, wearing leis, had just returned to Portland from a competition event in Hawaii. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, September 7, 1947 (negative 1 of 3).

Swimmers cheer for teammates at the edge of a pool during a city championship meet at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland. Billie Atherton in the middle, wearing a robe? A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, January 30, 1949 (negative 3 of 4).

Swimmers diving into a pool at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland, during a city championship meet. Several women are in mid-air as they jump off the side of the pool, with onlookers watching the sides. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, January 30, 1949 (negative 1 of 4).

Lavelle Flannery, of the Portland Aquatic Club, makes a turn during a city championship swim meet at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland. Other swimmers kneel at the edge of the pool cheering for Flannery. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, January 30, 1949 (negative 2 of 4).

An aerial view, looking north, showing Multnomah Stadium in Portland, and the surrounding neighborhood. Two sides of the field are surrounded by covered stadium seating, with the Multnomah Athletic Club building at the far end. Photographed with a K-25 camera (negative 13 of 14).

Swimmers from the Multnomah Athletic Club, wearing winged “M” bathing suits and standing in a line. The women are holding into a wall and leaning forward (negative 2 of 4).

Swimmers from the Multnomah Athletic Club, wearing winged “M” bathing suits and sitting on a diving board. The photograph is taken from a high angle looking downward (negative 1 of 4).

Two wrestlers competing during a match at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland. One man is holding the other around the waist, with this legs in the air, while referees or coaches stand to the side. A second floor balcony can be seen at the back of the room (negative 2 of 12).