Courtyard of the Portland Hotel, also known as the Hotel Portland, showing wrought-iron gate and fence from Sixth Avenue. This gate was purchased by Eric Ladd in the early 1950s and used in his colony of historic buildings in Goose Hollow. Returned to Pioneer Square in the same position in the late 1980s. The gate features a lantern. Sign on left reads, “Gift Shop.” Taken March 22, 1939.

The Portland Hotel, also known as the Hotel Portland, from Sixth Avenue. Taken April 17, 1939.

The Portland Hotel, also known as the Hotel Portland, constructed in 1890, looking west from Yamhill Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. People wait on the sidewalk at a streetcar stop. Taken March 8, 1939.

Courtyard of the Hotel Portland, showing wrought-iron gate and fence from Sixth Avenue. This gate was purchased by Eric Ladd in the early 1950s and used in his colony of historic buildings in Goose Hollow. Returned to Pioneer Square in the same position in the late 1980s. The gate features a lantern. Taken April 17, 1939.

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.

The Portland Hotel, also known as the Hotel Portland, constructed in 1890, looking west from Yamhill Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. People wait on the sidewalk at a streetcar stop. Taken March 8, 1939.

The Portland Hotel, also known as the Hotel Portland, constructed in 1890, looking west from Yamhill Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. People wait on the sidewalk at a streetcar stop. Taken March 8, 1939.

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.

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.

A sternwheeler tugboat pushes cargo through an opening in the Steel Bridge on the Willamette River. The drawbridge is up. Piles of lumber sit on a dock in the foreground. The Burnside Bridge is visible in the background.

A view of the Steel Bridge between the beams of the Broadway Bridge. A sign shows the speed limit is 25 mph.

View of steam plant from First Avenue. A McCracken Brothers truck is in the roadway.

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.”

A large tree stands in the middle of a lumber yard, with stacks of lumber all around.

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.

The Hanley ship, part of the Weyerhaeuser Line, in the Willamette River. Taken from a nearby bridge. Portland Waterfront and west hills are visible in the background.

A man unloads a stack of lumber from a crane attached to a ship. Stacks of lumber are piled high on the dock. The ship’s funnel rises into the air behind the dock. Willamette River is visible in the background.