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View of industrial plants from Derby Street Viaduct

This photograph depicts various buildings that were photographed from the Derby Street viaduct in the Peninsula Industrial district. The Pacific Cement Pipe Company is prominently featured in the photo. In the background, from left to right, are a Feed and Coal company, National Tank and Pipe company, and the Portland Stone Works company. Train tracks bisect the area between the buildings.

The View Restaurant

This photograph depicts a street scene outside The View Restaurant and Kenton Mercantile Company in North Portland. Multiple Model T Fords are parked on the street, and a trolley is visible in the background. The trolley ran down Denver Avenue, and this is likely the intersection of Denver Avenue and Kilpatrick Street. The building with rounded windows in the background is the Kenton Bank Building, located at 8203 North Denver Avenue. At the time this photograph was taken, the trolley would have been operated by the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company.

Swift Avenue North Portland

This photograph depicts an exterior view of the Livestock Exchange on Swift Avenue in North Portland. Smokestacks and a water tower displaying "Portland Union Stockyards" are visible in the background, along with two vehicles and train tracks.

North Portland Harbor

This photograph depicts an outdoor scene of the North Portland Harbor and Port of Portland. A note on the photograph mentions that "North Portland Harbor and North Portland are served by five transcontinental railroads and deep water to the sea."

Nicolai Door Manufacturing Company

This photograph depicts an exterior view of the Pacific Fixture and Cabinet Company in the Peninsula Industrial district in North Portland. The building marked "Nicolai Door Manufacturing Company," is difficult to see, but it is in the background, to the right of the building marked as a warehouse. A business sign for the Porter-Scarpelli Macaroni Manufacturing Company can be seen in the distance on the right.

Millmade Construction Company

This photograph depicts the exterior of the Millmade Construction Company located in the Peninsula Industrial District in North Portland. Originally located at 504 Hood Street, Millmade Construction Company relocated to 1601 North Union Avenue in 1919. Millmade Construction Company began manufacturing prefabricated homes in 1920.

L. Moore Dry Kiln Company

This photograph depicts the exterior of the L. Moore Dry Kiln Company located in North Portland. "L. Moore" likely refers to Lafayette Moore, who owned the facility. The Moore Dry Kiln Company originated in Jacksonville, Florida and established this North Portland location circa 1919.

Portland Union Stockyard

This photograph depicts an outdoor scene of the Portland Union Stockyards in North Portland. Cattle are enclosed in wooden pens, and a sign for Swift and Company meat packing plant is visible in the background. Several people stand near the pens or are in horseback.

North Portland Harbor

This photograph depicts various buildings at the North Portland Harbor, next to the Columbia River. A sign for the Swift and Company meat packing plant is visible in the background, along with the Interstate Railway Bridge in the distance, with a trolley and train tracks in the foreground. A note on the photograph mentions "North Portland Harbor and Inter-state RY. Bridge." RY may refer to railyard.

North Portland box factory

This photograph depicts the exterior of a box manufacturing mill in the Peninsula Industrial district of North Portland. Various buildings and machinery stand atop a wooden dock, with a Union Pacific rail car in the center of the image, with wooden boards stacked nearby.

J.E. Moore of the Evening Repair Shop at the Portland Rose Festival Floral Parade

This photograph depicts a group of people posing on The Evening Repair Shop float at the Portland Rose Festival Floral Parade. A note on the photograph mentions the photograph is from Joe Brown's collection, and that The Evening Repair shop was owned by J.E. Moore. This name may refer to James Earl Moore, who was a bike and appliance mechanic operating in Portland, Oregon. A Model T Ford is seen in the background.

Brown, Joseph Stephen, 1889-1960

FW Keenan Bicycle Repair

This photograph depicts an interior view of FW Keenan's bicycle repair shop located at 190 Southwest 4th Street in Portland, Oregon. The owner of Joe's Bicycle Repair Shop, Joseph Brown, started his career as a machinist and bike mechanic at Keenan's repair shop in 1912. A note on the photograph mentions the name "Brown" is spelled out in sprockets on the right wall.

Brown, Joseph Stephen, 1889-1960

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