Photograph showing an addition under construction at the Montgomery Ward warehouse in Portland in March 1936. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 5, Section 2, of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, March 29, 1936, under the headline “Pouring Third Floor Block at Ward’s.” The photograph had the following caption: “Building activity is at high gear on this $750,000 project at Montgomery Ward & Co. mail order and retail center at N. W. 27th avenue and Vaughn Street, as 150 men push the nine-story addition into the air.” The photograph accompanied a story headlined “Montgomery Ward Project On Schedule.” Image note: The text “Mont - Ward 3/26/36” is written on the negative and is faintly visible in the lower right corner of the image.

Photograph showing the exterior of the nine-story Montgomery Ward warehouse in Portland. See related image No. 376G0324. Image note: The text “Montgomery Ward construction” is written on the negative sleeve.

Photograph showing the exterior of the nine-story Montgomery Ward warehouse in Portland. The text “Montgomery Ward Bldg 1920” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image No. 376G0325.

Photograph showing the exterior of the nine-story Montgomery Ward warehouse in Portland. The text “Montgomery Ward Bldg 1920” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image No. 376G0323.

Photograph showing the exterior of the nine-story Montgomery Ward warehouse in Portland. See image No. 376G0168. Image note: The text “Montgomery Ward Bldg 1920” is written on the negative sleeve.

Photograph showing the exterior of the nine-story Montgomery Ward warehouse in Portland in September 1920, several months before it opened. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 6 of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, September 5, 1920, under the headline “Montgomery Ward Building at Guilds Lake.” The photograph had the following caption: “Pacific coast distributing headquarters of Montgomery Ward & Co., located on a 10-acre tract bounded by Twenty-Seventh, Twenty-ninth, Wilson, and Vaughn streets. The plant will begin operations with 1000 employes [sic] about January 1.” The photograph accompanied a story about the building, headlined “Montgomery Ward Plant to Open January 1.” Also see image No. 376G0168, which may be related. Image note: The text “Montgomery Ward construction” is written on the negative sleeve.