View of a 2-story house in Portland. The house sits on an intersection of 2 dirt roads. It features a wrap-around porch. On the corner, an electric pole and lines provide electricity to the neighborhood. The sidewalk in front of the house is made of wooden planks.

View of a building with a crucifix finial on the roof in Portland. A dirt road runs in front of the building.

Two horses stand on a dirt road in Portland. They wear blinders and have reigns around their necks. The road appears to be a residential street that passes several houses in the background.

A man sits on the front porch of a 2-story house in Portland. A little girl sits on his lap. The sidewalk in front of the house is made of wooden planks. A dirt road runs in front of the house. On the left, a large pile of wood sits on the road in front of the house.

A team of men pose with over a dozen mules and horses at a construction site in Portland. Equipment attached to the mules is used to clear land for a new street. A neighborhood of houses is visible in the background.

A woman wearing a long, white dress stands on a muddy road. She carries a bundle of leafy branches in her right hand. She wears glasses and looks at the camera. This woman is also portrayed in OrgLot1417_035.

Photograph taken next to the Interstate Bridge showing electrified street lights. Trees can be seen to the sides of the bridge and in the distance.

Photograph at Linneman Junction, at Troutdale Division, Powell Valley Road. Railroad tracks can be seen on the left side of the frame. A car is parked next to a road and wooden building. Electric lines are visible throughout the image. “Fisk Core Tires” and “Union Gasoline” signs are visible.

Photograph of Eastwood Station, Mt. Hood Division, Baseline Road. A train track crosses a road, with a small wooden building on the ride side with “Eastwood” sign. A vehicle can be seen in the distance driving towards the camera.

Photograph of Fairview Station (Troutdale Division, Ducklane Rd., Gresham, Fairview Road), looking down a dirt road with hills and trees in the distance. At the left side of the road, three suited men stand under an electric line, and a car is parked on the roadside to the right with an open door.

An unpaved road winds through Hoyt Arboretum in Washington Park in Portland, Oregon. Trees both large and small grow on either side of the road. There is a large tree trunk in the foreground, in front of the road. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on September 15, 1957 on the cover of the Northwest Living section (negative 4 of 13).

Vernetta Stream Judd, of 2733 S.E. 84th Avenue, walking with a baby and guide dog. The baby appears to be riding in a front carrier as the dog guides Judd down a dirt road (negative 2 of 3).

Freshly fallen snow near the George Hidoff farm, at N.W. Skyline Boulevard and N.W. Springville Road in Portland. Automobile tracks can be seen in the snow, with a wooden barn building across the road (5 of 12).

A road is being constructed through a wooded area, with a hillside covered in masonry stone. People, vehicles, and tools can be seen throughout the frame. A house on top of a hill is in the distance (negative 1 of 15).

A tunnel looks out at a road under construction, with trees and hills in the background. Men with shovels stand on what appears to be freshly laid gravel. A car and excavator can also be seen in the background (negative 3 of 15).

An aerial view of a dirt road winding along a hillside in Forest Park, Portland (negative 6 of 10).

A dirt street through Meadow Lark Village, an independent war production housing camp in the Portland area. Small cobbled together homes can be seen on either side of the street. In the distance is a child walking away from the camera. A photograph from this series was published on page 4D of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, June 25, 1944 (negative 2 of 5).

An aerial view of a dirt road winding along a hillside in Forest Park, Portland (negative 2 of 10).

An aerial view of Forest Park in Portland, looking east. The Willamette River and downtown Portland can be seen in the distance. Several dirt roads can be seen on a ridge in the park (negative 4 of 10).

Workers move dirt and large rocks from a hillside while constructing West Burnside Road. Wooden carts on a track are filled with dirt, next to men with shovels. Trees and more workers can be seen in the distance (negative 14 of 17).

Freshly fallen snow near the George Hidoff farm, at N.W. Skyline Boulevard and N.W. Springville Road in Portland. Two mailboxes are next to the road, including a box for the “Journal.” Two automobiles can be seen on the road in the distance (negative 2 of 12).

Ramshackle houses line a dirt road at a shipyard trailer camp at N.E. 2nd avenue and N.E. Glisan Street in Portland. At the right side of the frame is a trailer with a “For Sale” sign in the window (negative 1 of 2).