An outdoor candid portrait of city life in Portland, Oregon. A large brick building, identified as Pantages Vaudville Theater, is situated in the center of the image. Multiple signs, some filled with lights, on the surface of the building advertise the theater. A group of people are gathered near the entrance of the theater and fill the adjacent sidewalk. A man leans on an automobile that is parked on the road next the the theater. Two women, one holding an umbrella, and both dressed in dresses and hats, can be seen walking across the street. The theater building is flanked by two commercial buildings. The building on the right side of the image has the painted words Morgan Building on its surface. Signs, electric lines, potted flowers, street lamps, and a staircase are also visible in the image.
A group of four individuals, two women and two men, picket on a city sidewalk in front of the Governor's Building located in Portland, Oregon. The group is identified as culinary workers and bartenders belonging to a local labor union. The man on the far left of the image is dressed in a hat, turtleneck, trousers, and a piece of material with the handwritten words, Unfair to C.I.O Local 636 and Organized-Labor. The man standing behind him is dressed in a suit and necktie. One of the women is dressed in a hat. Both women wear coats, skirts and hold purses. The sidewalk on which they stand is lined with buildings, businesses, metal balconies, doorways, pedestrians, and signs. Signs that read Silver Grill, Superiot Eats, Mission Orange, and Coca Cola project from the surface of the buildings. Automobiles are parked next to the curb of the sidewalk. Buildings and signs are visible in the distance.
A view of a flooded business district located in Portland, Oregon. A group of people stand in front of a large building that has signs on its surface that read, Morning Oregonian, and Lewis and Dryden Printing Company. Directly below a small triangular pediment near the top of the building is the date AD 1887. Men in small boats holding oars float on the water next to a tall wooden utility pole. A horse harnassed to a covered wagon stands in the water-filled street in front of the building. People are visible looking out of the arched windows of the building. On the front of the building the windows are covered with awnings. On the left side of the image is a small arched building that advertises the Portland and Vancouver Rail Road and Ferry Company. A man stands on a wooden ramp that extends from the doorway of this small arched building.
An outdoor view of a large commercial building located on the corner of Front Street (incorrectly identified as 1st Street) and Pine in Portland, Oregon. The building has a sign on its surface that reads, W.H. McMonies and Company wholesale manufacturers of harness, saddles, horse collars. The building has decorative detailing on its surface and multiple windows. A horse-drawn wagon is parked on the dirt road next to the sidewalk in front of the large building. Other objects visible in the image are utility poles, electric lines, bricks, street lamp, balconies, carriages, and multiple buildings.