[(Charles F. Berg) Convertible Buick sedan parked in front of Berg's clothing store on Morrison, plastered with collegiate-style slogans, 'Celebrating College Week At Berg's.]
A woman stands behind the counter of the Mears Meat Market and Grocery located in Portland, Oregon. The store is stocked with packaged food products that are stacked on shelves and in display cases. Perishable food items like meat, cheese, milk, and baked goods are stored in glass display cases. On top of these display cases are food products, scales, rolls of paper in paper holders, and a spool of thread. Behind the counter is a wooden shelf, on which a metal fan sits and where two saws and a hatchet hang. Located below the shelf is a scale on top of a wooden table. Crepe paper decorations are strung from the ceiling of the store. In the center of the store is a wooden beam, and wire baskets filled with produce, including apples and potatoes. Other objects visible include light bulbs that hang from the ceiling and a poster for Heinz ketchup.
A view of the facade of the Hollywood Theater located in Portland, Oregon. The facade of the theater is ornately decorated with sculptures, arched niches, and columns. A marquee advertising the movie Professional Soldier, and The Lady Consents extends over a small ticket booth. A tall sign partially visible above the marquee reads, Hollywood. Surrounding the walls near the entrance doors of the theater are movie posters advertising the featured movies. The theater is flanked by stores that advertise chocolate, jewelry, and Jantzen products. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk in front of the theater. In the foreground of the image is a paved street.
A horse-drawn wagon and driver situated in front of a fountain identified as the Skidmore Fountain. Two horses harnessed to the wagon drink from the fountain as the driver looks on. He is dressed in a hat, jacket with pockets, trousers, and boots. From the wooden covered wagon hangs a torn tarp that conceals the wagon's contents. The fountain's base is octagonal with two central sculpted females in draped clothing supporting a bowl from which water flows. Behind the wagon a sign on a builidng reads, Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office. In the background are buildings and streets that are part of this business district.
Five women and twelve children pose next to a jungle gym in front of a large brick building that has been identified as an Albertina Kerr home. Four of the women dressed in either skirts and tops or dresses stand holding children. One woman is seated on the grass with five children surrounded by books. Three children stand on the jungle gym. The building in the background is made of brick and wood. Multiple windows, some arched, line the front of the building. Above the arched windows are circular emblems with a figure in the center. Shrubs and trees line the exterior of the building.
A large ship, identified as the U.S.S. Relief, floats under the Saint John's Bridge in Portland, Oregon. The suspension bridge has two tall towers with spires. The bridge is attached to land that is filled with streets, trees, and dwellings. On the right side of the image a warehouse next to a dock that is filled with lumber. Large logs are visible floating near the bank of the river. In the foreground of the image tree limbs and boats are partially visible.
A woman, identified as Queen Dorothy of the Portland Rose Festival sits in an elaborately detailed carriage. She is dressed in a gown with frills, a tiara, and holds a scepter. The carriage has detailed carvings of plants, flowers, and tassels on its surface. On top of its roof is an object in the shape of a crown. Attached to the front and rear of the carriage are pairs of winged figures that hold horns to their mouth. The carriage is located in an arena with covered grandstands visible in the background. A small tower topped with a flag attached to a flagpole is situated in front of the grandstand.
[Broadway in Portland, OR looking north from Alder. Owl Drug Co. in foreground; Hotel Broadway and Liberty Theater marquee in background; autos and streetcar in street.]
Five individuals pose on a float decorated for the Rose Festival parade. A woman on the far right side of the float is seated in a chair with a tall back that is raised on a platform. Two cherubs hold a crown attached to the pointed back of the chair. A tall architectural structure with a marble finish, columns, and detailed eaves is visible directly behind the cherubs. The seated woman is dressed in a flowing gown and wears a crown and flowers in her hair. In front of the lady are two women. One of the women stands dressed in a long gown. The other is seated dressed in a long skirt, long sleeved top, and layered material surrounding her face. Two children, with this same layered material surrounding their faces, stand in a large vase-shaped container with a lion head on its surface. Surrounding them is a curved roof structure with light bulbs on its surface that is supported by four twisting columns. The surface of the float is lined with lightbulbs and is decorated with a butterfly, and large flowers with leaves. On the front of the float hangs a sign that reads 16 Rosebuds Oregon's Crowning Glory. The float is situated on railroad tracks that are visible beneath the float. A large sheer piece of material hangs behind the float partially concealing a large classically styled building with a pediment and columns. Grass fills the foreground of 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.
[Corner of Broadway & Taylor, SW corner looking NE, Portland Hotel in BG. Before Jackson Tower. Three women drinking from water fountain on street, Portland.]
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.