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Lac a Wonica Cleaners (Portland, Or.)

 Organization

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Relf and Thompson families collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1079
Abstract

Photographs and ephemera of Huston Relf and Melvin Thompson, Black residents of a house at 25 NE Prescott Street, in the Albina neighborhood of northeast Portland, Oregon. Photographs include: family in Alabama and Oregon; outings and recreation; street scenes; and the Lac a Wonica Cleaners at 3632 N. Williams Avenue, run by Melvin and Katie Thompson. The materials were found in the house at 25 NE Prescott after it was sold by the estate of Huston Relf in 2000.

Dates: circa 1930-1979