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Peninsula Industrial District photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1341

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of 39 black and white photographs mounted on cloth backing, which were originally bound in a booklet. The photographs, dating between approximately 1915 and 1920, depict scenes of the Peninsula Industrial District in North Portland, Oregon, and surrounding neighborhoods. Stamped on the back of one image and the original booklet cover is the text: "Alfred A. Aya, Industrial Agent / Peninsula Industrial District / Corbett Building, Portland, Oregon." Most of the photographs depict mills, factories, and other industrial facilities, and include identifying information in the image. Identified places and businesses include the Coast Culvert & Flume Co.; the Columbia Sub-Station of the Portland Railway, Light, and Power Company; the L. Moore Dry Kiln Co.; the Livestock Exchange; the Millmade Construction Co.; the Monarch Mill; National Tank and Pipe Co.; the Nicolai Door Manufacturing Co.; North Portland Box Company facilities; the North Portland harbor; the Oregon Scouring Mills; the Pacific Cement Pipe Co.; the Porter-Scarpelli Macaroni Co.; Portland Stove Works; the Portland Union Stockyards; the Standifer shipyard; the Swift & Co. packing plant; the West Coast Box & Lumber Co.; and the Western Spar Co. The photographs also include unidentified residential scenes and buildings. The photographer or photographers are unidentified.

Dates

  • Creation: approximately 1915-1920

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder in shared box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Collection consists of 39 black and white photographs that were originally bound in a booklet. The photographs primarily depict mills, factories, and other industrial facilities in the Peninsula Industrial District in North Portland, Oregon, and surrounding neighborhoods.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Jerry Myers, March 2003 (Lib. Acc. 25071).

Processing Information

Photographs were removed from original binding for preservation purposes.

Title
Guide to the Peninsula Industrial District photographs
Status
Completed
Date
2012; revised 2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository

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