Peninsula Industrial District photographs
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).
Existence and Location of Copies
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
1200 SW Park Ave.
Portland OR 97205 United States
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