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Burnside Bridge (Portland, Or.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Allen and Lewis records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 786
Abstract

Records of a mercantile firm in Portland, Oregon, that was founded by Cicero Hunt Lewis and Lucius H. Allen. The records date mainly from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and include financial ledgers, business correspondence, real estate and land records, contracts, stock certificates, and materials relating to the widening of West Burnside Street in downtown Portland, due to construction of the Burnside Bridge. The collection also includes papers relating to George Good.

Dates: 1853-1931

Book of congratulatory pigeongrams sent for Burnside Bridge opening

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 917
Abstract

Bound volume of "pigeongrams" (messages sent by pigeon) from political figures, congratulating Portland Mayor George L. Baker and Oregon Governor Walter M. Pierce on the opening of the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon. The Burnside Bridge opened in May 1926, replacing an older bridge of the same name from the 1890s, and was still operational in 2022.

Dates: 1926 May