Multnomah at its Nadir
1979 Was Multnomah’s low point. The school closed, and it was just starting to move from vacant storefronts to its ‘antique row’ phase. These pictures were taken in the summer of 1979. There are few cars on Capitol Highway.
1979 Was Multnomah’s low point. The school closed, and it was just starting to move from vacant storefronts to its ‘antique row’ phase. These pictures were taken in the summer of 1979. There are few cars on Capitol Highway.
By Charlotte Knox and Virginia Fredrickson. Interview for article with Herdis B. McFarland. Originally published in our November 1997 Newsletter. As many of you old timers know (before Barbur Boulevard opened in 1934) we rode to town on the former Southern Pacific “Red Electric” or took the bus up Terwilliger Boulevard Barbur...
Every time I see an image like this, I wonder what the sign must have looked like at night, all lit up, and what Barbur Boulevard looked like when it was a river of neon. The Three Star Restaurant, owned by Brothers Arnold and Victor Harris, was a very...
Portland’s own Burger King, no relation to the national chain. At the NW Corner of SW Barbur Boulevard and SW Terwilliger Boulevard. Gas at the Mobil station is $.32.9 a gallon for regular and $36.9 for premium.
The City of Portland maintains archives full of interesting photos and documents. You can visit them at 1800 SW 6th, Suite 550, or search the archives online at https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/Search
I love these old color photos of Multnomah. From left to right: Hogan’s Tavern, OLCC #73 Liquor store (facade just barely visible to left of right telephone pole, siding same color as Hogan’s Tavern), Maxwell House Appliances, Multnomah Capitol Theater, Beardsley Auto Parts. Detail from first photo showing...
by Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen “The Ransom girl” In 1950, my parents, Don and Mildred Ransom, purchased a new ranch style home, built by the Orth brothers at 4608 SW Maplewood Rd., on the old Borsch Nursery property. My father hired a man with a horse and equipment to grade the embankment...
The Road Through Multnomah When one thinks of Multnomah, one tends to think of the iconic image of the row of buildings at its core, as portrayed in our header, drawn by artist Kaye Synoground. We seldom think of the road that runs between those buildings. Capitol Highway, with its...
A Series of Historical Reprints By Marguerite N. Davis In the 1940s children’s author, historian, and Multnomah resident Marguerite Norris Davis wrote a series of articles on the history of Multnomah for the Multnomah Community Press., a newspaper covering events in Multnomah and other suburbs southwest of Portland, published from 1923 to 1951. This...
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