Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County. It is located in the Willamette Valley region of the Pacific Northwest, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers.
The city covers 145 square miles (380 square kilometers) and is the 26th most populous city in the United States.
Here, below is a rare collection of 44 vintage photos capturing street scenes of Portland from between the 1900s and 1910s.
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| 5th and Morrison, 1912 |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| A red electric pulls the liberty bell past the Circle Theater, 1915 |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| Baker Stock Company in the late 1900s |
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| Broadway in the late 1910s |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| Children (near political signs) in front of the Portland and OK coffee houses, circa 1900 |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| Children walking in Portland’s historic Chinatown, ca. 1900s |
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| Crossing the Willamette from Sellwood, ca. 1900s |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| East 15th and Burnside, 1919 |
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| First traffic signal in Portland SW 3rd Ave and Morrison St., 1915 |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| Fourth street, 1907 |
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| Grand parade on Broadway, 1910 |
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| Jackson Tower, 1918 |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| Lewis Clark Exposition, Summer 1905 |
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| Looking east on Sandy at 37th street, 1915 |
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| Motorcycle club at 4th and Taylor, 1912 |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| Multnomah County Courthouse, circa 1900 |
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| Northeast Weidler Street during ice storm in 1917 |
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| Park School, 1904 |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| Portland railway light & power streetcar special car, 1908 |
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| Portland Rose Parade, 1908 |
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| Ramapo Hotel at 1337 S.W. Washington street, 1918 |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| S.E. Morrison & Water, 1915 |
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| S.W. 3rd Ave & Washington, 1905 |
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| S.W. 3rd avenue, looking North from Morrison, 1910 |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| S.W. 5th and Morrison Street, 1912 |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| S.W. 5th from Washington, 1907 |
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| S.W. Sixth and Yamhill, 1915 |
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| S.W. Washington and Broadway, 1914 |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| Sixth and Taylor streets, 1910 |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| Sixth street, looking North, 1912 |
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| Skidmore fountain, ca. 1910s |
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| Streetcars at Third and Morrison, 1905 |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| The 23rd Avenue steetcar, ca. 1910s |
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| The corner of 23rd and Burnside in 1913 |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| The Heilig theatre, 1912 |
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| The Oregonian Building at S.W. 6th and Alder, 1904 |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| The Quimby House on 4th and Couch, ca. 1910s |
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| Third Street on the Road of a Thousand Wonders in Portland, ca. 1910s |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| Train station, 1913 |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| Union Oil Fire on June 26, 1911 |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| Wagons and businesses along Front Avenue, 1910 |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| Waterfront - foot of Yamhill and Salmon Sts., 1914 |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| West Burnside and SW Washington at 19th, 1910 |
Rare Vintage Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Portland From Between the 1900s and 1910s
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| Women at fountain, ca. 1910s |