As promised here’s the second set of photos scanned from the Albina Neighborhood Improvement Project, courtesy of Cat Winterfox, Spooky Moon Books The Green Fingers Project gave out plots, seeds, plants and instructions on how to garden. Here are two of the leaders posing in front of some of the plots. Work being done on… Read More Albina Neighborhood 1968-1969, redux
If this post seems like deja vu all over again, it’s because I’m re-scanning many of the images that were lost when Stumptown Confidential took the dive. The Barbary Coast Lounge at the Hoyt Hotel helped fuel the Roaring 20s revival back in the 1960s. With Harvey Dick at the helm, guests were treated to… Read More The Barbary Coast at the Hoyt Hotel
Roy’s Pancake Corral in Baker, Oregon, promised 16 varieties of pancakes served all day and a western style chuckwagon every evening: The other location, in downtown La Grande, Oregon, served chuckwagon every day and invited hungry Oregonians to “come as you are,” as opposed to come as you were I guess. Not big on the… Read More Roy’s Pancake Corral and Chuckwagon
Caution: Lots of different thoughts in one post. Oregon is a wonderful place to come back to. All it takes is a two-day drive through Wyoming, Utah and Idaho to really realize how special this state is. No offense to Wyoming, Utah or Idaho – the I-84 isn’t supposed to show off each state –… Read More Road trips, guerilla historic preservation and Vintage Roadside
Scenes of the dining room and and lobby of Willamette Lutheran Homes – which is still around.
Now a Holiday Inn, the hotel boasted air conditioning, electric heat, heated pool free coffee and and room phones. Nothing too spectacular – but it should be noted that it was seven miles to Safariland. Which reminded me of Lion Country Safari in Irvine in Southern California. I remember that place well when I was… Read More Roseburg Travelodge
Look a bit closer. Yeah, I thought it was the Hawthorne Bridge when I picked this card up. It’s not. It’s the Carlton Bridge that spans the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. Looks like a newer, modern bridge was built right next to it at some point. Bummer. Not sure if it’s in use.
From the back of the postcard: One of Portland’s finer hotels. Contains 550 rentable rooms as well as many banquet rooms. Also home of the well known Stirrup Room. Here are some exterior shots of the Stirrup Room and the hotel. If you look closely you can see the cowboys: and: Another postcard reveals that… Read More The Stirrup Room in the Multnomah Hotel
Lost Oregon 