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Title: Portland, Oregon Flood Year: Unknown
Photo ID: 506 Dimensions: H 5.25" X L 8.5"
Format: Photograph (Sepia) Condition: Poor
Collection: Local History Collection Repository Lake Oswego Library
 
Notes: Scanned as B & W; overexposed in spots. There were major floods in 1890 and 1894. Red stamp on front lower border: 537 Mitchell St., Albina.
Notes on back: Flood looking north on 6th St, Trinity Church on right. [contemporary note]: 109-Portland, misc. [sticker with logo]: Hill Military Academy Portland Oregon. [photographer's stamp]: J. W. Applegate. 537 Mitchell St., Albina.
Duplication rights: Credit Lake Oswego Public Library
Keywords: Willamette River; bridges; rafts; water damage; boats; spires; supports; men; debris; Great Western Livery; Heywood Bros. & Co. Chairs; New Haven Carriage Factory; Portland Cracker Co.; Merchant Hotel; Steel Bridge
Subjects: Buildings -- Commercial; Businesses; Churches; Rivers; Houses; Landscape; Disasters