Chapter 1:
A wide-open city
1858 panoramic of Portland:
Page 2: This image was published in Joseph Gaston's History of Portland. It shows a view of Portland's waterfront from the then-undeveloped east bank of the river in 1858.
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., in the 1880s
Page 3: Jonathan Bourne, Jr., as he appeared in the 1880s, shortly after his arrival in Portland. Art is an oil-on-masonite painting by Leland John of Oregon City.
Portland Harbor in the 1890s
Page 5. A hand-tinted image of ships in the Portland harbor during the 1890s. In the foreground is a large four-masted full-rigged ship. Image is from a lantern slide. Image: OSU Archives.
Arlington Club house, 1910s
Page 7: The clubhouse of the posh, plutocrats-only Arlington Club as seen in the early 1900s. Jonathan Bourne, Jr., was a charter member of the club.
Looking down to waterfront, 1888
Page 11: Two views from Second Street looking down to the water, along Morrison and Washington streets. Second Street was, at this time, the center of Portland's Chinatown. Image: The West Shore
Here are a few other images you might appreciate. Click any one of them to see a larger version on the Oregon Historical Society website:
The Columbia Theatre in downtown Portland, at an intersection I'd identify if I were actually using it. I'd also add a line or two of historically important info about that particular location.
This hand-tinted classic beauty, probably a postcard image, shows Mount Hood as seen from the side of Mount Tabor in 1905. It has absolutely nothing to do with the waterfront, but I needed a vertical color image for this demo page.
This is a view of the Portland Harbor in 1896. This was during the heyday of crimping in Portland's notorious North End — the neighborhood today known as Old Town.
