Chapter 4

Image from Page 16 in the book, showing the Portland waterfront as it appeared just before World War I. Today these two-story wharves have been replaced with the harbor wall. (Postcard image)

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Image from page 18 in the book, showing a steamer being loaded at a Portland wharf. Scenes like this spelled the end for the era of crimping and shanghaiing on the Portland waterfront. (Postcard image)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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