Black-and-white photograph: Broadway Boulevard, Portland, 1950s. Location: Portland, Oregon. Date: c. 1950s.

Broadway Boulevard, Portland, 1950s

c. 1950s  ·  Portland, Oregon

Broadway Boulevard in downtown Portland in the 1950s, with period automobiles along the city's central north-south corridor. Photo-Art Studio's 1950s-era downtown coverage documents the streetscape immediately before urban-renewal demolitions reshaped large sections of central Portland.

Date
c. 1950s
Location
Portland, Oregon
Archive ID
R12657-27
Photographer
Photo-Art Studio (Portland, Oregon)
Format
16-bit TIFF master · scanned from original negative
Broadway BlvdPortland Street SceneVintage Cars1950s

Photo-Art Studio commercial archive (Portland, Oregon); acquired by Stephen Ingham 2001. Donated to the Oregon Historical Society in two parts — the bulk in 2002–2003 and the remainder in 2007 (Org. Lot 791); editorial rights retained.

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