Black-and-white photograph: Broadway and Paramount Theaters, Portland, 1930. Location: Portland, Oregon. Date: 1930.

Broadway and Paramount Theaters, Portland, 1930

1930  ·  Portland, Oregon

Downtown Portland at night, showing the illuminated marquees of the Broadway and Paramount Theaters. The Paramount marquee advertises "Ladies Love Brutes" with George Bancroft, released April 1930, which dates the frame; the Broadway opposite bills Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. The Heathman Hotel, RKO Orpheum, Rialto and Music Box signs are also visible, with streetcar tracks running down Broadway.

Date
1930
Location
Portland, Oregon
Archive ID
R3311-3
Photographer
Photo-Art Studio (Portland, Oregon)
Format
16-bit TIFF master · scanned from original negative
Broadway TheaterParamount TheaterPortland OregonTheater District1930s

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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