Portland Residential Development, 1940s
New residential development in Portland in the 1940s. The city's housing stock expanded rapidly in the postwar period as wartime industrial workers settled permanently and returning veterans formed new households. Photo-Art Studio documented the city's physical growth across the decade.
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Photo-Art Studio commercial archive (Portland, Oregon); acquired by Stephen Ingham 2001. Bulk donated to Oregon Historical Society 2002–2003 (Org. Lot 791); editorial rights retained.