Black-and-white photograph: Portland Residential Development, 1940s. Location: Portland, Oregon. Date: c. 1940s.

Portland Residential Development, 1940s

c. 1940s  ·  Portland, Oregon

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.

Date
c. 1940s
Location
Portland, Oregon
Archive ID
R11517
Photographer
Photo-Art Studio (Portland, Oregon)
Format
16-bit TIFF master · scanned from original negative
Portland HousingPostwar DevelopmentResidential1940s

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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