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63,000 bricks with names engraved were sold for $15 each to help finance Pioneer Courthouse Square ( 1983)

SKIDMORE FOUNTAIN IN 1880

R.F.K & ETHEL AT THE PORTLAND ZOO

RAISING PRICE OF DAILY TO $2.00 .... INSULT!

WHAT ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE DOING?

Listening to KGW radio for election results on loud speakers in 1928. 

THEY WOULD STAND OUTTHE DOOR TO GET IN

LINE UP TO BUY A HONEY BAKED HAM AT LLOYD CENTER

THIS BECAME SAFEWAY

MacMarr store in Portland Oregon. MacMarr Stores was a chain of grocery stores that was eventually absorbed into Safeway in 1940. They were owned by Safeway in 1939, but still operated as MacMarr Stores. Charles Marr was prominent in 1920s that eventually spelled doom for small mom-and-pop stores. Marr accumulated chains of grocery stores under his company’s name, MacMarr. It was reported that when he merged with Safeway (1929-31), there were 396 stores in his chain throughout the western US. These photos are backstamped by Angelus Commercial Photo Studio in Portland Oregon. 525 Abington Bldg. One view is an exterior view of a store. No address is provided. The next view is an interior view with lots of product and two employees. The last view shows a window display for MacMarr coffee.

PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL AT CITY HALL IN 1912

SWAN ISLAND IN 1930