Todd Mecklem's Portland
Friday, June 19, 2020
Juneteenth in the Portland area, 1944: three Oregonian articles
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Three short articles about what were apparently the earliest organized celebrations of Juneteeth in the Portland/Vancouver area. Maybe the &...
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Parks G. Prevette: the story of a man on Portland's skid row in 1971
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The Willamette Bridge was an "underground" (alternative) newspaper that began publishing in Portland, Oregon in 1968. I was give...
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Thursday, July 23, 2015
Dorothy Gish and the Blue Mouse, among other things
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A couple of years ago I bought a box of old newspapers at an estate sale. Most are from the year 1919, and most are copies of the Oregonian...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Advert for the film "Cleopatra," playing at the Circle Theater, Portland (from the Aug. 25, 1918 issue of the Sunday Oregonian)
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Theda Bara was the original "vamp," a silent movie actress who made more than 40 films, many of which are now lost. "C...
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Art car with Hulk fists, Portland, Oregon
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This car is usually parked near SE 43rd a few blocks south of Belmont. Photo © 2015 Todd Mecklem
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Zip-tie art on a street-sign post, Portland, Oregon (near SE 45th & Belmont)
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Photo © 2015 Todd Mecklem
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
How to lose your job in 1918 (sugar cube edition)
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The Multnomah Hotel, at 319 SW Pine, opened in 1912, is now the Embassy Suites Portland. Carl, in his early 20s in 1918, had immigrat...
Monday, July 6, 2015
Cops in corsets? From the Morning Oregonian, Nov. 29, 1919
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From the Morning Oregonian, Nov. 29, 1919, page 1.
Sunday, July 5, 2015
When yogurt was exotic! (Buttermilk Corner ad, Portland, Oregon, 1951)
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And just look at those happy faces!
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Window heads, Portland, Oregon
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Photo © 2015 Todd Mecklem
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