Scenes of the dining room and and lobby of Willamette Lutheran Homes – which is still around.
Archive for June, 2008
Willamette Lutheran Homes, Salem
Posted in Oregon History, tagged salem, willamette lutheran on June 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Roseburg Travelodge
Posted in Oregon History, Oregon Roadside, tagged lion country safari, roseburg, safariland on June 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Now a Holiday Inn, the hotel boasted air conditioning, electric heat, heated pool free coffee and and room phones.
Nothing too spectacular – but it should be noted that it was seven miles to Safariland. Which reminded me of Lion Country Safari in Irvine in Southern California. I remember that place well when I was a [...]
Church of Elvis, Portland, 1991
Posted in Oregon History, Portland History, tagged church of elvis on June 23, 2008 | 6 Comments »
My wife and I were digging through a box of old photos she had collected throughout the years and she mentioned she had a set from a trip she took to Portland in 1991.
Thought I’d share a couple of snaps she took of the Church of Elvis during its second incarnation at 219 SW Ankeny. [...]
Hawthorne Bridge from the Waterfront Park
Posted in Oregon History, Portland History, tagged carlton bridge, hawthorne bridge on June 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Look a bit closer. Yeah, I thought it was the Hawthorne Bridge when I picked this card up. It’s not. It’s the Carlton Bridge that spans the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. Looks like a newer, modern bridge was built right next to it at some point. Bummer. Not sure if it’s in use.
The Stirrup Room in the Hotel Multnomah
Posted in Design and Architecture, Oregon History, Portland History, tagged hotel multnomah, Stirrup Room on June 8, 2008 | 5 Comments »
From the back of the postcard:
One of Portland’s finer hotels. Contains 550 rentable rooms as well as many banquet rooms. Also home of the well known Stirrup Room.
Here are some exterior shots of the Stirrup Room and the hotel. If you look closely you can see the cowboys:
and:
Another postcard reveals that the Stirrup Room was [...]
