Monthly Archive: September 2025

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Then and Now – Switch

By Tim Lyman – Published December 15, 2014 This summer we did a series of “Then and Now” posters for Multnomah businesses. The posters features a vintage image of the building housing the business,...

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Then and Now – Sip D’Vine

By Tim Lyman – Published December 8, 2014 This summer we did a series of “Then and Now” posters for Multnomah businesses. The posters features a vintage image of the building housing the business,...

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Multnomah Crossing

By Tim Lyman – Published March 14, 2013 Capitol Highway crossing the Oregon Electric Railway tracks. Capitol Highway opened October 22, 1916, but the tracks of the Oregon Electric Railroad (today’s Multnomah Boulevard) remained...

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Old Multnomah in Color

By Tim Lyman – July 3, 2019 I love these old color photos of Multnomah.  From left to right:  Hogan’s Tavern, OLCC #73 Liquor store (facade just barely visible to left of right telephone pole,...

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Maplewood School Blueprints – 1912

By Tim Lyman – Published February 5, 2018 *Missing photos from original article Every once in a while our research unearths something really interesting and unique.  Today, courtesy Stephen Hanks, Chief Records Clerk, Portland...

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John’s Market

By Tim Lyman – Published November 7, 2016 By Lowell Swanson, edited by Tim Lyman John Feuz was kind enough to allow us to scan many photos and documents relating to his family’s history in...