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,...
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...
Then and Now – Key Bank
By Tim Lyman – Published October 27, 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,...
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,...
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...
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...
Living on Maplewood Road
Posted by Tim Lyman – Published May 6, 2019 *missing photos from previous site article Written by Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen “The Ransom girl” In 1950, my parents, Don and Mildred Ransom, purchased a new ranch...
Maplewood Trestle
By Tim Lyman – January 6, 2014 The second Maplewood School can be seen in the middle right. When the Oregon Electric Railroad opened for passenger service on January 30, 1908, it was a...
Pictures of… ?
By Tim Lyman – February 20, 2013 *most of this article is inaccessible from the previous site. We have included what we could salvage. One of the biggest issues historians face when it comes...
Second Maplewood School
By Tim Lyman – Published February 4, 2013 *Missing photos from original article The second Maplewood School was built during the winter of 1913-1914, and opened to 101 students in the fall of 1914....