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The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, commonly also known as the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and officially known as the Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair, was a worldwide exposition held in Portland, Oregon, United States in 1905 to celebrate the centennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
As of 2013, the image's photographer, Mike Ryerson, had retired from the Northwest Examiner (successor paper to The Northwest Neighbor), [9] and became noted as an oral historian who led walking tours of Northwest Portland in the neighborhoods where he and Clark documented, lived, and worked for most of their lives. [10] Ryerson died on January ...
Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated in the northwestern area of the state at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county.
Postcard c. 1930–1945 postcard depicting the "Paramount" sign. The landmark is a tribute to the original sign that hung on the Paramount Theatre prior to 1984. A "Portland" sign was displayed when the venue was originally known as Portland Publix Theatre, which opened in March 1928. [1] [2] In 1930, the theater's owners secured a contract to ...
Location. Portland, Oregon, United States. Coordinates. 45°31′17″N 122°42′05″W / 45.521388°N 122.70139°W / 45.521388; -122.70139. Owner. City of Portland's Metropolitan Arts Commission. The Lewis and Clark Memorial Column is an outdoor monument by artist Otto Schumann, dedicated to Meriwether Lewis and William Clark for ...
Pioneer Courthouse Square, with Fox Tower in the background. Pioneer Courthouse Square, also known as Portland's living room, [1][2][3][4] is a public space occupying a full 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m 2) city block in the center of downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1984, the square is bounded by Southwest Morrison Street on ...
Alberta Arts District is a commercial district in Portland, Oregon which connects the Concordia, King and Vernon neighborhoods in the Northeast quadrant of the city. [1] The district centers on NE Alberta Street, and stretches approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km), from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to NE 33rd Avenue.
February 9, 1960 (age 64) Portland, Oregon, U.S. Nationality. American. Alma mater. Pacific Northwest College of Art Pratt Institute. Known for. Painting. Tom Cramer is an American artist working in Portland, Oregon noted for his intricately carved and painted wood reliefs and ubiquity throughout the city of Portland. [1]