No. 146 of 200 · Famous Cities
Portland and Mount Hood
Pictures by Detroit Photographic Co. and Clohessy & Strengele
A hand-tinted view of Portland around 1901, its green streets sloping toward the Willamette River with snowy Mount Hood floating on the horizon, inside a bird's-eye map of the city. The city got its name from a coin toss in 1845, won by a founder who came from Portland, Maine. For someone who loves Portland or calls it home.
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Portland · Photochrom / Portland and Mount Hood / Photochrom, Detroit Photographic Co., c. 1901 / The green city slopes down toward the Willamette River, with snowy Mount Hood floating on the horizon. Portland got its name from a coin toss in 1845, won by a founder who came from Portland, Maine.
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