SW Lowell & Corbett, 1939

To finish our little odyssey along SW Lowell Street, we see how the northwest corner of Lowell and SW Corbett looked in 1939. We’re missing the streetcar tracks today but otherwise it looks much the same.

(City of Portland Archives)

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SW Lowell & Corbett, 1939

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