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The "Bates Motel" on Caruthers
A reader writes: Back in the late 80s/early 90s, when I was attending PSU, I used to park down toward the end of Water Ave. and walk up the hill on Caruthers to get to my classes. (The uphill trudge … more →
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The "Bates Motel" on Caruthers
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schlockstar wrote 5 days ago: A reader writes: Back in the late 80s/early 90s, when I was attending PSU, I used to park down towa … more →
Portland Zoo Railroad
schlockstar wrote 1 week ago: I was at a conference a couple months back at the Portland Zoo and between sessions went out to the … more →
Albina Neighborhood 1968-1969, redux
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schlockstar wrote 2 weeks ago: As promised here’s the second set of photos scanned from the Albina Neighborhood Improvement P … more →
The Barbary Coast at the Hoyt Hotel
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schlockstar wrote 1 month ago: If this post seems like deja vu all over again, it’s because I’m re-scanning many of the … more →
Roy's Pancake Corral and Chuckwagon
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schlockstar wrote 1 month ago: Roy’s Pancake Corral in Baker, Oregon, promised 16 varieties of pancakes served all day and a … more →
Road trips, guerilla historic preservation and Vintage Roadside
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schlockstar wrote 2 months ago: Caution: Lots of different thoughts in one post. Oregon is a wonderful place to come back to. All it … more →
Happy, happy Oregon
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Pete Forsyth wrote 3 months ago: Gov. Oswald West I recently stumbled on the following whimsical 1915 editorial from the New York Tim … more →
Willamette Lutheran Homes, Salem
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schlockstar wrote 3 months ago: Scenes of the dining room and and lobby of Willamette Lutheran Homes - which is still around. … more →
Roseburg Travelodge
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schlockstar wrote 3 months ago: Now a Holiday Inn, the hotel boasted air conditioning, electric heat, heated pool free coffee and an … more →
Church of Elvis, Portland, 1991
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schlockstar wrote 3 months ago: My wife and I were digging through a box of old photos she had collected throughout the years and sh … more →
The Stirrup Room in the Hotel Multnomah
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schlockstar wrote 4 months ago: From the back of the postcard: One of Portland’s finer hotels. Contains 550 rentable rooms as … more →
Oregon Hunting and Fishing Guide -1979
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schlockstar wrote 4 months ago: I’m not a hunter but I come from a family of duck hunters. When I was younger my older brother … more →
Lost and found
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schlockstar wrote 5 months ago: Lost and Found is the occasional post that aggregates Oregon-specific news related to Lost Oregon in … more →
Oak Grove legend?
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schlockstar wrote 5 months ago: I’ve been told a lot of truths and half-truths since moving to the Oak Grove neighborhood four yea … more →
Milwaukie Lumber - Then and Now
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schlockstar wrote 5 months ago: Starting with this post I’m doing something called “Then and Now”, where, yep, you … more →
May 5, 1945
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schlockstar wrote 5 months ago: I’m not usually a big fan of “this day in history” type posts, but it should be no … more →
The Anchor in Newport
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schlockstar wrote 5 months ago: Famous for fine seafoods, pan fried chicken, prime rib and New York steaks. The Anchor in Newport [ … more →
Oregon small towns
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schlockstar wrote 5 months ago: Oregon: The ‘Small Town’ Capital Of the World. Cut. Print. New branding campaign. Feel f … more →
Welcome to Lost Oregon - Long Live Stumptown Confidential!
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schlockstar wrote 5 months ago: Stumptown Confidential is dead. My files were lost when the host flipped some switch. All my posts … more →
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