Atlas

1950 · 59129 — Portland OR: Multnomah County Assessor’s Office ca. 1950. Oblong folio. 21 x 13.5 in. 1 1-71 74 leaves as issued. Including Multnomah County key map w/ 73 whiteprint diazo process maps all w/ borders key map w/ small closed tear at lower fore-edge w/ ghosting from old removed scotch tape now neatly repaired on verso. Original black cloth post-binder gilt lettering stamped on front cover 3 nickel-plates screwposts at gutter margin minor rubbing still VG copy. First edition thus of this exceedingly scarce plat map atlas for Multnomah County Oregon surveyed and issued after the famed May 30 1948 Memorial Day flood destroyed Vanport the Wartime Housing Authority of Portland project still existing following V-J Day 3 years earlier. The Vanport community housed the majority of African-American residents in Oregon who were prevented through racist real estate covenants and local ordinances from moving elsewhere prior to the flood and afterwards 1000’s were confined to the Albina area of North Portland. In addition the ongoing highway project for Highway 99 or the Pacific Highway is still demarcated without reference to I-5 which after the 1956 Highway Act would eventually serve to sever North Portland and eliminate entire neighborhoods when later completed. These maps offer an essential snapshot of development in Post-War Portland and guide to neighborhoods and land developments radically changed by expansion of the Portland Airport Interstate Construction and more. Worldcat locates 1 copy OR Hist. Soc. Lib. incorrect collation. Multnomah County Assessor’s Office, hardcover