Pictures by chapter:

Introduction

Chapter 1: A wide-open frontier city

Chapter 2: Portland saloons and gambling dens

Chapter 3: North End Girls

Chapter 4: America's worst shanghai city

Chapter 5: Fixing the police

Chapter 6: Mayors behaving badly

Chapter 7: The world's dumbest drug smugglers

Chapter 8: Wicked politics

Chapter 9: The end of the Golden Age

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Images from Chapter 1:

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1858 panoramic of Portland

Page 2: This image was published in Joseph Gaston's History of Portland. It shows a view of Portland's waterfront from the then-undeveloped east bank of the river in 1858.


Jonathan Bourne, Jr., in the 1880s

Page 3: Jonathan Bourne, Jr., as he appeared in the 1880s, shortly after his arrival in Portland. Art is an oil-on-masonite painting by Leland John of Oregon City.


Portland Harbor in the 1890s

Page 5. A hand-tinted image of ships in the Portland harbor during the 1890s. In the foreground is a large four-masted full-rigged ship. Image is from a lantern slide. Image: OSU Archives.


Arlington Club house, 1910s

Page 7: The clubhouse of the posh, plutocrats-only Arlington Club as seen in the early 1900s. Jonathan Bourne, Jr., was a charter member of the club.


Looking down to waterfront, 1888

Page 11: Two views from Second Street looking down to the water, along Morrison and Washington streets. Second Street was, at this time, the center of Portland's Chinatown. Image: The West Shore