Front Avenue, Portland, 1938. Photographed with a medium format camera, before White was hired by the WPA Federal Art Project.

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Portland, 1938. First Avenue between Ash and Pine (photo pre-WPA).

Sixth Avenue and Yamhill Street, Portland, 1938. Photo pre-WPA.

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Oregon WPA Art Project Photo. Front Avenue, view south from the Burnside Bridge, late 1938.

Kamm House, SW Fourteenth and Main, March 27, 1939.

Courtesy Oregon Hist. Soc. Research Lib., Orhi9344

Kamm Block, Portland, 1939. Taken after fire of Sept. 11, 1939.

Pioneer Courthouse, from the Portland Hotel, April 17, 1939.

Courtesy Oregon Hist. Soc. Research Lib., Orhi9353 Courtesy Oregon Hist. Soc. Research Lib., Orhi9353

Southeast corner of Allen & Lewis Block, with Steel Bridge, March 8, 1939.

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Portland, 1940. Allen & Lewis dock..

Courtesy Oregon Hist. Soc. Research Lib., OrHi 9405 Courtesy Oregon Hist. Soc. Research Lib., OrHi 9405

Portland dock, September 21, 1939.

Courtesy Oregon Hist. Soc. Research Lib., Orhi9403 Courtesy Oregon Hist. Soc. Research Lib., Orhi9403

Main offices, Oregon Art Project, WPA, 1940. Leonard Block, First and Ankeny..

Courtesy John Wilson Special Collections, Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon Courtesy John Wilson Special Collections, Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon

Front and Madison, January 8, 1940.

Courtesy Oregon Hist. Soc. Research Lib., Orhi9419 Courtesy Oregon Hist. Soc. Research Lib., Orhi9419

Portland Civic Theater: Our Town, 1939..

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Portland Civic Theater: Jim Dandy, 1942..

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Portland, 1939. Johnson Building, Front Avenue..

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Ansel Adams, Rene Weaver, and Minor White, (left to right), judge photos for an exhibition, Portland Art Museum, 1951..

Courtesy Allan deLay photo, ©Thomas Robinson, Historic Photo Archive, Inc. Courtesy Allan deLay photo, ©Thomas Robinson, Historic Photo Archive, Inc.