After the Fire Architecture (1211 Southwest First Avenue at Madison)
Minor White, After the Fire Architecture (1211 Southwest First Avenue at Madison), ca. 1939, gelatin silver print, Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration. New Deal Art Project, public domain, L42.2.4
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- Title
After the Fire Architecture (1211 Southwest First Avenue at Madison)
- Related Titles
inscribed: After the Fire Architecture
- Artist
- Date
ca. 1939
- Medium
gelatin silver print
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 10 5/16 in x 13 3/16 in; sheet: 10 5/16 in x 13 3/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
title: After the Fire Architecture, graphite, bottom left
signature: Minor White, graphite, bottom right
- Collection Area
Photography; Northwest Art
- Category
Books, Portfolios, and Manuscripts
Photographs
- Object Type
photograph
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration. New Deal Art Project
- Accession Number
L42.2.4
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Place Made
Created in and depicts: Portland
Created in and depicts: Oregon
On August 2, 1873, a major fire that began at the Hurgren and Shindler Furniture Shop at Southwest First Avenue and Taylor Street consumed twenty-two blocks of downtown Portland in just twelve hours. This catastrophe, paired with a multi-block fire that occurred nearby just eight months earlier, changed firefighting procedures and construction methods in and around the city. Built in 1885, this two-story commercial brick building with iron-front decoration avoided extensive use of timber, reducing the potential for total loss in the event of another downtown fire.
- Exhibitions
2018 In the Beginning: Minor White's Oregon Photographs, Phase 2 Portland Art Museum
