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Not actually Portland. This photo ran in The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.), August 20, 1916, with the caption, "PHOTOGRAPHIC REMINISCENCES OF HUGHES VISIT HERE. The Columbia River Highway Is Beyond Any Question the Most Wonderful Scenic Drive in America," Was the Enthusiastic Comment of Both Mr. and Mrs. Hughes Following Their Auto Trip Up the Highway. The Photograph Shows Them at Multnomah Falls."
oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1916-08-20/ed-1/se...

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The photo also appeared in the August 17th edition of The Morning Oregonian alongside an account of the Hughes' trip there on August 16. oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1916-08-17/ed-1/se...

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Art Siegel: Good catch! Thanks for linking to the accurate info. We will correct and expand this record as well as all the other images of Mr. & Mrs. Hughes' trip through Oregon in 1916.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Bridge

                                  The Office (Westfir) Bridge "The Office Covered Bridge was built in 1944 by the Westfir Lumber Company and spans the North Fork of the Middle Fork of the Willamette River, once the site of a mill pond at the town of Westfir. "The wooden span was constructed for logging trucks and connected a lumber mill and its office; hence its name. "The Office Bridge is Oregon’s longest covered span at 180 feet. "The company-owned town, including the bridge, were sold to an investment company in 1977. In the early 1980s the mill burned and the bridge was closed to traffic. "In 1992 the bridge became the property of Lane County through tax foreclosure. Extensive repair work in 1992 stabilized the bridge condition, and in 2002, a new roof was added. "A distinctive feature of the span is the covered walkway separate from the roadway. Because the bridge was built for carrying loaded log trucks, the truss members are gigantic with multiple tension rods and compound chord members. The house has horizontal shiplap siding." – The Covered Bridge Society of Oregon

I love this view and the covered bridge makes it even more spectacular.

Looking

Postal Inspection Service viewing ports are marked in the photo. In those days, post offices included specifications for hidden back hallways with rubber padding on the floor. There was usually an exterior door. Inspectors would enter through the hidden door and surveil postal employees when needed or desired. The padding made it impossible to hear the inspectors walking around.