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PORTLAND SIGN THROUGH THE TIMES

Portland's White Stag Sign lit up above Burnside Street with a pink sunset in the background.
A neon sign in the outline of Oregon with the words

    PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A holiday staple returned to
    Portland on Wednesday: Rudolph is back!

    The red nose of the iconic “White Stag” sign on the west
    end of the Burnside Bridge is always illuminated the day
    before Thanksgiving.

    The Rose City tradition started back in 1959 as a gift when
    “Elizabeth Blair Hirsch suggested it and her husband Harold
    S. Hirsch made it happen, adorning the sign for his sportswear
    company White Stag,” the city said.

    In the 1940s, the sign used to be an ad for "white satin sugar."
    It didn’t have the deer logo. Then, the building housed the
    "white stag" sportswear company (below).

    History of the Oregon shaped sign by the Burnside bridge

    Portland Oregon: Old Town” sign - Fonts In Use

    The sign was named a historic landmark in the 70s. In the 90s
    the letter was changed to say "Made in Oregon, Old Town" as
    we know it today.


    White Stag sign - Wikipedia

    Where We Live: 'Portland's Postcard,' the White Stag Sign

    The University of Oregon started leasing space in
    the building in 2006 and bought the block in 2015.

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    THESE PAST EVENTS MADE HISTORY

    CBOHANNON                  About Us | The Associated Press 
    CAMILLE BOHANNON

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    FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG

    Equity Statement - Sunshine Division

    https://sunshinedivision.org/donate/

    Sunshine Division: Life changing for cops, too

    Home - Sunshine Division

    Portland Police Sunshine Division | Providing emergency food and clothing  since 1923

    Sunshine Division Set To Distribute 4,000 Holiday Food Boxes - KXL

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    MOST VALUABLE COMIC EVER SETS RECORD

    Heritage Auctions
    by Kevin Zelman

    A copy of “Superman No. 1,” the 1939 issue that introduced
    everyone to the Man of Steel in his first solo title, sold for
    $9.2 million on Thursday at an auction run by Heritage, in
    near-pristine condition.

    This price beats the previous record, set in 2024 when “Action
    Comics No. 1,” the comic where fans met the Kryptonian hero,
    sold for $6 million. Even prior to that, a copy of “Superman No.
    1” held the record with a sale of $5.3 million in 2022.

    For a comic being 86 years old, it’s in excellent condition,
    being graded a 9.0 out of 10 by the Certified Guaranty
    Company, the leading third-party grading service for
    comic books.

    This rare comic was discovered by three brothers in a box
    full of yellowed newspaper clippings, while they were in the
    attic of their late mother’s house.

    Superman Logo PNG | PNG All

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    NUMBER ‘’10’’ STAR IS 69 TODAY

    Iconic Women of the 70s Five Decades Later – Page 41

    10 (テン) [Blu-ray]: Amazon.ca: Movies & TV Shows

    Bo Derek - Biographie - IMDb

    Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins) is an American actress
    and model. She began her career as a child model before
    deciding to pursue acting on the advice of a talent agent.     

    The sex icon best known for the provocative 1979 rom-com
    "10."

    BO DEREK AND DUDLEY MOORE 10 SCENE TAKE 10 8X10 PHOTO d377

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