Little Hollywood Float House in 1940s

Little Hollywood was the name given to a collection of float houses, businesses, and shanties that occupied the lower end of the Deschutes Estuary in the early part of the 20^th century. In the late 1930s, the City began removing the structures, in order to make way for the future Capitol Lake. In this photograph from 1947, a forlorn float house sits on the mud at low tide, with debris left over from previous removals scattered about. 

Merle Junk photograph, 1940s, Susan Parish Collection, Southwest Regional Archives AR20090812-ph008448

Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2016