Bow & Bridge

Polk’s Portland (Oregon) City Directory, 1920, vol. II — the Robert Robinson lines, pp. 1217 and 1870

Polk’s Portland City Directory, 1920, vol. II (Portland, Oregon: R. L. Polk & Co., 1920), vol. vol. II, p. 1217, 1870. archive.org, CITY_DIRECTORY_PORTLAND_1920_2. https://archive.org/details/CITY_DIRECTORY_PORTLAND_1920_2.

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Who this document names

Names 2 people on 2 scan pages; none has a record here yet.

  1. Merrill, ALBERT H scan page 6, line 62
  2. Robinson, Robt scan page 250, line 95
Record details

Both leaves read from page images (held in this project's archive). P. 1217, alphabetical: "Robt violinmkr 165½ 4th r same" under ROBINSON. P. 1870, classified, under "Violin Makers and Repairers": eight listings for the whole city, "Robinson Robt 165½ 4th" among them. A Polk directory is compiled by canvass, not self-supplied — an independent attestation, though occupation lines still originate with the person canvassed.

Kind
Trade directory or catalogue
Evidence grade
Primary
Title
Polk's Portland City Directory, 1920, vol. II
Place
Portland, Oregon
Publisher
R. L. Polk & Co.
Date
1920
Volume
vol. II
Pages
1217, 1870
Repository
archive.org
Identifier
CITY_DIRECTORY_PORTLAND_1920_2
Rights
Public domain
Rights basis
published in 1920, before 1930, so the 95-year US copyright term has run. Derived by machine on 2026-08-20 from the year this record already states, corroborated by the year the repository identifier "CITY_DIRECTORY_PORTLAND_1920_2" carries. The volume's title page has not been read by a person.

What rests on this source

  • Robinson, Robt draft

Everyone this source names

This document prints 2 names. A name found this way is the weakest thing this site records: the book names the person, and nothing more is said. It is not a line in a record — the lines that actually rest on this source are listed above, each with its own confidence. 1 of the names below reach a record on this site; lines from this source have been written for 0. The rest are names and nothing else — which is an honest description of the evidence, and an invitation: if you know one of these makers, we want to hear from you.

  1. Robinson, Robt scan page 250, line 95 draft record
  2. Merrill, ALBERT H scan page 6, line 62 mention only — no record here yet

    MERRILL ALBERT H (ELLA C), Violin and Bow Maker, Artistic Repairer of Stringed Instruments, Cheap Violins Improved and False Tones Corrected, Stringed Instruments for Sale, Exchange or Rent 212 Washington Bldg, cor 4th and Washington, h Courtney Station — trade term as printed: "Bow Maker" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

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