St Helens Oregon Columbia Street Business Block No. 5 Real Photo Postcard

St. Helens, Oregon, established as a critical port city on the Columbia River, experienced significant growth from the late 19th through the early 20th centuries, fueled primarily by its logging, lumber, and river trade industries. Columbia Street emerged as the city's bustling commercial center, as depicted in this Business Block. The numerous automobiles, consistent with popular models of the era like the Ford Model T and early Model A, firmly date this vibrant street scene to the mid-to-late 1920s.