Peter Corvallis started showing movies in the basement of his parents’ home when he was just eleven years old…and a career in “show business” was underway. Peter was a documentary filmmaker during the Korean War. When he returned to Portland, he became a photographer for the Oregonian newspaper, taking pictures of everything from presidents to starlets through the 1950’s, he eventually found his way into event photography and staging.

In 1959, Peter Corvallis Productions was born.

Our very first office was a cage in the basement of the downtown Portland Hilton Hotel. With little more than a phone and a hand full of lights and projectors, Peter served Portland’s many fashion shows and tradeshows. Over the next 20 years, Peter started developing specialized companies to serve his growing clientele: NW Decorators, Convention and Tradeshow Services, Audio Visual Rentals and Services and Special Events Company.

Over the last 50 years, Peter Corvallis Productions has grown serving waterfront festivals, corporate events, air shows, politicians and tradeshows as well as literally thousands of weddings. Basically, any event that takes places in a fairground, park or parking lot, ballroom or backyard is a place you are likely to find Peter Corvallis rentals.

In the early 1990’s, two of Peters daughters returned to Portland to help their father run the business. And today with more then 80,000 square feet of warehouse, the family business has grown to be the largest event rental inventory in the Pacific Northwest.