A photograph of two men shaking hands on the tarmac of Portland Airport. Behind them is a airplane with the words "GOP TRUTH SQUAD Special" printed on the side, a third man is exiting the airplane. This airplane followed Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson during the 1956 presidential campaign (negative 4 of 4).
Rita Moreno exits a car at Portland Airport. She is waving and holding a large key and a bouquet of roses. She is wearing a sash that reads "Miss KPOJ The Journal". A sign on the car reads "Miss KPOJ Rita Moreno Star of The King and I". The KPOJ broadcast truck is parked between the car and an airplane (negative 6 of 8).
An airplane releasing a supply drop for Explorer Scouts on the shore of Horse Lake, in the Deschutes National Forest. The plane can be seen at the center of the frame, with a small parachute falling behind it towards the ground. A ridge line with trees and a scree slope is in the background (negative 7 of 13).
Three men pushing supplies from the open door of an airplane, during an Explorer Scout supply drop at Horse Lake, in the Deschutes National Forest. They sit on the floor of the plane, appearing to use their legs to push the supplies out the door (negative 12 of 13).
Harald A. Wagner, standing next to a twin meter light plane, most likely on a Portland airfield. He rests his left arm on the plane, holding the other in his pocket (negative 2 of 13).
Two unidentified men sit inside an airplane used by Kendall B. Wood, Consulting Forest Engineers, in Portland. Taken from ground level and looking upward, one man sits at the front of a glass dome, while another can be seen further back (negative 1 of 5).
An unidentified man holds a photogrammetric camera next to an airplane for Kendall B. Wood, Consulting Forest Engineers, in Portland. He holds a large camera over one shoulder, with an open door in the airplane behind him (negative 3 of 5).
An unidentified man uses a photogrammetric camera in an airplane for Kendall B. Wood, Consulting Forest Engineers, in Portland. He wears a set of headphone while looking downward at the camera, with his left hand on a wall-mounted unit (negative 3 of 5).
Four unidentified men stand in front of an airplane, for Kendall B. Wood, Consulting Forest Engineers, in Portland. The airplane features twin propellers and a glass front (negative 4 of 5).
People loading Oregon Journal newspapers onto a small airplane, to be delivered to Vancouver and surrounding communities during a flood. Trucks with “The Journal” painted on the side are parked next to the airplane. Most likely taken in Portland (negative 2 of 2).
People loading Oregon Journal newspapers onto a small airplane, to be delivered to Vancouver and surrounding communities during a flood. A truck with “The Journal” painted on the side is parked next to the airplane. Most likely taken in Portland (negative 1 of 2).
Mrs. Jeanne Peek, of Astoria, standing on the steps of a West Coast Airlines plane, after doing her holiday shopping in Portland. She’s wearing a fur coat and holding several boxes. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, December 24, 1947 (negative 1 of 2).
A woman hands two Western Air employees a gift, celebrating the arrival of Western Air Lines in Portland. The two employees, wearing flight attendant uniforms, stand on a set of stairs next to a plane (negative 2 of 6).
Pilot Tex Rankin and Portland Mayor Earl Riley, flying in an Ercoupe airplane over Portland and the Columbia River. Taken from another airplane, Mount Adams can be seen in the distance. A cropped version of this photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, April 28, 1946 (negative 2 of 6).
A dummy made of rope is leans out of an open door in the side of a small airplane. The airplane is parked on an open field, likely in Vancouver, Washington (negative 11 of 27).
People gather around a miniature airplane “Mars” at the Vancouver Kaiser Shipyard, celebrating the pledging of war bonds by shipyard employees. A man in a suit stands in front of the airplane holding a silver cloche-covered plate while an audience watches (negative 5 of 16).
Men and women stand around an airplane, which is parked on a grassy field. They are grouped towards the right side of the frame, where a man in a long coat and hat holds a box (negative 1 of 16). On sleeve: Pilot - Valery Chkalov (killed later in a test plane crash); Co-pilot - Georgy Bayduko; Navigator - Alexander Belyakov