Three electricians at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in Portland. The women appear to be working on an electrical box on wooden work bench. One woman is holding the box while another uses a wrench (negative 3 of 10).

An electrician at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation looking downward at an electrical box. She’s using a screwdriver and wearing an apron (negative 2 of 10).

An electrician at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in Portland. She is smiling and holding the base of a ceiling light with both hands (negative 10 of 10).

Three electricians at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in Portland. The women are wearing hard hats and working on an electrical box mounted to a metal beam (negative 1 of 10).

Welding trainees (women?) at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation participating in a contest. The welders are in individual bays and using welding guns in pieces of pipes. Both are wearing welding helmets and standing next to log stools (negative 1 of 1).

Mrs. Shofner cooking beans at Shofner Iron and Steel Works in Portland. Shofner is leaning downwards towards a ceramic vessel, which has been placed inside a large kiln-like unit with heavy doors. Shelves line the inside of the unit, holding what appear to be molded shapes (negative 5 of 8).

Mrs. Shofner serving beans to workers at Shofner Iron and Steel Works in Portland. Shofner is leaning downwards towards a ceramic vessel, filling a plate with food, while the workers stand around her with plates and utensils. A cat is on the ground next to Shofner. The group appears to be standing in front of a kiln-like set of shelves with a heavy door (negative 2 of 8).

Three workers at Shofner Iron and Steel Works eating beans prepared by Mrs. Shofner. Each is smiling and holding a plate and fork in an industrial building area (negative 1 of 8).

A mannequin at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in Portland. The dummy is wearing one-piece work wear outfit (negative 1 of 2).

A man stands in an outdoor area filled with rubber tires at California Bag & Metal Company in Portland. He is holding a tire and looking downward. The area is surrounded by a wooden fence, with a sign for visible at the left side of the frame (negative 9 of 11).

A woman in a room of fabric scraps at California Bag & Metal Company in Portland. She is standing in front of a mounted tool holding a price of fabric (negative 6 of 11).

A worker at California Bag & Metal Company in Portland, standing in a room with stacks of burlap sacks. The man is holding a burlap sack, with one end in a metal pipe structure (negative 5 of 11).

Assorted pieces of metal pipe fittings at California Bag & Metal Company in Portland (negative 4 of 11).

A worker at California Bag & Metal Company in Portland, standing in a room piled high with automobile radiators. The man is turned away from the camera, holding up a radiator piece in one hand, more of which are stacked high on the far walls (negative 3 of 11).

A man stands on a stack of what appears to be car batteries at California Bag & Metal Company in Portland. He appears to be at the back of a flatbed truck, stacked with rubber tires (negative 10 of 11).

Welder “Jerry” Grant at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in Portland. She is wearing welding clothing and a helmet, and is holding several welding rods in gloved hands (negative 1 of 2).

A display area at the St. Johns Welders’ Supply Company in Portland. A woman stands behind a counter in front of a display of welding helmets, while another person stands in front of the counter. On the right side of the frame is a display of leather welding clothing (negative 7 of 7).

A woman, sitting on a stool, uses a machine to apply snap buttons to welding clothing at the St. Johns Welders’ Supply Company in Portland. Next to the woman is a pile of clothing on a table (negative 5 of 7).

Women working on sewing machines at the St. Johns Welders’ Supply Company. Piles of cut cloth and cordage are on the tables (negative 4 of 7).

A worker at the St. Johns Welders’ Supply Company cutting pieces of leather is with “Reece” die cut machine. The man is wearing an apron and has his hand on a lever, while piles of leather shapes are on a table next to two metal dies (negative 3 of 7).

A worker at the St. Johns Welders’ Supply Company standing in front of a table, looking downward at a leather welding glove. The glove is on a metal hand mold, while other gloves can be seen in a stack on the table (negative 2 of 7).

Two men stand in a room filled with large bales of silk stocking, being stored before shipping to make powder bags, most likely in Portland. The men are facing towards one another, each with an arm on a bale (negative 1 of 1).

A woman, wearing a hat and jacket, standing next to a pile of cast components at Shofner Iron & Steel Works in Portland. Her left arm is extended towards the metal (negative 4 of 6).

A man is turned toward a woman while using a device to spray what appears to be a mold at Shofner Iron & Steel Works in Portland. The molds appear to be inside wooden braces in a warehouse area (negative 2 of 6).

Two cats in a wheelbarrow at Shofner Iron & Steel Works in Portland. Several metal barrels are on the ground next to the wheelbarrow (negative 1 of 6).

Workers at the Crawford and Doherty Foundry in Portland making cores. Near the center of the frame, one man bends downward towards a cylindrical object sitting on a table (made of wax?). Another man stands at a workbench, which is covered in what appears to be sand (negative 1 of 1).

Women gathered around at table at Kaiser Swan Island, in Portland. Several metal cans are on the table, along with tools and several screws and nuts. Some of the women appear to be using brushes to clean the metal parts (negative 1 of 5). Original sleeve title: Kids on our block.

Men with a sign at Willamette Iron & Steel Corporation (Works?) in Portland. One man is holding a hammer up to the sign, which reads “Our Schedule is 7 Engines Per Mo., Let’s Make it Eight “We Can Do It.” Months are painted on the sign, with numbers (negative 1 of 1).