Photograph showing two unidentified workers at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. The man at left is holding a measuring tape to a piece of pipe held in a clamp, and the man at right is using a hacksaw to cut the pipe. The number 108 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. Information based on the following unverified note written on the negative sleeve: “Albina shipbuilding.” Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Photograph showing two unidentified workers in overalls, both women, using cloths to wipe a window at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. They are facing to the right and smiling. The text “44X” is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. Information based on the following unverified note written on the negative sleeve: “Albina ship / Swing shift / 12/7/44.”

Photograph showing two unidentified male workers carrying a third employee, a woman, with a bandaged foot at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. The workers were probably taking her to or from her seat for an address at which she was taking notes. The number 198 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The note “Albina shipbuilding” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 375A0686, 375A0687, 375A0688, 375A0689, and 375A0692.

Photograph showing two workers carrying produce during a market at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland on Wednesday, September 8, 1943. Farmers brought produce to the shipyard and sold directly to workers. A cropped version of this photograph and image No. 375A0765 may have been published together in the Oregon Journal on Thursday, September 9, 1943. The photographs had the following caption: “WAR WORKERS HAD A FIELD DAY between shifts Wednesday at Albina Engine & Machine works when they carried off armloads of fresh produce from their ‘Hellship Market.’” This photograph had the following additional caption information: “Couple carrying a sack of corn and a lug of peaches.” Image note: The text “Albina public market / 9/9/43” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 375A0350, 375A0759, 375A0760, 375A0762, 375A0763, 375A0764, and 375A0765. Caption information and publication date from print in related collection, Org. Lot 512, Albina Engine & Machine Works photographs, folder 1/7.

Photograph showing workers walking toward a pair of trucks loaded with produce during a market at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland on Wednesday, September 8, 1943. Farmers brought their produce to the shipyard and sold directly to workers. The Oregon Journal published a story about the market on the front page of Section 2 in its final edition on Thursday, September 9, 1943. Image note: The text “Albina public market 9/9/43” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 375A0350, 375A0759, 375A0760, 375A0761, 375A0762, 375A0763, and 375A0765.

Photograph showing workers gathered around flatbed trucks loaded with produce during a market at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland on Wednesday, September 8, 1943. A cropped version of this photograph was published in the Oregon Journal’s final edition on Thursday, September 9, 1943, on the front page of Section 2. The photograph had the following caption: “WHO SAID THERE’S A SHORTAGE?—War workers at Albina Engine & Machine works crowded around loaded farmers’ trucks Wednesday and purchased corn, carrots and peaches as Oregon growers attempted to end profiteering.” The photograph accompanied a story headlined “Farmers Sell Produce on ‘Hellship Market.’ “ Image note: The text “Albina public market / 9/9/43” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 375A0350, 375A0759, 375A0761, 375A0762, 375A0763, 375A0764, and 375A0765.

Photograph showing workers gathered around a flatbed truck to buy produce during a market at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland on Wednesday, September 8, 1943. Farmers brought their produce to the shipyard and sold directly to workers. The Oregon Journal published a story about the market on the front page of Section 2 in its final edition on Thursday, September 9, 1943. Image note: The text “Albina public market / 9/9/43” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 375A0350, 375A0759, 375A0760, 375A0761, 375A0763, 375A0764, and 375A0765.

Workers, seated on wooden benches, braiding ropes at Commercial Iron Works in Portland. Large piles of rope are next to the men, and smaller lengths of rope hang from the ceiling (negative 32 of 37).

Workers at Willamette Iron and Steel Works in Portland, working on what appears to be a multi-story mechanical engine? Several men are standing on a upper story scaffold, with mechanical units below (negative 8 of 24).

Three workers at Willamette Iron and Steel Works in Portland, working on a steel unit. The men are wearing hats and looking downward (negative 10 of 24).

Two workers at Willamette Iron and Steel Works using a large machine to press a molten block of metal. The men are both holding chains, while one holds tongs onto the metal block (negative 17 of 24).

Workers at Willamette Iron and Steel Works in Portland use a geared machine to bend a pipe. Three men are standing around the machine looking downward at the device (negative 6 of 24).

Workers at Monarch Forge and Machine Works in Portland, using a tool to hold molten metal in what appears to be a press machine. The workers are in front of an open doorway (negative 3 of 6).

Workers at Monarch Forge and Machine Works in Portland, using a tool to hold molten metal in what appears to be a press machine. The workers are in front of an open doorway (negative 5 of 6).

Workers at Monarch Forge and Machine Works in Portland, standing next to a large machine unit. One man is using a pipe on the unit. This photograph was published on page C-2 of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, May 16, 1943 (negative 2 of 6).

Workers looking at a schematic drawing at Monarch Forge and Machine Works in Portland. The three men are looking downward at a table, with one man seated and holding a smoking pipe. This photograph was published on page C-2 of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, May 16, 1943 (negative 6 of 6).

Three women seated at a workbench at the I.L. Johnson repair shop, most likely in Portland. The women are turned towards the camera, with glasses frames visible on the workbench (negative 1 of 5).

Two women work outdoors at the I.L. Johnson repair shop, most likely in Portland. They’re paying out what appears to be pieces of leather (?), some of which is in a bowl between the pair. Two children sit next to a baby stroller watching the women (negative 4 of 5).

Women in a workshop, likely at Doernbecher Furniture in Portland. Unfinished pieces of wood furniture are on top of tables, next to stacks of cut wooden pieces (negative 6 of 9). Original sleeve title: War industry workers - blind workers; Doernbecher furniture; Kaiser, Swan Island; Willamette Iron and Steel Corp.

Unidentified men working on a stern frame and other steel cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Unidentified molders at Columbia Steel Casting Company work under the cope of a mold. Molders use core nails to secure chills, the mold parting compound is visible (white at edge of mold cavity).

Two molders at Columbia Steel Casting Company start to pull a pattern from a deep mold.

Six employees using a rail car to move cores into a core oven for baking at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Three employees using an overhead crane to pull a wooden pattern from a mold at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Four employees using a crane to set cores into a mold cavity at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Employees at Columbia Steel Casting Company pull a pattern from a mold.

Three employees add a riser to an arc furnace at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Two employees use an overhead crane to pick up a core and a third employee uses a hand tamper to pack a core box with sand.