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Composite photograph of person sitting on cup at Albina Engine & Machine Works

A composite photograph showing four men seated at a table and looking downward at a small man, who is sitting on cup, at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland. Photograph of a photograph (negative 12 of 23). Original negative sleeve title: Albina Engine and Marine Works, photos for Al Lake. See negative 641-3.

Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998

Composite photograph of person eating at Albina Engine & Machine Works

A composite photograph showing a man, seated in front of a table, eating his own head at Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland. He is holding a fork and knife, and smiling downward at the head. Photograph of a photograph (negative 13 of 23). Original negative sleeve title: Albina Engine and Marine Works, photos for Al Lake.

Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998

Employee using telephone at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland

Photograph showing an unidentified employee in an office at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. He is sitting at a desk, facing to the right, and is holding a telephone receiver in one hand and a carton of cigarettes in the other. He is wearing an Albina identification button with the number 1416 on it. The number 59 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.

Workers playing instruments, Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland

Photograph showing a group of seven unidentified workers, all men, in a restaurant or cafeteria at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. The four men in front are sitting on a table and playing instruments. The man at left is playing a clarinet; the second man from left is playing a trumpet; the third man from left is playing a saxophone, and the man at right is playing an accordion. The three other three men are kneeling on the table behind the musicians, facing front, and smiling. The number 115 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.”

Workers with sign at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland

Photograph showing two unidentified workers at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. They are standing on either side of a door with a sign on the front that reads “SNUG HARBOR RIGGER’S HAVEN.” They are looking toward the front and smiling. The man at left is holding the left corners of the sign, and the man at right is holding what appears to be a pry bar at the bottom right edge of the sign. The number 109 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.”

Jack Schmidt and Bert Lowry of Albina Engine & Machine Works posing with Nancy Vincent and pledge to reduce absenteeism

Photograph showing two workers holding a smiling girl as they stand in front of a sign at Albina Engine & Machine Works in Portland. The sign reads: “To MY COUNTRY, and to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as its leader: We the undersigned employees of Albina Engine and Machine Works and Shipyard, hereby pledge that we Will refrain from taking even one unnecessary hour off work until this war is won. May God give our country and our President strenth [sic] to achieve a glorious victory.” The photograph was taken as Albina workers began signing a pledge against absenteeism. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 9 of the Oregon Journal on February 7, 1943. It had the following caption: “ ‘WHAT WE’RE FIGHTING FOR,’ say Jack Schmidt, left, and Bert Lowry of Albina, who hold Nancy Vincent in front of their pledge ‘that we will refrain from taking even one unnecessary hour off work until this war is won.’ “ The photograph accompanied a story headlined “Albina Workers Sign Pledge / Absenteeism ‘Voted Out.’” Also see image Nos. 375A0623, 375A0678, 375A0679, and 375A0681. Image note: The number 201 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The text “Albina shipbuilding” is written on the negative sleeve.

Worker looking over edge of balcony, Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland

Photograph showing an unidentified worker looking over the edge of a balcony at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. He is facing left and looking toward the front. The number 196 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.”

Welder Pat Mulligan? at microphone during award ceremony at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland

Photograph showing a woman standing at a microphone during an award ceremony at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland on Saturday, February 20, 1943. The woman is unidentified but may be Albina welder Pat Mulligan, who sang at the ceremony. The event was held to present Albina with its second Star Award. Recipients of the Army-Navy “E” Award, which honored outstanding war production, were given stars at regular intervals if they maintained their record after receiving the E award. A related image, No. 375A0722, and a story about the ceremony were published on Page 10 of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, February 21, 1943. See additional related image Nos. 375A0694, 375A0697, 375A0700, 375A0702, 375A0703, 375A0721, 375A0723, 375A0724, and 375A0725. Image note: The number 233 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The text “Albina shipbuilding” is written on the negative sleeve.

Electrician Ed Mabie holding pennant during award ceremony at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland

Photograph showing electrician Ed Mabie standing a microphone and holding an Army-Navy “E” Award pennant during a ceremony at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland on Saturday, February 20, 1943. During the ceremony, Albina was presented with an E award pennant bearing two stars, which denoted that the shipbuilder had maintained its record of outstanding war production for a year after first receiving the award. Mabie accepted the pennant as the representative of the Albina workers. A related image, No. 375A0722, and a story about the ceremony were published on Page 10 of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, February 21, 1943. See additional related image Nos. 375A0693, 375A0697, 375A0700, 375A0702, 375A0703, 375A0721, 375A0723, 375A0724, and 375A0725. Image note: The number 228 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The text “Albina shipbuilding” is written on the negative sleeve.

Model ship, Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland

Photograph, taken from the side, showing a model ship sitting on top of a stack of wood at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. The number 226 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.” See related image No. 375A0699.

Worker at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland

Three-quarters portrait of an unidentified worker at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. He is standing outdoors, facing front, and wearing a hat, coat, and trousers. The number 256 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower left corner of the image. Information based on the following unverified note written on the negative sleeve: “Albina shipbuilding.”

Workers with ship’s mast? at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland

Photograph showing three unidentified men working outdoors at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. They are standing with a large piece of equipment lying on sawhorses, possibly a ship’s mast under construction. The number 217 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.”

Group of visitors? watching worker use lathe at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland

Photograph showing a group of people, possibly visitors, watching a worker using a lathe at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. On the lathe is a cylindrical object, possibly a pipe. The worker is operating the lathe with one hand and using the other to measure the object with calipers. The people in the photograph are unidentified. The number 211 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the negative. The text “Albina shipbuilding” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 375A0713, 375A0715, 375A0718, and 375A0719.

Welder Pat Mulligan? at microphone during award ceremony at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland

Photograph showing a crowd of workers gathered around a platform during an award ceremony at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland on Saturday, February 20, 1943. A woman is standing at a microphone on the platform, and members of the shipyard’s band, the Hellship Hellcats, are sitting behind her. The woman is unidentified but may be Albina welder Pat Mulligan, who sang at the ceremony. The event was held to present Albina with its second Star Award. Recipients of the Army-Navy “E” Award, which honored outstanding war production, were given stars at regular intervals if they maintained their record after receiving the E award. A related image, No. 375A0722, and a story about the ceremony were published on Page 10 of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, February 21, 1943. See additional related image Nos. 375A0693, 375A0694, 375A0697, 375A0700, 375A0702, 375A0703, 375A0721, 375A0723, and 375A0724. Image note: The number 223 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The text “Albina shipbuilding” is written on the negative sleeve.

Two Albina Engine & Machine Works employees using equipment

Photograph showing two unidentified employees of the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. They are standing on either side of a piece of equipment that appears to be a pulley mechanism with a cable. They are between the pieces of a wooden framework to which the cable is attached. The number 46 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower left corner of the image. Information based on the following unverified note written on the negative sleeve: “Albina shipbuilding.”

Employee at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland

Half-length portrait of an unidentified employee at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. He is facing front and smiling. The number 47 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower left corner of the image. Information based on the following unverified note written on the negative sleeve: “Albina shipbuilding.”

Twins with casserole?, Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland

Photograph showing two unidentified women, twins, posing with what appears to be a casserole at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. The women are standing at a table, facing front, and smiling. On the table in front of them is large pan full of food. They are holding a plate, and each woman is holding a serving spoon full of food over the plate. They are wearing aprons and matching dresses. The number 249 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower left corner of the image. Information based on the following unverified note written on the negative sleeve: “Albina shipbuilding.” See related image No. 375A0733.

Composite photograph of cook making pancakes and bacon at Albina Engine & Machine Works

Photograph of a photograph. The picture is a composite created from a print of image No. 375A0390. That photograph shows an unidentified woman cooking pancakes and bacon in a kitchen at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. In the composite shown here, the woman’s face has been replaced with the head of a man from a different photograph. It may have come from a reversed print of image No. 375A0353, depicting Albina Engine president George Rodgers. Image note: The number 252 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower left corner of the image. The note “Albina shipbuilding” is written on the negative sleeve.

Workers posing outside building, Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland

Photograph showing a group of unidentified workers posing in two rows outside a building at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. The men in the back row are standing on a platform, and the men in the front row are standing on the ground in front of the platform. They are facing front. The number 248 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower left corner of the image. Information based on the following unverified note written on the negative sleeve: “Albina shipbuilding.” See related image No. 375A0757.

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