Photograph showing stacks of crates being hoisted from a pier onto a ship at left. Two unidentified people are standing nearby. In the foreground at right are crates stacked on two carts on the pier.

Photograph showing unidentified workers handling cargo on a pier. At left, a crane is hoisting unidentified boxes onto a moored ship, the Wisconsin. At right, a worker is holding the handles of a wheelbarrow loaded with a large box wrapped in paper.

Photograph showing stacks of filled sacks in midair as they are hoisted from a pier at left to a ship at right. On the pier are carts, one stacked with cargo, and several unidentified workers.

Photograph, taken from the edge of a pier, showing stacked lumber in midair as it is hoisted onto a moored ship at left. Unidentified workers are standing on stacks of lumber already placed on the deck of the ship. The number 6 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper left corner of the photograph. Image note: Light leak on negative.

Photograph showing a pallet of paper-wrapped cylinders in midair as it is loaded or unloaded onto the deck of a ship. At center, an unidentified man is standing on the deck next to the opening of the ship’s cargo hold. See related image No. 371N3504.

Photograph showing a pallet stacked with sacks of sugar being hoisted from a pier at right onto the deck of a ship at left. Below the pallet, a worker is standing on the pier next to more sacks of sugar piled on a cart. Image note: Negative damage at center.

Photograph showing a pallet stacked with crates being hoisted from a pier at right onto a ship moored at left. An unidentified worker is standing next to a cart below the pallet, watching the loading process. At right is a second cart also stacked with crates. The crates bear the labels of the Duckwall fruit-packing company in Hood River, Oregon. Also see related image No. 371N3503.

Photograph showing a pier at right and a moored ship at left. A pallet stacked with crates is being hoisted onto the ship from the pier. More crates are stacked on a cart on the pier in the foreground. Also see related image No. 371N3501.

Photograph showing a pallet loaded with sacks of White Spray flour being lowered toward the open cargo hold of a ship. See related image No. 371N3499.

Photograph showing two unidentified workers standing next to carts on a pier as a pallet stacked with crates is hoisted from the pier onto a moored ship at right. Between the workers are two empty carts. Behind them is a third cart stacked with crates. Image note: Negative damage at center.

Photograph showing a crate being hoisted from a pier at right onto a moored ship at left. A group of unidentified workers is standing on the pier. In the background, people are watching the loading process from the ship. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration at top due to deterioration of the negative.

Photograph showing crowds aboard the USS Houston and waiting in line to board the ship on August 4, 1934. President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived in Portland aboard the Houston on August 3, 1934, after a vacation cruise. He then traveled to the Bonneville dam construction site, where he gave a speech about the dam project. A similar photograph, image No. 371N2186, was published on the front page of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, August 5, 1934, under the headline “Thousands Swarm Aboard President’s Vacation Ship.” That photograph had the following caption: “Photo shows line of visitors going aboard the cruiser Houston at the foot of Southwest Stark street Saturday afternoon. Officers of the vessel estimated that 9000 boarded the ship Friday afternoon and 11,000 Saturday, making 20,000 for two days. More thousands merely looked at the vessel from the harbor wall. The craft leaves the city Tuesday morning.” The photograph accompanied a story about the crowds that toured the ship. Also see the following related images from the president’s visit: Nos. 371N2168, 371N2169, 371N2170, 371N2171, 371N2172, 371N2173, 371N2174, 371N2190, 371N2192, 371N2193, 371N2194, 371N2195, and 371N2197.

Photograph showing two ships on the Willamette River in Portland. The ship in the background is moored at the Kerr-Gifford dock and elevator, located near Swan Island. The ship at left may be the Pacific Exporter.

Photograph, taken from the side, showing a ship, the Northmoor, docked at the Kerr-Gifford elevator on the Willamette River in Portland.

Photograph, taken from the side, showing a ship, the Lyman Stewart, stranded on rocks at the entrance to San Francisco Bay after a collision with the freighter Walter A. Luckenbach in October 1922. Alongside the Lyman Stewart are three boats. On the negative is the text “Ashore at Mile Rk. [two words, not legible] / Union Oil Tanker Lyman Stewart.” Image note: Light leaks. Possibly a copy negative.

Half-length portrait of eight unidentified people, all wearing life jackets, gathered on the deck of the lighthouse tender Manzanita.

Photograph showing a ship sailing past the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse off Tillamook Head in Clatsop County, Oregon. The view is toward the west. See related image Nos. 371N5189, 371N5729, 371N5730, 371N5731, 371N5732, 371N5735, 371N5736, 371N5737, and 371N5739.

Photograph of a watercolor by Paul Keller. The painting depicts a four-masted steamship and part of the Portland skyline. The tower at right is the Public Market building; the tower at far left is probably the Public Service Building. Keller was a staff artist for the Oregon Journal.

Photograph, taken from the west side of the Willamette River, showing the St. Johns Bridge in northwest Portland. A C-H Line ship is sailing under the bridge. This photograph may be related to image Nos. 371N5542 and 371N5543.

Photograph of ships on the Willamette River near the Broadway Bridge in Portland. The ship moored at right is the West Notus.

Photograph of a line of ships docked along the Willamette River near the Broadway Bridge in Portland.

Photograph of a ship passing under the raised bascule of the Broadway Bridge in Portland.

Photograph, taken from the side, of a yacht, the Betsy Ann. The yacht is moored near the 1905 Morrison Bridge in Portland. Image note: Light leak on negative.

Photograph of an unidentified ship, possibly a United States Navy vessel, sailing under the raised Hawthorne Bridge in Portland.

Photograph showing boats and ships on the Willamette River in Portland. In the background is a bridge, probably the 1894 Burnside Bridge. The view is probably to the north. The three-masted ship at left may be the same ship depicted in image Nos. 373G0433, 373G0434, and 373G0436. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to negative damage.

Photograph, taken from the side, showing a three-masted ship moored on the Willamette River in Portland. In the background is a bridge, possibly the 1894 Burnside Bridge. The view is probably toward the north. The ship may also be depicted in image Nos. 373G0433, 373G0434, and 373G0435. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to negative damage.

Photograph of a ship, the Jefferson Myers, sailing on the Willamette River in Portland. A boat, possibly a tug, is behind the ship. In the background is the Steel Bridge.

Photograph of a ship passing under the Steel Bridge in Portland.