Photograph showing a group of unidentified men gathered around a KEX radio microphone during a Portland Breakfast Club meeting. Most are holding documents that are probably scripts. The man at center is seated on the club’s wooden horse, the “ham horse.” He has a tablecloth tied around his shoulders, and appears to be reading from the piece of paper in his hand.

Photograph showing three unidentified men performing at a Portland Breakfast Club meeting. The man at center is lying on his back with his legs in the air and is wearing a sheet or tablecloth like a diaper. The man at left is standing between the prone man’s feet, the man at right is standing at his head and holding one of his hands. This photograph may have been taken at the same meeting as image Nos. 372A0900 and 372A0901.

Photograph showing an an unidentified woman drawing a piece of paper from a bowl held by an unidentified man at a Portland Breakfast Club meeting. Chicken carcasses are hanging from a stand behind them. Above the stand is a partially visible sign with the text “Prizes presented thru the courtesy of Safeway stores!”

Photograph showing three unidentified men performing at a Portland Breakfast Club meeting. The man at center is wearing a white jacket, crossing his fingers, and sitting on the club’s wooden horse, the “ham horse.” The other two men are standing on either side of the ham horse and are holding documents that appear to be scripts.

Photograph showing six unidentified men standing in two rows outside the Journal Building (now the Jackson Tower) in Portland. Each man is wearing a suit, tie, and Al Kader Shriners fez. See related image Nos. 372A0862 and 372A0865.

Portrait of five unidentified men standing in a row. Each man is wearing a suit and a ribbon from the Pacific Northwest Stationers Association convention held in Portland on August 16-17, 1935. The text “Stationers” is written on the negative and is visible at the bottom of the image.

Photograph showing six unidentified men posing in two rows outside the Journal Building (now the Jackson Tower) in Portland. Each man is wearing a suit, tie, and Al Kader Shriners fez. See related image Nos. 372A0862 and 372A0864.

Photograph showing six unidentified men standing in a row outside the Journal Building (now the Jackson Tower) in Portland. Each man is wearing a suit, tie, and Al Kader Shriners fez. See related image Nos. 372A0864 and 372A0865.

Portrait of seven people standing on the front steps of a house and facing front. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 14 of the Oregon Journal on Thursday, October 26, 1933, under the headline “New Oregon Commander and Co-Workers.” The photograph had the following caption: “Major Harold Madsen, newly appointed commander of Salvation Army operations in Oregon and Southern Idaho, his family and young people’s assistant, who arrived late Wednesday. Front row—The four Madsen children (from left), Harold, Eleanor, Ellsworth and Dallas. Back row—Mrs. Madsen, Major Madsen and Adjutant C. Sundgaard, coast director of Scandinavian young people’s activities. Major Madsen will continue in his former work as commander of coast Scandinavian corps, the two positions having been merged. He will be installed tonight at the Citadel at a public service by Colonel George Davis of San Francisco, chief secretary for the Western territory.”

Full-length portrait of eleven men posing in two rows. All but one of the men are wearing ribbons with the text “12th Annual Convention P. C. A. Displaymen / Congress Hotel / Sept. 22 - 23 -24 1934 / Portland, Oregon.” The text “Pac Coast Display Men” is written on the negative and is partially visible on the right side of the image.

Photograph showing two men talking during the National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association convention in Portland, held August 23 to August 26, 1938. The man at right is wearing a name tag; the name written on it may be “Norman Baxter.” The other man is unidentified. The text “Liquor Men” is written on the negative and is visible on the left side of the image. See related image 372A0844 and 372A0845.

Half-length portrait of two men at the National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association convention in Portland, held August 23 to August 26, 1938. They are facing front and smiling. Both men are wearing name tags. The text on the left man’s tag may be “A. L. Fouty,” and the name on the right man’s tag is W. J. Levin. The text “Liquor Men” is written on the negative and is visible on the left side of the image. See related image Nos. 372A0843 and 372A0844.

Photograph showing four unidentified men at the National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association convention in Portland, held August 23 to August 26, 1938. They are standing in a row, and the three men on the left are looking at the man on the right. The text “Liquor Men” is written on the negative and is visible on the left side of the image. See related image Nos. 372A0843 and 372A0845.

Full-length portrait of Al Rasmussen (third from right) and Richard T. Flood Jr. (second from left) with a group of unidentified men after Rasmussen and Flood’s arrival in Portland on June 4, 1935. They are gathered in front of two tour cars parked outside the Elks lodge at 1532 Southwest Morrison Street. Rasmussen and Flood’s visit was part of an Elks goodwill tour in which fleets of ambassadors stopped in a variety of cities around the United States on their way to the national Elks convention in Columbus, Ohio, in July 1935. The text “Elks” is written on the negative and is faintly visible on the left side of the image. See related image Nos. 372A0833, 372A0835, and 372A0836. Image note: Light leak on negative.

Photograph showing an unidentified man greeting Al Rasmussen (center) and Richard T. Flood Jr. of Sacramento after their arrival in Portland on June 4, 1935. Rasmussen is sitting in the passenger seat of the ambassadors’ car and is shaking hands with the unidentified man. Flood is leaning against the car next to them. Rasmussen and Flood’s visit was part of an Elks goodwill tour in which fleets of ambassadors stopped in a variety of cities around the United States on their way to the national Elks convention in Columbus, Ohio, in July 1935. The text “Elks” is written on the negative and is faintly visible on the left side of the image. See related image Nos. 372A0833, 372A0834, and 372A0836.

Full-length portrait showing Al Rasmussen (third from right) and Richard T. Flood Jr. (far left) with a group of unidentified people after Rasmussen and Flood’s arrival in Portland on June 4, 1935. They are standing outside the doors of the Elks lodge at 1532 Southwest Morrison Street, and Rasmussen is shaking hands with the man next to him. Rasmussen and Flood’s visit was part of an Elks goodwill tour in which fleets of ambassadors stopped in a variety of cities around the United States on their way to the national Elks convention in Columbus, Ohio, in July 1935. The text “Elks” is written on the negative and is faintly visible on the left side of the image. See related image Nos. 372A0833, 372A0834, and 372A0835.

Full-length portrait of an unidentified man greeting Al Rasmussen (center) and Richard T. Flood Jr. of Sacramento after their arrival in Portland on June 4, 1935. Rasmussen is sitting in the passenger seat of the ambassadors’ car and is shaking hands with the unidentified man. Flood is leaning against the car next to them. Rasmussen and Flood’s visit was part of an Elks goodwill tour in which fleets of ambassadors stopped in a variety of cities around the United States on their way to the national Elks convention in Columbus, Ohio, in July 1935. The text “Elks” is written on the negative and is faintly visible on the left side of the image. See related image Nos. 372A0834, 372A0835, and 372A0836.

Full-length portrait of a group of people standing outside the East Side Commercial Club office in at Southeast 6th Avenue and Southeast Alder Street in Portland. The man standing at center, wearing a bow tie and shaking hands with the man to his left, may be United States Senator Charles L. McNary. The other people in the photograph are unidentified. The text “E. S. Com. Club” is written on the negative and is faintly visible at the bottom of the image.

Photograph showing three flight attendants from United Air Lines (later United Airlines) standing in a row next to an unidentified man who is sitting at a desk and holding an open book. All four people are raising their right hands. The women are (from left) Gladyce Putnam, Aletha Cabie, and Sarabelle Milne. The photograph was probably taken at a Portland Breakfast Club meeting at the Multnomah Hotel on March 10, 1936. Putnam, Cabie, and Milne attended the meeting, which was sponsored by United. See related image No. 372A0709.

Photograph showing members of the Forty and Eight with a car at Union Station in Portland on Saturday, February 22, 1936. They were at the station to greet members arriving for an initiation ceremony (known as a “wreck”). A cropped version of this photograph was published on the front page of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, February 23, 1936, under the headline “In Wreck Headed for 40 and 8 ‘Wreck.’ “ The photograph had the following caption: “The famous old French war-time taxi was at the depot Saturday to greet the special bringing Washington 40 and 8 members to the annual interstate ‘wreck’ here. From left— Mayor [Joseph K.] Carson, B. F. Beattie, Portland; Chef de Chemin de Fer Fred Fuecker of Seattle, national head; Chef de Gare D. Elwood Caples, Vancouver, Washington state leader; Chef de Gare Laban A. Steeves of Salem, Oregon state leader, and in foreground Steve Chadwich, Seattle, former national officer.” The photograph accompanied a story headlined “40 & 8 Vets Have Gay Time.”

Photograph showing R. G. Barnett (left), vice president and general manager of the Portland Gas & Coke Company, and Gordon J. Malone of Servel, Inc., sitting at a desk and looking at a booklet. The photograph was taken in Portland on May 3, 1945, during a conference for gas company executives in Oregon and Washington. The number 5006 is written on the negative and is faintly visible in the lower right corner of the image. The text “Barnett & big shot” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 375A0924 and 375A0925.

Photograph showing two men sitting side by side at a desk. Documents are scattered in a loose pile on the desk in front of them. The man on the left, R. G. Barnett, vice president and general manager of the Portland Gas & Coke Company, is holding one of the documents and they are looking at it. The number 5301 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper left corner of the image. The note “Barnett & Sandburg” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image No. 375A0927.

Photograph showing two men sitting side by side at a desk. Documents are scattered in a loose pile on the desk in front of them. The man on the left, R. G. Barnett, vice president and general manager of the Portland Gas & Coke Company, is holding one of the documents and looking at the man on the right. The number 5300 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper left corner of the image. The note “Barnett & Sandburg” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image No. 375A0928.

Photograph showing R. G. Barnett (left) shaking hands with Gordon J. Malone. A cropped print of this photograph in the Oregon Journal photographs collection (Org. Lot 1027, Box 4, folder 32) is stamped with the date May 3, 1945, and has the following caption information: “LEADERS at a two-day conference of Oregon-Washington gas company executives opened here this morning are: R. G. Barnett, vice president and general manager of Portland Gas & Coke company (left), and Gordon J. Malone, Evansville, Ind., representing Servel, Inc. Malone, originator of the ‘Servel Plan’ to create more jobs for ex-service men and women and to keep business moving in volume after the war, opened the conference at the Portland Gas copany's [sic] hospitality house in the Public Service building.” The number 5004 is written on the negative and is faintly visible in the upper right corner of the image. The text “Barnett & big shot” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 375A0925 and 375A0926.

Half-length portrait of Gordon J. Malone of Servel, Inc., sitting at a desk, facing front, and smiling. The photograph was taken on May 3, 1945, while Malone was in Portland for a conference of gas company executives in Oregon and Washington. The number 5005 is written on the negative and is faintly visible in the upper right corner of the image. The text “Barnett & big shot” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 375A0924 and 375A0926.

Photograph showing three unidentified women in Portland Gas & Coke Company uniforms. They are outdoors on a balcony or rooftop. They are posing in a row, facing left, and looking toward the front. Each is holding a book. The number 2624 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the image. The unverified note “Girl meter readers” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 375A0839, 375A0840, and 375A08341.

Photograph showing three unidentified women in Portland Gas & Coke Company uniforms. They are outdoors on a balcony or rooftop. The woman at left is posing with a book, a flashlight, and a drawstring bag. The other two women are sitting in chairs nearby and looking at her. The number 2625 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the image. The unverified note “Girl meter readers” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 375A0838, 375A0840, and 375A08341.

Photograph showing three unidentified women in Portland Gas & Coke Company uniforms. They are outdoors on a balcony or rooftop. The woman at left is posing with a book and a drawstring bag and has a flashlight in her back pocket. The other two women are sitting in chairs nearby and looking at her. The number 2626 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the image. The unverified note “Girl meter readers” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 375A0838, 375A0839, and 375A08341.