Ballet master Alexander Oumansky, teaching students at the Oumansky School of Dance in Portland, at 128 N.W. 23rd Avenue. A line of young ballerinas, wearing matching leotards and tutus, follows Oumansky. He has his arms raised (negative 1 of 3).

Ballet dancer Simone Mostovoy, from Les Ballet de Paris, in front of a line of young dancers at the Oumansky School of Dance in Portland, at 128 N.W. 23rd Avenue. She wears pointe shoes and extends her right leg, as the students mirror her against the far wall. Several women can be seen watching from an upper window in the background (negative 2 of 6).

Simone Mostovoy, from the Les Ballet de Paris, with ballet master Alexander Oumansky at his dance studio in Portland, at 128 N.W. 23rd Avenue. He stands behind Mostovoy as she balances en pointe, extending one leg (negative 3 of 6).

School teacher Louise Genzer works with deaf students at Hosford School in Portland. The students are wearing smocks and painting a large wooden dollhouse. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, November 1, 1953 (negative 2 of 4).

A teacher holds the hand of a little girl as they descend an escalator while on a field trip at the Portland International Airport. The teacher is Mrs. John Gardner and the girl is a student at Dayton Summer School in Dayton, Oregon. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on August 27, 1965.

A teacher working with disabled children at Buckman Elementary School in Portland. A young boy looks at the camera from the center of the frame, while several other children sit in enclosed desks next to a blackboard. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, November 1, 1953 (negative 1 of 4).

Children gathered around the desk of a teacher at Fernwood Elementary school (later Beverly Cleary School), on the first day of a new school year. A similar photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Tuesday, September 7, 1948.

Mrs. Hilda May Grant with her class at the old Lents school, before its closure. The children are seated on the floor while Grant leans over a drawing with houses. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, March 19, 1950 (negative 1 of 10).

A teacher kneels next to a table of small children at a newly opened nursery school at the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in Portland. Several children are at the table, which is front of a low counter (negative 4 of 12).

Teacher Doris Olson reads to a group of kindergarten students at Collins View School in Portland. Olson is sitting on a chair with an open book, while the students are seated on the ground in front. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, December 2, 1945 (negative 2 of 5).

Ballet students, wearing matching leotards and tutus, at the Oumansky School of Dance in Portland, at 128 N.W. 23rd Avenue. They appear to be mid-jump (negative 2 of 3).

Ballet dancer Simone Mostovoy, from Les Ballet de Paris, with a young dancer at the Oumansky School of Dance in Portland, at 128 N.W. 23rd Avenue. Mostovoy is wearing pointe shoes and extending her right leg, while the younger dancer attempts to mirror her (negative 1 of 6).

A group of deaf children at Hosford School in Portland. A teacher is seated at the front of the room, next to a child who spreads both arms as she points toward a piece of art pinned to an easel. The other students are seated in a row of chairs facing towards the front of the room. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, November 1, 1953 (negative 1 of 4).

Ballet master Alexander Oumansky, teaching students at the Oumansky School of Dance in Portland, at 128 N.W. 23rd Avenue. The students are seated on the ground, as Oumansky walks away from the camera carrying a cane (negative 3 of 3).

Three young war workers at Reed College, standing with a man in a suit and looking towards a blackboard. Triangles and mathematical formulas are drawn on the board (negative 9 of 9). Original sleeve title: War industry workers - Studying at Reed College, Columbia Aircraft Industries, Albina Engine and Machine Works.

Students are gathered around the desk of a teacher, most likely at a war worker housing area in Portland (University Homes?). The teacher is seated and smiling at a boy, who is standing next to her and holding an open book (negative 11 of 14). Original sleeve title: War industry workers - University war worker apartments; trailer camp; Kaiser Co., Vancouver.