Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
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- 1944-08
An unidentified worker welding a joint on a cast-steel component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
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Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified worker welding a joint on a cast-steel component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee uses an acetylene torch track burner to remove a riser from a ship frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee uses a track burner to remove riser from a stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified employee Employee removes solidification gusset with an acetylene cutting torch from a ship hull casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Liberty Ship stern subassemblies
A view of the stern subassemblies for a Liberty Ship showing how the stern frames produced by Columbia Steel Casting Company were welded to the ship’s hull plates.
Atkeson, Ray
Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee using an acetylene torch on a track burner to remove a riser at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee using an acetylene torch track burner to remove a riser on a steel-cast component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee using an acetylene cutting torch to remove a riser from a casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee uses an acetylene cutting torch to cut off rigging from ship hull part at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified employee uses an acetylene cutting torch to cut off rigging from a ship hull part at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Cleaning steel-cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Two employees work on stern frame of ship at Columbia Steel Casting Company. One employee uses a cutting torch to remove a riser and one uses a pneumatic chipping gun.
Atkeson, Ray
Welding a stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee welding a joint on a stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company. Several other employees are visible working on other pieces in the background.
Atkeson, Ray
Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee using an acetylene cutting torch with a track to remove a riser from a hull frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee using a hand held acetylene cutting torch to remove a riser at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee repair welding on a casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Welder at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee uses track burner to remove riser from stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Welders at Columbia Steel Casting Company
Two welders doing repair work on a rudder pivot shaft casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Part of Al Monner news negatives
Photograph showing an Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation float during a war hero parade in downtown Portland. The float is being towed by a tractor, and features welders working on a metal ship piece. Signs on the float read “’Ships for Victory’ - Quicker!” and “Speed More Speed” (negative 2 of 15). Original sleeve title: “War heroes arrival, parade, and departure”.
Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998
Welder with blowtorch, Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland
Photograph showing an unidentified welder at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. He is standing at a table, holding a blowtorch, and looking down at a smoking circular object on the table in front of him. The number 185 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.”
Worker welding at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland
Photograph showing an unidentified worker in protective clothing welding a part at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. The worker is sitting at a table and facing to the right. The number 183 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.”
Worker welding at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland
Photograph showing an unidentified person welding a piece of a triangular metal frame at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. Several other people, also wearing welding masks, are gathered nearby, watching. The number 82 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner. Information based on the following unverified note written on the negative sleeve: “Albina shipbuilding / Welding / 10/24/42.” See related image No. 375A0411.
Welder Jeannine Christensen holding blowtorch, Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland
Photograph showing Jeannine Christensen, a welder at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. She is standing at a slatted work table and looking down at two pieces of metal on the table. She is holding the bottom of her raised welder’s mask with one hand and is holding a lit blowtorch in the other. The text “Albina shipbuilding / Jeanine [sic] / 9/30/43” is written on the negative sleeve. The date is unverified.
Welder Jeannine Christensen using blowtorch, Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland
Photograph, taken from the side, showing welder Jeannine Christensen facing to the right and using a blowtorch at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. She is wearing a welder’s mask. The text “Albina shipbuilding / Jeanine [sic] / 9/30/43” is written on the negative sleeve. The date is unverified.
Pat Mulligan, welder at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland
Photograph showing welder Pat Mulligan at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. She is kneeling next to a metal structure, facing slightly left, and smiling. She is wearing a welder’s mask on her head and heavy clothing. The number 164 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 1, Section 3, of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, June 6, 1943. The picture was part of a multi-photo spread headlined “Northwest Women Aid War on Every Front.” This photograph had the following caption: “HERE’S A SERVICE MAN’S WIFE who welds Hellships as her lick at the Axis. She’s Albina’s Pat Mulligan, whose Irish songs and Irish eyes have the sparkle of a well struck arc.” Also see image No. 375A0628. Image note: The text “Albina shipbuilding” is written on the negative sleeve.
Vincent, Ralph
Workers welding at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland
Photograph showing three unidentified people crouching on the floor and welding at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. A fourth person is standing nearby, holding up an object for eye protection as he watches. The number 83 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 / Welding / 10/24/42.” See related image No. 375A0411.
Welding contest trainees at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland
Part of Al Monner news negatives
Welding trainees (women?) at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation participating in a contest. The welders are in individual bays and using welding guns in pieces of pipes. Both are wearing welding helmets and standing next to log stools (negative 1 of 1).
Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998
Woman welder at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation
Part of Al Monner news negatives
Photograph showing a woman welder, laying on a welding cart, at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in Portland. She is wearing a face shield, and is holding a welding gun to a metal surface above her (negative 5 of 5). See negative 449-1).
Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998
Part of Al Monner news negatives
A woman stands next to container of welding rods at an industrial facility in the Portland area (Albina Engine and Machine Works, Kaiser Swan Island, or Columbia Aircraft Corporation). A rod holder appears to be in her other hand, and a welding helmet is flipped up above her head (negative 1 of 8). Original sleeve title: War workers - Albina Engine and Machine Works, Kaiser Swan Island, Columbia Aircraft Corp.
Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998