Railroad workers gathered at a train track near SE Grand Avenue, and likely SE Division Street. The men appear to be working on the train tracks, next to a “Caution Men” sign over the roadway. In the distance is a raised bridge with a stone railing and street lights (SE Grand Avenue?). On the left side of the frame is a deteriorated industrial building (negative 9 of 15). Original sleeve title: Portland communities - Grand Avenue.

Construction workers on the McNary Dam build project on the Columbia River. The men are wearing hard hats and vests, and appear to be talking in a group. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, April 30, 1950 (negative 32 of 42).

A McNary Dam construction worker sits on the running board of an automobile, smoking a cigarette. He wears a safety hat and is seated next to a group of workers that appear to be talking to one another. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, April 30, 1950 (negative 40 of 42).

Photograph of several people inside the steel frame of the Pacific Federal Savings building looking up at a man holding a rope with a small tree on the corner of two beams above him (negative 6 of 7).

A group of people stand amid piles of bricks at a construction site. They watch as someone uses a long stick to adjust the hands of a clock. In the background, men are laying brick at the construction site. These are volunteer workers from labor unions working to build the brick walls of the new building for the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (negative 2 of 6).

Construction workers laying the foundations for a new animal enclosures at the Portland Zoo (later Oregon Zoo) (negative 5 of 5).

Construction workers laying the foundations for a new penguin house at the Portland Zoo (later Oregon Zoo). (negative 1 of 5).

Two men wearing hard hats stand facing away from the camera watching a crane remove walls from the Avalon apartments. The apartment building on the corner of N. Ross Avenue and Clackamas street is one of several structures demolished for the construction of the Exposition-Recreation Center (later Veterans Memorial Coliseum) (negative 1 of 3).

A man stands next to a machine on the construction site of the Lloyd shopping center in Portland, Oregon. A wrecking ball crane sits in a large, cleared, dirt area. The caption on the negative sleeve reads, "Men starting on Lloyd project after strike - R.A. Heintz (contractor), Owen M. Cork (mechanic), Chris Bespflug (oiler), Russell Clemence (crane operator), F.C. Scott (superintendent)" (negative 1 of 3).

A man drives heavy construction machinery next to a wrecking ball crane on the construction site of the Lloyd shopping center in Portland, Oregon. A second man stands next to the machine and looks at the camera. The construction site is a large, cleared, dirt area. The caption on the negative sleeve reads, "Men starting on Lloyd project after strike - R.A. Heintz (contractor), Owen M. Cork (mechanic), Chris Bespflug (oiler), Russell Clemence (crane operator), F.C. Scott (superintendent)" (negative 3 of 3).

A group of people stand in a pit at the construction site of the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Oregon. Some are first responders and others are construction workers. They all look to the left where rescue operations are underway. The caption on the negative sleeve reads, "Cave-in at new zoo site - rescue of two trapped workmen" (negative 2 of 12).

A crowd of people watch as a turntable is built at a new roundhouse for Spokane Portland & Seattle Railway rail yard on 9th Ave. in Portland. A track can be spanning the turntable area, with with hoisting cranes above (negative 3 of 9).

Workers under a newly installed turntable track at a roundhouse being constructed at Spokane Portland & Seattle Railway rail yard on 9th Ave. in Portland. The tracks can be seen above the sunken hole, where workers are digging with shovels (negative 6 of 9).

A railroad turntable being built at a new roundhouse for Spokane Portland & Seattle rail yard on 9th Ave. in Portland. A track can be spanning the turntable area, with several people standing around the sunken area. Cranes can be seen at either side of the frame (negative 1 of 9).