Worker at Columbia Steel Casting Company
- OrgLot791_PA64209-94
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- 1944-08
An employee using a hand grinder on a ship hull casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Worker at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee using a hand grinder on a ship hull casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Lifting steel-castings with a crane at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An unidentified worker helps guide a large steel-cast component being lifted by a crane 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 repair welding on a casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Worker at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee using a small pneumatic grinder to blend the parting line on 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
Worker at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee using a grinder on a grinding gear blank (end user Hammond Lumber Co.) 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
Worker at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee using a small electric grinder on a cast pin at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Worker at Columbia Steel Casting Company
An employee using an electric swing frame grinder on a steel-cast component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
Pouring steel in the Columbia Steel Casting Company foundry
Workers pouring steel from the ladle into molds in the Columbia Steel Casting Company foundry. Pictured to the left of the ladle is Lee Beavers. In the foreground of the picture, D. C. Gore, furnace department foreman, is preparing to put riser compound on the riser top once pouring is complete.
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
Interior view of Columbia Steel Casting Company
Two employees help guide a large, ship's hull casting as it is removed from the mold by a crane at Columbia Steel Casting Company. Note mold half in background with employee riding on top as it’s moved with a crane.
Atkeson, Ray
Interior view of Columbia Steel Casting Company
A large hull casting is being lifted by a crane while below an employee uses a grinder to smooth a propeller at Columbia Steel Casting Company.
Atkeson, Ray
General Arrangement of Shipyard, Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation
Part of OHS Maps Collection
A blueprint map of the shipyard for Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation. The Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation was a shipyard managed by Kaiser Shipbuilding Corporation during World War II. The shipyard built Liberty and Victory ships for the U. S. Maritime Commission between 1941 and 1944. The plans are dated Dec. 14, 1944 with revisions noted March 14, 1945. The document is a blueline print mounted on cloth.
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation
Composite photograph of two workers boxing at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland
Photograph of a photograph. The picture is a composite created from a print of image No. 375A0745. That image shows two unidentified workers, a man and a woman, boxing at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. In the composite shown here, the background has been removed and the man’s face has been replaced with the head of a different man, Albina Engine treasurer H. W. Erren, from another photograph. Erren’s face may have been cut from a reversed print of image No. 375A0748. Image note: The number 251 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower left corner of the image. The unverified note “Albina shipbuilding” is written on the negative sleeve.
Composite photograph of cook making pancakes and bacon at Albina Engine & Machine Works
Photograph of a photograph. The picture is a composite created from a print of image No. 375A0390. That photograph shows an unidentified woman cooking pancakes and bacon in a kitchen at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. In the composite shown here, the woman’s face has been replaced with the head of a man from a different photograph. It may have come from a reversed print of image No. 375A0353, depicting Albina Engine president George Rodgers. Image note: The number 252 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower left corner of the image. The note “Albina shipbuilding” is written on the negative sleeve.
Composite photograph of person on bicycle at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland
Photograph of a photograph. The picture is a composite created from a print of image No. 375A0726. That photograph shows an unidentified woman sitting on a bicycle at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. In the composite shown here, the woman’s face has been replaced with the head of an unidentified man from a different photograph. The number 253 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower left corner of the image. The text “Albina shipbuilding” is written on the negative sleeve.
Composite photograph of person at Albina Engine & Machine Works
Part of Al Monner news negatives
A composite photograph showing a man holding a smaller version of himself, at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland. His extended right arm is holding the hair of his smaller self. Photograph of a photograph (negative 1 of 23). Original negative sleeve title: Albina Engine and Marine Works, photos for Al Lake.
Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998
Composite photograph of person sitting on cup at Albina Engine & Machine Works
Part of Al Monner news negatives
A composite photograph showing four men seated at a table and looking downward at a small man, who is sitting on cup, at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland. Photograph of a photograph (negative 12 of 23). Original negative sleeve title: Albina Engine and Marine Works, photos for Al Lake. See negative 641-3.
Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998
Composite photograph of person eating at Albina Engine & Machine Works
Part of Al Monner news negatives
A composite photograph showing a man, seated in front of a table, eating his own head at Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland. He is holding a fork and knife, and smiling downward at the head. Photograph of a photograph (negative 13 of 23). Original negative sleeve title: Albina Engine and Marine Works, photos for Al Lake.
Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998
Composite photograph of person fishing in a pitcher of milk at Albina Engine and Machine Works
Part of Al Monner news negatives
A composite photograph showing a small man sitting on the rim of a milk pitcher at Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland. He is holding a fishing pole, and the glass pitcher appears to have been placed on cement in front of plants. Photograph of a photograph (negative 14 of 23). Original negative sleeve title: Albina Engine and Marine Works, photos for Al Lake.
Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998