Photograph showing rigging superintendent George Buckle speaking to assembled workers at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland on Wednesday, July 26, 1944. Members of the Albina Hellcats band are sitting behind him. They are in a second-story room open to the outdoors on one side, and the crowd is gathered below. Buckle was outlining a plan for shipyard meetings, called the Working-Stiffs’ Forum, to discuss problems faced by employees. A story about the meetings, headlined “Albina Workers Establish Forum,” was published on Page 1, Section 2 of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, July 30, 1944. The story, by Jean Muir, reported that the forum would meet three times a week at the lunch hour, with one meeting to focus on shipyard issues and the other two on general problems. Muir wrote: “Everything vital to the business of living during the war or in the postwar world will be open for discussion — from suggested improvements in working conditions to better food for the children and plans for worker security when the war is over.” See related image Nos. 375A0560 and 375A0565.

Photograph, taken from the side, showing rigging superintendent George Buckle standing on a balcony and addressing assembled workers at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. Buckle was outlining a plan for shipyard meetings, called the Working-Stiffs’ Forum, to discuss problems faced by employees. A story about the meetings, headlined “Albina Workers Establish Forum,” was published on Page 1, Section 2 of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, July 30, 1944. The story, by Jean Muir, reported that the forum would meet three times a week at the lunch hour, with one meeting to focus on shipyard issues and the other two on general problems. Muir wrote: “Everything vital to the business of living during the war or in the postwar world will be open for discussion — from suggested improvements in working conditions to better food for the children and plans for worker security when the war is over.” See related image Nos. 375A0560 and 375A0564.

Photograph showing a group of eight people, six men and two women, outdoors at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. The three men at right are citing on pile of supplies, and the two at center are looking at a copy of the Albina Subchaser, the shipyard newspaper. The people in the photograph are unidentified, but the second person from right may be Albina Engine president George Rodgers. The number 217 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The text “Albina shipbuilding” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 375A0714, 375A0715, 375A0718, and 375A0719.

Photograph showing an unidentified man and woman holding produce during a market at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland on Wednesday, September 8, 1943, when farmers brought goods to the shipyard and sold directly to workers. The man in this photograph, who is probably Albina Engine president George Rodgers, is showing a box of peaches to a shipyard worker. She is holding a bunch of carrots and a piece of fruit. In the background, an unidentified boy is watching from the back of a truck. The Oregon Journal published a story about the market on the front page of Section 2 in its final edition on Thursday, September 9, 1943. Image note: The text “Albina public market / 9/9/43” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 375A0350, 375A0760, 375A0761, 375A0762, 375A0763, 375A0764, and 375A0765.

Photograph showing Albina Engine & Machine Works president George Rodgers holding a sledgehammer over the last spike for a new railway spur as a group of Albina shipyard workers doff their hats. A cropped version of this photograph was published on the front page of the Oregon Journal final edition on Saturday, November 7, 1942. The photograph had the following caption: “THE A. B. & T. RAILWAY (Albina, Berlin & Tokyo), Albina Engine & Machine works men call this spur from the main line to the yard, because it hooks up Albina with the waterfronts of the world. George Rodgers, company president, drives the ‘golden’ spike to complete the spur.” The number 122 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. See related image No. 375A0393.

Photograph showing Albina Engine & Machine Works president George Rodgers holding a sledgehammer over the last spike for a new railway spur as a group of Albina shipyard workers doff their hats. A similar photograph, image No. 375A0393, was published on the front page of the Oregon Journal final edition on Saturday, November 7, 1942. That photograph had the following caption: “THE A. B. & T. RAILWAY (Albina, Berlin & Tokyo), Albina Engine & Machine works men call this spur from the main line to the yard, because it hooks up Albina with the waterfronts of the world. George Rodgers, company president, drives the ‘golden’ spike to complete the spur.” The number 123 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image.

Photograph showing a man eating a peach during a market at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland on Wednesday, September 8, 1943, when farmers brought their produce to the shipyard and sold directly to workers. The man is unidentified but is probably George Rodgers, president of the shipbuilder. He is standing next to a flatbed truck loaded with carrots and boxes of peaches. The Oregon Journal published a story about the market on the front page of Section 2 in its final edition on Thursday, September 9, 1943. Image note: The text “Albina public market 9/9/43” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 375A0350, 375A0759, 375A0760, 375A0761, 375A0762, 375A0764, and 375A0765.

Photograph showing Albina Engine & Machine Works president George Rodgers in an office at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. He is sitting at a desk and facing front. On the desk are glasses and bottles of champagne and other alcoholic beverages. The number 64 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The note “Albina shipbuilding” is written on the negative sleeve.

Photograph showing George Rodgers, president of Albina Engine & Machine Works, standing outdoors near a crane in the shipyard. He is wearing suit and a hat, facing to the left, and looking at something outside the frame. The number 141 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The text “Albina shipbuilding / Roger & Huson / 11/12/42” is written on the negative sleeve. The date is unverified.

An employee using a hand grinder to smooth seams on a steel-cast component at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

An employee using a swing frame grinder to clean skeg off a ship hull frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

An employee using a swing grinder on the inside of a ship stern frame casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Photograph showing a group of people, possibly visitors, watching a worker using a lathe at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. On the lathe is a cylindrical object, possibly a pipe. The worker is operating the lathe with one hand and using the other to measure the object with calipers. The people in the photograph are unidentified. The number 211 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the negative. The text “Albina shipbuilding” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 375A0713, 375A0715, 375A0718, and 375A0719.

Full-length portrait of a group of unidentified workers posing outdoors at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. The number 41 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The text “Albina shipbuilding / Launching / Hell Hornet / 1/8/43” is written on the negative sleeve. The photograph may have been taken on the day an Albina submarine chaser, PC 816, known as the Hell Hornet, was launched at the Albina shipyard, but the information is unverified. Also see image Nos. 375A0434, 375A0435, 375A0436, 375A0437, 375A0438, 375A0439, 375A0440, 375A0441, 375A0442, 375A0443, 375A0444, 375A0445, 375A0446, 375A0447, 375A0449, 375A0450, and 375A0451.

Photograph showing a group of unidentified workers gathered in a room with a blackboard at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. Most of the workers are sitting on benches and are facing a man who is standing in front of the blackboard and holding up a rectangular object. Some of the workers are wearing welders’ masks on their heads. The text “3X” is written on the negative and is visible in the lower left corner of the photograph. Image note: Information based on the following unverified note written on the negative sleeve: “Albina shipbuilding / Sub chaser / 11/25/44.”

A woman (a reporter?) standing next to guards on horseback at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in Portland. The woman, wearing a hat and long coat, is turned towards the camera while one of the guards looks downward at her (negative 1 of 9).

Two guards on horseback at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in Portland. They’re on a paved road next to a large ship, with two men at the front. Several metal structures over the road appear to hold cranes (negative 9 of 9).

A sign attached to a post, placed in dirt on a train car at Willamette Iron and Steel Corporation in Portland. Written on the sign is “To Hiroheito - May He Rest in Pieces, AMEN.” A can with a derogatory face drawn on it has been placed on top of the post (negative 6 of 11).

An interior view of a deep mold with many nails in the bottom to be used as a chill at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

An interior view of a heat treat oven via an observation port at 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.

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.

Photograph showing two workers holding a smiling girl as they stand in front of a sign at Albina Engine & Machine Works in Portland. The sign reads: “To MY COUNTRY, and to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as its leader: We the undersigned employees of Albina Engine and Machine Works and Shipyard, hereby pledge that we Will refrain from taking even one unnecessary hour off work until this war is won. May God give our country and our President strenth [sic] to achieve a glorious victory.” The photograph was taken as Albina workers began signing a pledge against absenteeism. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 9 of the Oregon Journal on February 7, 1943. It had the following caption: “ ‘WHAT WE’RE FIGHTING FOR,’ say Jack Schmidt, left, and Bert Lowry of Albina, who hold Nancy Vincent in front of their pledge ‘that we will refrain from taking even one unnecessary hour off work until this war is won.’ “ The photograph accompanied a story headlined “Albina Workers Sign Pledge / Absenteeism ‘Voted Out.’” Also see image Nos. 375A0623, 375A0678, 375A0679, and 375A0681. Image note: The number 201 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The text “Albina shipbuilding” is written on the negative sleeve.

Photograph showing 9-year-old Jean de Graaf standing on a board atop the keel of a cargo ship at Albina Engine & Machine Works in Portland. The photograph was taken during the keel laying for the ship on March 16, 1945. Jean de Graaf, the daughter of Oregon tulip grower Jan de Graaf, is facing front, wearing traditional Netherlands clothing, and holding a Dutch flag. Several unidentified Albina employees are crouched around her, working on the ship’s keel. According to two stories in the Oregon Journal on March 16, 1945, the cargo ship was to be the first of 20 that the Netherlands had ordered from the Albina shipyard for use in the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. Image note: The text “Albina shipbuilding / Keel laying / Dutch ship / 3/16/45” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 375A0598, 375A0599, 375A0600, 375A0601, 375A0602, 375A0603, 375A0604, 375A0605, and 375A0607.

Jeanette Bourdeau, welder at Kaiser Company, Vancouver, using a welding rod. “Jan” is written across the back of her jacket, and she is wearing a face shield as she looks downward at her work. Another woman, face shield up, looks toward Bourdeau. This photograph was published on page 1 of the Oregon Journal’s “Picture Parade” section on Sunday, June 6, 1943 (negative 10 of 14).

Portrait of Jeanette Bourdeau, welder at Kaiser Company, Vancouver. Her face shield is flipped upward and she is looking towards her left (negative 12 of 14).

Photograph showing a group of workers gathered around a blackboard outdoors at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. At center, a woman is standing at the blackboard and holding a pointer. On the blackboard is a sign that reads “NO WORK - NO WOO / ‘Sign up here.’” The text “Chapter 5” is written above the sign, and below it are written the words of a pledge, which are partially obscured by people in front of the blackboard. The woman at the blackboard may be Jeannine Christensen, a welder at Albina Engine and the president of No Work, No Woo, an effort started by female employees at the Albina shipyard to reduce absenteeism. Workers pledged not to date anyone who hadn’t put in a full week’s work. Image note: The text “Albina shipbuilding / 9/3/43” is written on the negative sleeve. The date is unverified.

Photograph showing two workers, a man and a woman, talking outdoors at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. The woman is sitting on a wooden scaffold above the man and is holding a sandwich in one hand. The man is leaning against the scaffold and facing her. Both are smiling. The workers are unidentified, but the woman may be Jeannine Christensen, a welder at Albina Engine. The text “Albina shipbuilding / 9/3/43” is written on the negative sleeve. The date is unverified.