Photograph showing three men standing in a row at a table, looking at a diagram spread in front of them. The man at left is pointing a pen at a spot on the diagram. The number 135 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The unconfirmed note “Albina shipbuilding / Roger & Huson / 11/12/42” is written on the negative sleeve. The man at center is L. R. Hussa, vice president of Albina Engine & Machine Works in Portland.

Photograph showing George Rodgers, president of Albina Engine & Machine Works in Portland, sitting at a desk, looking down at a document, and holding a pen. The number 145 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner. The note “Albina shipbuilding / Roger & Huson / 11/12/42” is written on the negative sleeve. The date is unverified.

Photograph, taken from the side, showing George Rodgers, president of Albina Engine & Machine Works in Portland, sitting at the controls of a crane. He is in profile, facing left, and is wearing a hat and suit. The number 142 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The note “Albina shipbuilding / Roger & Huson / 11/12/42” is written on the negative sleeve. The date is unverified.

Photograph showing L. R. Hussa, vice president of Albina Engine & Machine Works in Portland, sitting at a desk with a document in front of him and holding a pen. He is facing front and is wearing a suit and tie. The number 136 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The note “Albina shipbuilding / Roger & Huson / 11/12/42” is written on the negative sleeve. The date is unverified.

Photograph showing L. R. Hussa, vice president of Albina Engine & Machine Works in Portland, standing a table and holding a metal object, probably part of a tool that is lying on the table in front of him. He is facing slightly left and is wearing a suit and tie. The number 138 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The note “Albina shipbuilding / Roger & Huson / 11/12/42” is written on the negative sleeve. The date is unverified.

Photograph showing L. R. Hussa, vice president of Albina Engine & Machine Works in Portland, sitting at a desk and looking at a booklet open in front of him. He is facing slightly left and is wearing a suit and tie. The number 139 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The note “Albina shipbuilding / Roger & Huson / 11/12/42” is written on the negative sleeve. The date is unverified.

Photograph showing Sid Woodbury IV standing on a chair between his grandfather, Sid Woodbury II (right) and Albina Engine & Machine Works president George Rodgers in October 1942. Sid Woodbury IV, age 7, is looking at Rodgers, holding a box of Camel cigarettes in one hand, and raising in the index finger of his other hand. A similar photograph, image No. 375A0375, was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, October 25, 1942. That photograph had the following caption: “ASTONISHMENT was the reaction of George Rodgers, Albina Shipyards president, when seven-year-old Sid Woodbury IV told him he would match all Albina’s cigarette purchases for overseas men. He did with a check for $1,000.” The photograph accompanied a story, headlined “Boy of Seven Gives $1000 For Overseas Army Smokers.” The story reported that the cigarettes would be sent to United States troops serving in World War II in memory of Sid Woodbury IV’s father, a serviceman who was killed in a car accident in 1940. Also see related image No. 375A0363. Image note: The number 107 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The text “Albina shipbuilding / Packing cigarettes for armed forces / 10/24/42” is written on the negative sleeve. The exact date is unverified.

Photograph showing Sid Woodbury IV (center) with Albina Engine & Machine Works president George Rodgers (left) and his grandfather, Sid Woodbury II, in October 1942. Sid Woodbury IV, age 7, is sitting on Rodgers lap, holding a box of Camel cigarettes, and showing a pack of cigarettes to his grandfather. The photograph was taken when the Woodburys visited the Albina shipyard in Portland and offered a $1,000 match for shipyard workers’ purchase of cigarettes for United States troops serving in World War II. On Sunday, October 25, 1942, the Oregon Journal published a story about the Woodburys’ offer, headlined “Boy of Seven Gives $1000 For Overseas Army Smokes.” Accompanying the story was a related image, No. 375A0375. The story reported that the cigarettes would be sent to the troops for Christmas in the memory of Sid Woodbury IV’s father, a serviceman who was killed in a car accident in 1940. Also see related image No. 375A0362. Image note: The number 105 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The text “Albina shipbuilding / Packing cigarettes for armed forces / 10/24/42” is written on the negative sleeve. The exact date is unverified.

Photograph showing shipyard workers outside the office at the Albina Engine & Marine Works in Portland, waiting to contribute to a cigarette drive for United States troops serving in World War II. Boxes of Camel cigarettes are stacked next to the office. Hanging on a post is a sign about the drive, which features a photograph of Albina Engine & Marine president George Rodgers with Sid Woodbury IV. The sign reads: “In memory of his Father, Lieut. Sid Woodbury III, killed in 1940 / His seven-year-old Son, Sid Woodbury IV / Will match Albina carton for carton in the Christmas cigarette sale. / The Kid is wiling to shoot the works. Are we? / And How!” Image note: The number 91 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower left corner of the image. The text “Albina shipbuilding / Packing cigarettes for armed forces / 10/24/42” is written on the negative sleeve. The photograph was taken in October 1942 but the exact date is unconfirmed.

Photograph, taken in October 1942, showing a group of unidentified employees at Albina Engine & Machine Works in Portland during a cigarette drive for United States troops serving in World War II. The workers are facing front and holding boxes of Camel cigarettes. The number 97 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The text “Albina shipbuilding / Packing cigarettes for armed forces / 10/24/42” is written on the negative sleeve. The photograph was taken in October 1942 but the exact date is unverified.

Photograph showing 7-year-old Sid Woodbury IV with two men outside the office at the Albina Engine & Marine Works shipyard in Portland. The photograph was taken during a cigarette drive at the Albina shipyard for United States troops serving in World War II. Woodbury and his grandfather offered a $1,000 match for cigarettes contributed by workers at the shipyard. Woodbury is standing on a box next to a collection barrel labeled “SOLDIERS” and is leaning against an open box of cigarettes on top of the barrel. He is facing the two men, who are each holding cash toward him. Image note: The number 94 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The text “Albina shipbuilding / Packing cigarettes for armed forces / 10/24/42” is written on the negative sleeve. The photograph was taken in October 1942 but the exact date is unconfirmed.

Photograph showing two unidentified workers at Albina Engine & Machine Works holding 7-year-old Sid Woodbury IV and boxes of Camel cigarettes over a collection barrel labeled “SOLDIERS.” The photograph was taken outside the office at the Albina shipyard in Portland during a cigarette drive for United States troops serving in World War II. Woodbury and his grandfather offered a $1,000 match for cigarettes contributed by workers at the shipyard. Image note: The number 93 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The text “Albina shipbuilding / Packing cigarettes for armed forces / 10/24/42” is written on the negative sleeve. The photograph was taken in October 1942 but the exact date is unverified.

Photograph showing unidentified workers at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in line to donate boxes of cigarettes for United States troops serving in World War II. The number 92 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The text “Albina shipbuilding / Packing cigarettes for armed forces/ 10/24/42” is written on the negative sleeve. The photograph was taken in October 1942 but the exact date is unverified. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Night photograph showing a group of workers, two women and four men, during a cigarette drive at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. Two of the men are handing boxes of Camel cigarettes to the women, who are standing near a collection barrel labeled “SAILORS.” The cigarettes were being collected for United States troops serving in World War II. Image note: The number 88 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The text “Albina shipbuilding / Packing cigarettes for armed forces / 10/24/42” is written on the negative sleeve. The photograph was taken in October 1942 but the exact date is unconfirmed.

Photograph showing a woman on a stage, standing at a microphone. The number 128 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The unverified note “Albina shipbuilding / 10/30/42 / Playhouse Theatre” is written on the negative sleeve. The woman is unidentified but may be Pat Mulligan, a singer and a welder at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. See related image Nos. 375A0391, 375A0396, 375A0397 and 375A0399.

Photograph showing a woman and a man standing on a stage at a microphone. The woman is looking to the left and laughing, and she and the man are holding a twenty-dollar bill. The number 129 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The unverified note “Albina shipbuilding / 10/30/42 / Playhouse Theatre” is written on the negative sleeve. The people in this photograph are unidentified, but one or both may be employees of the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. See related image Nos. 375A0391, 375A0396, 375A0397 and 375A0399.

Photograph showing a piece of shrinking equipment, which appears to simultaneously heat a surface and spray it with water, in use on a galvanized metal plate at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. The number 117 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper left corner of the image. Information based on the following unverified note written on the negative sleeve: “Albina shipbuilding / Shrinking process / 11/24/42.”

Photograph showing a galvanized metal plate with marks from shrinking equipment at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. The number 119 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 / Shrinking process / 11/24/42.”

Photograph showing an unidentified worker using shrinking equipment on a galvanized metal plate at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. The number 118 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower left corner of the image. Information based on the following unverified note written on the negative sleeve: “Albina shipbuilding / Shrinking process / 11/24/42.”

Photograph showing an unidentified woman standing at a table at Albina Engine & Machine Works in Portland. She is facing front, smiling, and holding a spoon or serving utensil over a large bowl of food. She is wearing a chef’s hat, dress, and apron. The number 79 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The unverified note “Albina shipbuilding / Welding / 10/20/42” is written on the negative sleeve.

Photograph showing two unidentified workers at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland crouching on the floor and painting specifications on thin planks. The number 146 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 / Graveyard crew / 10/15/42.”

Full-length portrait of a large group of workers at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. Most of the workers are sitting or standing on a large wooden frame or scaffold and are facing front. The number 159 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 / Graveyard crew / 10/15/42.”

Three-quarters portrait of three unidentified men, possibly security employees, standing next to a fence at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. The man at left is holding a ring of keys. The man at center is wearing a star-shaped badge and has one hand on the fence gate. The man at right is holding a padlock and appears to be wearing a holstered gun. The number 162 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 / Graveyard crew / 10/15/42.”

Three-quarters portrait of an unidentified man leaning on a table at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. He is facing to the right. Ship blueprints are spread on the table and hanging on the wall in front of him. The number 157 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 / Graveyard crew / 10/15/42.”

Photograph showing three unidentified employees, all women, working in a restaurant or cafeteria at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. They are sitting in a row at a table, looking toward the front, and drying spoons, forks, and knives. The number 179 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 / Graveyard crew / 10/15/42.”

Full-length portrait, taken outdoors and at night, of 20 unidentified workers at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. They are posing in three rows with a slanting pile of materials, some leaning against the pile, others sitting on top. The third person from right in the top row is holding a cat. The number 158 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 / Graveyard crew / 10/15/42.” Image note: Photograph is out of focus.

Photograph showing a group of people standing in a row in front of a ship during a launching ceremony at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland on January 8, 1943. At left is Albina Engine president George Rodgers; second from right is U. S. Navy Commander Leland D. Whitford, supervisor of naval shipbuilding in the Portland area; and fourth from right is Melva Lillian Cole, who christened the ship, a submarine chaser known as Hell Hornet. The other people in the photograph are unidentified. The Oregon Journal published a story about the launching and a related photograph, image No. 375A0441, on Page 10 of its final edition on January 9, 1943. The story, headlined “Wife of Hero Launches Subchaser,” reported that Cole was the widow of a U. S. Navy serviceman, Wilson Burnett Cole, who had been killed in an attack by a German submarine off Cape Hatteras in June 1942. Image note: The number 29 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The text “Albina shipbuilding / Launching / 1/8/43” is written on the negative sleeve. Also see image Nos. 375A0434, 375A0435, 375A0436, 375A0437, 375A0438, 375A0439, 375A0440, 375A0441, 375A0442, 375A0443, 375A0444, 375A0445, 375A0446, 375A0447, 375A0448, 375A0450, and 375A0451.

Photograph showing four unidentified people, three men and a woman, standing in a row on a stage. The second man from left is standing at a microphone and appears to be speaking. The number 19 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The unverified note “Albina shipbuilding / Swing shift / Playhouse Theatre / 1/16/43” is written on the negative sleeve. The photograph was probably taken at a vaudeville show performed by workers from Albina Engine & Machine Works and Commercial Iron Works in Portland. A short preview of the show was published on Page 4, Section 2, of the Oregon Journal on Friday, January 15, 1943: “SHIPYARD SHOW–Even the national War Labor board has set its seal of approval on the Albina-Commercial swing shift show slated for 1:30 a.m. Saturday at the Playhouse. Besides a sneak preview and ‘This is Blitz,’ or what Hitler does to conquered countries, the workers will give their own 10-act vaudeville, featuring Clinton English, Albina magician, and Helene Landsvert, Commercial dancer.” See related image Nos. 375A0463, 375A0464, 375A0465, 375A0466, 375A0467, 375A0468, 375A0469, 375A0470, 375A0471, 375A0472, 375A0473, and 375A0474.