Al Monner news negatives 1943

Workers making cores at Crawford and Doherty Foundry, Portland Al Monner, self-portrait Cats in a wheelbarrow at Shofner Iron & Steel Works, Portland Worker talking to woman at Shofner Iron & Steel Works, Portland Woman with cast components at Shofner Iron & Steel Works, Portland Wrestlers George Wagner and Bill McEuin in snow bank Crime scene at murder of Mrs. Irene Cahill, suicide of Johan Wallin, with Patrolman Elmo Bryant Patrolman Elmo Bryant at crime scene house after murder of Mrs. Irene Cahill, suicide of Johan Wa... Silk stocking bales ready to be shipped for making powder bags Worker with leather mitts at St. Johns Welders' Supply Company, Portland Worker cutting leather at St. Johns Welders' Supply Company, Portland Workers sewing at St. Johns Welders' Supply Company, Portland Worker at St. Johns Welders' Supply Company, Portland Welding helmets and clothing at the St. Johns Welders' Supply Company, Portland Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation welder "Jerry" Grant U.S. Army, Quartermaster Unit Training Center, Vancouver U.S. Army, Quartermaster Unit Training Center, Vancouver U.S. Army, Quartermaster Unit Training Center, Vancouver Landslide across Southwest Fairview Boulevard at Southwest Bennington Drive, Portland Worker with car batteries at California Bag & Metal Company, Portland Worker with stacks of radiators at California Bag & Metal Company, Portland Metal pipe parts at California Bag & Metal Company, Portland Worker with burlap sacks at California Bag & Metal Company, Portland Worker with fabric scraps at California Bag & Metal Company, Portland Worker with rubber tires at California Bag & Metal Company, Portland Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation "Galatea" the beautiful mannequin Kaiser Company Vancouver, women volunteering for ration board work Bread making at Army Quartermaster Unit Training Center, Vancouver
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Al Monner news negatives 1943

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  • 1943 (Creation)

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(1909-1998)

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Alfred Anthony Monner was born on August 1, 1909, in Northeast Portland, Oregon. After spending much of his adolescence in the Kaskela and Madras areas, he later returned to Portland to attend Washington High School. Around this time, he also developed an interest in photography. After briefly attending Linfield College, he worked for Brubaker Surveys doing aerial photography, and as a printer for Photo Art Studio.

From 1936 to 1938, he worked as a photographer for the Oregonian newspaper in Portland, before being laid off. In 1938, he was hired as a photographer for the Oregon Journal newspaper, where he would stay until 1975. During his time as a photographer in Portland, Monner maintained friendships with fellow photographers in the area, including long-time friend Ray Atkeson. In the 1930s, he met Minor White, then a young freelancer living in Portland, and Monner later took master classes from him after White gained national recognition. Monner was also a member of the Oregon Camera Club. Beyond his commercial work for the Journal, Monner maintained a long-term personal interest in photography. He created photographs of Portland's Roma community, still-life scenes, landscapes, and portraits of everyday life in Oregon.

An avid outdoorsman as a young man, Monner was a member of the Mazamas, a mountaineering group in the Portland area, and was later a founding member of the Wy'East Climbers. Despite not considering himself a real climber, he summited Mount Hood 12 times, and also climbed Mount St. Helens. He continued to be a regular climber until the 1960s.

After retiring, Al Monner continued to take photographs for the Portland Art Museum. He died in 1998 after suffering a series of strokes.

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