Portrait of 18-year-old Pearl Billings sitting in a chair in her cell at the Clackamas County Jail in Oregon City on Saturday, February 21, 1931. According to a story published on the front page of the Oregon Journal that day, Billings was arrested after participating in a holdup with 22-year-old William Wheeler at the Robinwood service station near Lake Oswego on February 20, 1931. During the robbery, Wheeler was shot and killed by the service station’s proprietor, R. W. LaDue. According to the story, Billings told police Wheeler had kidnapped her and she had no knowledge of plans to hold up the service station until they were inside. A cropped version of this photograph and image No. 371N1454, showing Mr. and Mrs. LaDue, accompanied the story. The photographs were published under the headline "Bandit Victim 'Gets His Man.' " This photograph had the following caption: "Mrs. Pearl Billings, companion of the dead man. She went outside and started the car's engine for the proposed escape. Mrs. Billings fled from the scene but was captured by sheriff [E. T.] Mass of Clackamas county a short while later. She is held in the county jail at Oregon City." Image note: The name “Mrs Pearl Billings” and the number 18 in a circle are written on the negative and are visible on the right side of the image.

Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. LaDue behind the counter at their service station. This photograph was published on Page 1 of the Oregon Journal on February 21, 1931, along with Image No. 371N0230, under the headline “Bandit Victim ‘Gets His Man.” The image had the following caption: “Mr and Mrs. R. W. LaDue, operators of the Robinwood service station and lunchroom between Oswego and West Linn, are shown in their establishment which was held up by William Wheeler, 22, Friday night, with fatal result to the bandit. LaDue, after the youth left the building, picked up a .30-30 rifle and fired five shots, three of them hitting Wheeler has he attempted to flee from the scene in an automobile.” Image note: The text “Mr + Mrs LaDue” is written on the negative and is visible on the left side of the image.

A man, wearing a hat and long jacket, stands next to a desk at First National Bank in Portland, following a robbery. Another man is seated behind the desk, which is laden with papers, after the bank was threatened with an explosive device (negative 2 of 2).

Mrs. Doris Baker, victim of a Portland robbery on December 20, 1948, holds a sheet of paper with photographs of a possible suspect, George Oliver Frazier. Baker is wearing a uniform from her job at a downtown bakery. A similar photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, February 6, 1949 (negative 2 of 2).

The location of a shootout between FBI agents and Wayne Long, at S.E. 82nd Avenue and S.E. Foster Road. Long had robbed the First National Bank, visible in the distance. A Fred Meyer Store can be seen on the right side of the frame. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Thursday, June 15, 1950 (negative 12 of 14).

The location of a shootout between FBI agents and Wayne Long, at S.E. 82nd Avenue and S.E. Foster Road. Long had robbed the First National Bank, visible in the distance. A Fred Meyer Store can be seen across the street. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Thursday, June 15, 1950 (negative 1 of 14).

A federal agent carries several guns after a shootout with Wayne Long at S.E. 82nd Avenue and S.E. Foster Road. Long robbed the First National Bank and was apprehended by agents. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Thursday, June 15, 1950 (negative 5 of 14).

Delbert Kaufman points at a bullet hole in a window, after a shootout between federal FBI agents and Wayne Long at S.E. 82nd Avenue and S.E. Foster Road. The shop is owned by Delbert’s father, Ralph Kaufman, who stands with his wife. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Thursday, June 15, 1950 (negative 6 of 14).

Furniture store employee Tom Rommel points at a bullet hole in an automobile window, after a shootout between federal FBI agents and Wayne Long at S.E. 82nd Avenue and S.E. Foster Road. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Thursday, June 15, 1950 (negative 9 of 14).

People outside the West Slope Commercial Bank of Oregon, at 8848 S.W. Canyon Road, after a robbery. Police officers and detectives can be seen standing in front of the building, under a neon sign. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Tuesday, March 20, 1951 (negative 1 of 7).

Suspected bank robber Joe Ralph Carter, being put into handcuffs by Beaverton officer Ellsworth Weigel (left) and Sheriff R.H. Busch of Washington County. Carter robbed the West Slope Commercial Bank of Oregon, at 8848 S.W. Canyon Road outside Portland. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Tuesday, March 20, 1951 (negative 7 of 7).

Robbery suspect Johnny Ramay, being treated by Dr. Ward A. Anderson and Asenath Evans, after he was injured fleeing from the Irving Street pharmacy (638 N.W. 23rd Avenue) in Portland. Ramay and another suspect, William Benson, were arrested for holding up the pharmacy and taping up pharmacist Milton Olshen. A similar photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Monday, February 16, 1948 (negative 3 of 5).