A shabby kitchen interior, with cabinets, sink, and stove. A large window can be seen in the far wall, and a chair rests along another wall. Various pots can be seen throughout the frame (negative 7 of 14).

A woman stands next to a stove at the Meadowlark trailer camp for shipyard workers, near the Oregon Shipyards in St. Johns, Portland. A small dog stands under her extended arm, while a small child watches. The camp owner, J.F. Gilmore, was arrested multiple times in 1943 for running a camp without a certificate of inspection (negative 2 of 10).

Photograph showing people working in a kitchen at a detention center for Japanese Americans at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition building in Portland. Several people are wearing kitchen uniform and standing next to a large stove with several stock pots on its surface. After Executive Order 9066, the building served as a temporary detention center for Japanese Americans, From May through September of 1942, awaiting eventual transfer to more permanent incarceration centers. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, May 31, 1942 (negative 7 of 15).

Portland resident Martha Satava, holding her hands over a new stove installed in her home, after being jailed for maintaining an oil stove fire hazard in her home (5909 S.E. Gladstone Street). Her clothing is visibly worn (negative 2 of 4).

Portland resident Martha Satava, seated on a couch in her home at 5909 S.E. Gladstone Street. Satava was jailed for maintaining an oil stove fire hazard in her home. At the right side of the frame is an new donated, modern stove (negative 4 of 4).

Photograph showing a man in a jacket smashing a stove ranges using sledgehammer, taken outside the Portland Service Center for Portland General Electric. Broken pieces of stove can be seen on the ground next to the stoves, which are piled in an open cement area.

Photograph showing two men smashing stove ranges using sledgehammers, taken outside the Portland Service Center for Portland General Electric. Broken pieces of stove can be seen on the ground next to the stoves, which are piled in an open cement area.

Photograph showing two men smashing stove ranges using sledgehammers, taken outside the Portland Service Center for Portland General Electric. Broken pieces of stove can be seen on the ground next to the stoves, which are piled in an open cement area.