Women sewing at the Elks Temple Building (at 11th and Alder streets) as part of the WPA (Works Progress Administration) project. A large room is filled with long tables, which hold sewing machines and cloth (negative 4 of 11).

Women sewing at the Elks Temple Building (at 11th and Alder streets) as part of the WPA (Works Progress Administration) project. Each women is seated in front of a sewing machine, which they are using to sew cloth (negative 8 of 11).

Photograph showing a man seated at a desk at J.R. Vinyard Grocery and General Merchandise, in Canby, Oregon. Stacks and cloth can be seen behind the desk and against the far wall. A stove and stovepipe are on the right side of the frame (negative 11 of 13).

Photograph showing a clerk with bolts of cloth at the J.R. Vinyard Grocery and General Merchandise, in Canby, Oregon. The man is facing away from the camera and is holding both arms over his head as he holds a bolt of cloth. At the far end of a long counter is a display of neckties. Other boxes of merchandise can be seen on shelves lining the walls of the room (negative 4 of 13).

A worker at California Bag & Metal Company in Portland, standing in a room with stacks of burlap sacks. The man is holding a burlap sack, with one end in a metal pipe structure (negative 5 of 11).

A woman in a room of fabric scraps at California Bag & Metal Company in Portland. She is standing in front of a mounted tool holding a price of fabric (negative 6 of 11).

A woman at the Elks Temple Building (at 11th and Alder streets) as part of the WPA (Works Progress Administration) project. She is holding bolts of cloth and standing in a small room lined with shelves filled with more cloth (negative 3 of 11).

A display for J.C. Penney Company at the Silverton Community Fair in Silverton, Oregon. The display consists of a mannequin wearing a dress and surrounded by other articles of clothing. Bolts of cloth are arranged nearby. A sign above the display reads, "J.C. Penney Co. / A Nationwide Institution / 745 Stores."