375A0369

Item

Worker posing with servicemen during cigarette drive at Albina Engine & Machine Works

• 1942-10 (Creation)

Photograph; safety film; 3.125 x 4.125 in

Photograph showing an Albina Engine & Machine Works employee posing with two U. S. Navy servicemen at the Portland shipyard during a drive to collect cigarettes to send to United States troops serving in World War II. They are standing in a row behind a sign that reads “LET’S GET OUR RECORD BACK.” The employee and one of the servicemen are each holding a box of Camel cigarettes, and more boxes are piled on a table in front of them. The employee and servicemen are unidentified. Image note: The number 102 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 unverified.

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Oregon Journal Negative Collection; Org. Lot 1368; Box 375; 375A0369

• Albina Engine & Machine Works, Inc. (Portland, Or.)
• Cigarettes
• Military personnel--American
• World War, 1939-1945--Women--Oregon--Portland
• World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Oregon--Portland
• World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Oregon--Portland
• safety film

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