Half-length portrait of a woman sitting on a box and holding a tray covered with parsley and six large pieces of meat, possibly rolls of beef. She is wearing a dress and apron. The name “Ruth Oliver” is written on the negative and is visible on the left side of the image.

Photograph showing an unidentified woman cooking pancakes and bacon in a kitchen at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. She is standing at a stove and is holding a can of pancake batter. She is wearing a chef’s hat, a dress, and an apron. The number 132 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. Information based on the following unverified note written on the negative sleeve: “Albina shipbuilding / 10/30/42.” Also see image Nos. 375A0667 and 375A0736.

Photograph showing an unidentified woman in a kitchen at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. She is facing front, smiling, and holding an egg in one hand and a large knife in the other. A plate of eggs and bacon is on the table in front of her. She is wearing a chef’s hat, glasses, a dress, and an apron. The number 62 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. Information based on the following unverified note written on the negative sleeve: “Albina shipbuilding.” Also see image No. 375A0390.

Photograph of two unidentified girls preparing food at a small table. The photograph may have been taken at the Multnomah County Fair in Gresham, Oregon.

Photograph of two unidentified young women standing at a small stove, looking into a pot. The photograph may have been taken during the Multnomah County Fair in Gresham, Oregon.

Half-length portrait of Shirley Fowler, the 1942 Portland Rose Festival princess from Franklin High School. Fowler was later selected as the Rose Festival queen. She is standing at a table, facing slightly left, and smiling. On the table in front of her are a mixing bowl, a plate of eggs, a canister of baking powder, a bottle of liquid, and a canister of Hershey’s cocoa. She is holding a sifter in one hand. A cropped version of this photograph was published on the front page of the Oregon Journal “News & Views” section on Sunday, May 24, 1942. The page featured photographs of each Rose Festival princess and a brief story headlined “Princesses Off Duty.” This photograph had the following caption: “INVADER—Shirley Louise Fowler, Franklin high school princess, takes over the home economics laboratory to indulge her favorite pastime, baking a chocolate cake. (Good, too!).” See related image Nos. 375A0281, 375A0282, 375A0283, 375A0284, 375A0285, 375A0287, 375A0288, and 375A0292, which were published on the same page. Image note: The unconfirmed date “5/19/42” is written on the negative sleeve.

Photograph showing a group of men, probably Civilian Conservation Corps workers, under a tent. They are gathered around large pots on a table. The second man from left is wearing a jacket, apron, and chef’s cap; the man at right is holding a knife and a box of salt. The photograph was taken in May 1933, probably at the Toll Gate camp, located off the Mount Hood Loop Highway (now Highway 26) near Rhododendron, Oregon, several miles from the CCC camp at Zigzag. Also see image Nos. 371N5969, 371N5970, 371N5971, 371N5972, 372A0751, 372A0752, 372A0753, 372A0754, 372A0755, 372A0756, 372A0758, 372A0759, 372A0760, 372A0761, 372A0762, 372A0763, and 372A0764.

War industry workers at a school for ship cooks at Willamette Iron and Steel Corporation in Portland. Four men are standing around a table covered with flour, dough, and baking pans (negative 4 of 11).

A man, wearing a chef’s hate and apron, making bread at an Army Quartermaster Unit Training Center in Vancouver. A section of dough is in the air between his hands, while loafs of bread can be seen on baker’s racks (negative 2 of 4).

Mrs. Shofner cooking beans at Shofner Iron and Steel Works in Portland. Shofner is leaning downwards towards a ceramic vessel, which has been placed inside a large kiln-like unit with heavy doors. Shelves line the inside of the unit, holding what appear to be molded shapes (negative 5 of 8).

A United States Army quartermaster, kneeling down, places a pan with bread into an earthen oven at a training center at the Vancouver Barracks. Two loaves of dough are on the pan, being held in the opening of the oven (negative 8 of 17).

A man baking bread at a United States Army Quartermaster training center at the Vancouver Barracks. Holding a tray of bread dough, he’s standing next to a large oven (negative 17 of 17).

Men next to an earthen oven at a Quartermaster training program at the Vancouver Barracks. One man is using a tool in the oven, while two others hold shovels and watch. Several large tents and a multi-story building can be seen in the background (negative 6 of 17).

Members of the United States Army examining loaves of bread at a quartermaster training center at the Vancouver Barracks. The group is next to an earthen oven in a field area. One of the men holding a loaf is Major General Edmund Gregory, Quartermaster General (negative 6 of 28).

Major General Edmund Gregory observes a quartermaster-in-training working with bread dough. The man is holding a dough in his hands, next to a table laden with dough (negative 18 of 28).

Two women in a kitchen at a Kaiser Company restaurant in the Portland or Vancouver area. A large amount of dough can be seen on a table, under shelves of muffin tins. The women are using dough cutters to place dough into the tins throughout the scene (negative 6 of 11).

Two kitchen staff workers at a Kaiser Company restaurant in the Portland or Vancouver area. One man is holding a scoop of flour over a scale, while another watches. Both men are wearing kitchen aprons and hats (negative 8 of 11).

Two men toasting sandwiches over a small stove at Kaiser Company, Vancouver. They have the sandwiches on metal sticks in an industrial shop area (negative 1 of 1).

A man stands next to several large industrial pressure cookers at the Garden Home community canning kitchen. Steam is rising from the pressure cookers (negative 2 of 9).

Women stand around a counter at the Garden Home community canning kitchen peeling potatoes. They’re wearing patterned aprons and smiling (negative 1 of 9).

A man stands in front of what appears to be a belt driven canning machine, at the Garden Home community canning kitchen. Cans can be seen on the counter top, as the man holds another can in the machine (negative 3 of 9).

A woman sterilizing cans (?) at the Garden Home community canning kitchen. Steam seems to be rising from a set of cans being fed into a machine, and to her right are racks of filled cans (negative 4 of 9).

People process ears of corn for canning at the Garden Home community canning kitchen. Baskets of corn and filled cans can be seen on a table (negative 6 of 9).

People stand in front of a table holding can tops at the Garden Home community canning kitchen. At the left side of the table is what appears to be lists, and a woman with a stamp (negative 5 of 9).

The exterior of a “Community Cannery” building in Garden Home. A sign on the front of the building reads “Grand Opening, Friday, July 20th, Eve.” Automobiles are parked in front of the building, and a woman, while a woman and two children look towards the camera (negative 8 of 9).

People stand around tables at the Garden Home community canning kitchen. The tables are laden with cans, bowls, and baskets (negative 9 of 9).

A woman and child hold what appears to be a basket of potatoes in a sink, at the Garden Home community canning kitchen. Cans can be seen on a table in the background (negative 7 of 9).

Martha Piper kneels downward on a sidewalk on S.W. Broadway in Portland, holding a frying pan with an egg and pieces of bacon. A thermometer is laying on the sidewalk next to the pan. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, July 21, 1946 (negative 2 of 3).