Photograph showing an unidentified man holding a small wooden table and caning the top. Bundles of cane are hanging from hooks on the wall next to him.

Photograph, taken from the rear, showing four unidentified men caning chairs. The chairs are placed on a platform in front of the men. Bundles of cane are hanging from a wooden frame attached to the back of the platform.

Full-length portrait of five unidentified men standing in a row outside a Portland building and facing front. Four of the men are wearing ribbons with the words “Retail Furniture Dealers” on them. The text “Furniture Officers — 1931” is written on the negative and is visible on the right side of the image. The men may be officers of the Retail Furniture Dealers of Oregon, which had its annual convention at the Multnomah Hotel in Portland on July 11, 1931.

Portrait of six unidentified men standing outside a building that may be the Multnomah Hotel in Portland. The text “Furniture” is written on the negative and is visible on the right side of the image.

Photograph showing two unidentified workers using a large piece of machinery at the B. P. John Furniture Corporation in Portland. On the bed of the machine is what appears to be a wooden tabletop. The text “B. P. Johns [sic] Furniture Co” is written on the negative and is visible on the left side of the photograph. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Photograph showing three unidentified men working at the B. P. John Furniture Corporation warehouse in Portland. They are surrounded by stacks of boards and other material. The worker at center is using a glue machine. The text “B. P. Johns [sic] Furniture Co” is written on the negative and is visible on the left side of the photograph. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Women in a workshop, likely at Doernbecher Furniture in Portland. Unfinished pieces of wood furniture are on top of tables, next to stacks of cut wooden pieces (negative 6 of 9). Original sleeve title: War industry workers - blind workers; Doernbecher furniture; Kaiser, Swan Island; Willamette Iron and Steel Corp.

Fire fighters on the side of building, during a fire at Gilbert Brothers furniture, at 917 S.W. 2nd Avenue in Portland. Smoke can be seen pouring out of the upper floors (negative 6 of 9).

A crowd gathers to watch a fire at the Gilbert Brothers furniture store in Portland, at 917 S.W. 2nd Avenue. Smoke surrounds the building, and fire fighters and ladders can be seen on the side of the building. The Public Market building, on Front Avenue, can be seen in the distance (negative 2 of 9).

Fire trucks outside a burning building at 917 S.W. 2nd Avenue in Portland, during a fire at the Gilbert Brothers furniture store. Fire fighters can be seen on ladders extending from the trucks, while smoke pours from upper levels of the building (negative 8 of 9).

Captain W.R. Curtis, fire investigator, holds his hand against a burnt wall at the Gilbert Brothers furniture store, at 917 S.W. 2nd Avenue in Portland. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal Friday, August 30, 1946 (negative 2 of 5).

Damaged furniture in a burnt room at the Gilbert Brothers furniture store, at 917 S.W. 2nd Avenue in Portland. Piles of chairs can be seen in front of charred walls. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal Friday, August 30, 1946 (negative 3 of 5).

Fire fighters on a ladder at the Gilbert Brothers furniture store, at 917 S.W. 2nd Avenue in Portland. Smoke can be seen pouring out of several arched windows on an upper floor (negative 7 of 9).

Captain W.R. Curtis, fire investigator, reaches upward towards a burnt window at the Gilbert Brothers furniture store, at 917 S.W. 2nd Avenue in Portland. Burnt chairs and mattress springs can be seen next to Curtis. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal Friday, August 30, 1946 (negative 5 of 5).