Vanport children pose on the back of a flat bed truck, while on a field trip to the coast. Several of the children are waving at the camera, while a man wearing a hat and overalls stands in the open door on the truck. A story for this series was published on the front page of section 2 of the Oregon Journal on Friday, July 16, 1943 (negative 4 of 4).
Two people unloading melons from a flatbed truck at a Kaiser Company restaurant in the Portland or Vancouver area. A man is standing on the flatbed, and appears to be handing melons down to a woman, who is placing them in a wagon. Other fruit and vegetable crates can be seen on the truck (negative 4 of 11).
Sam Hays, shop superintendent at Silver Eagle Company in Portland, points at an exhaust pipe on the side of a truck, newly invented to reduce truck noise. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, December 5, 1947 (negative 1 of 1).
A crashed cement truck at 518 S.E. 52nd Avenue in Portland. The truck lost controlled and damaged part of the home. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Saturday, July 22, 1950 (negative 1 of 5).
A crashed cement truck at 518 S.E. 52nd Avenue in Portland. The truck can be seen in the damaged garage. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Saturday, July 22, 1950 (negative 4 of 5).
A semi-truck and trailer are trapped after the top of the trailer crashed into a low railroad underpass at Columbia Boulevard and Albina Avenue. View looking at the front of the truck under the pass. The truck and trailer lean to the left and the trailer is heavily damaged. Several men look at the accident scene (negative 3 of 5).
A semi-truck and trailer are trapped after the top of the trailer crashed into a low railroad underpass at Columbia Boulevard and Albina Avenue. View looking at the back of the truck under the pass. The truck and trailer lean to the right and the trailer is heavily damaged. Several men look at the accident scene (negative 5 of 5).
Police Jesse Thomas (left) and Mike Elliott stand next to the remains of an exploded gasoline truck at Beall Pipe & Tank Corporation at 1945 N. Columbia Boulevard. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Friday August 15, 1947 (negative 1 of 3).
People inspect a building damaged during a gasoline truck explosion at Beall Pipe & Tank Corporation at 1945 N. Columbia Boulevard in Portland. The side of the building is damaged, next to the remains of a gasoline truck. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Friday August 15, 1947 (negative 1 of 3).
Oregonian photographer Kirk Braun, standing on top of a jeep and holding a camera. The jeep is parked on a commercial street in Portland (negative 1 of 2).
Oregonian photographer Kirk Braun, standing behind the open hatch on a military style jeep. A box of flash bulbs can be seen in the open compartment (negative 2 of 2).
A white church building is mounted on a flatbed truck in the middle of a street. This is the Kronenberg Catholic Church. A worker sits on the roof of the church as it is moved down the street, and another man stands in the distance, watching the move. There is a truck in the foreground, following the church. In the right foreground are 2 men. One watches the move while the other looks at the camera and smiles. The caption on negative sleeve reads, "Moving Kronnonberg (sic) Catholic Church, built in 1886, from 166th and Powell to 182nd and Yamhill" (negative 3 of 6).
Exterior view of a white church building that has been lifted off of its foundation. This is the Kronenberg Catholic Church. A police officer stands in front of a flatbed truck parked in front of the church. The caption on negative sleeve reads, "Moving Kronnonberg (sic) Catholic Church, built in 1886, from 166th and Powell to 182nd and Yamhill" (negative 2 of 6).
Photograph looking upward, showing Miss Elaine Mitchell, of 916 Stillwell Avenue, Tillamook. Wearing a flannel shirt and tall leather boots, Mitchel appears to be holding a hose, which is wrapped around part of a logging truck (negative 4 of 12).
Photograph showing showing Miss Elaine Mitchell, of 916 Stillwell Avenue, Tillamook, dropping logs off a dock into the a body of water. A small crane and pulley are being used to move the logs off the truck. Mitchell is standing on the wooden dock in front of the logging truck, wearing a flannel shirt and tall boots (negative 5 of 12).
Photograph showing Miss Elaine Mitchell, of 916 Stillwell Avenue, Tillamook. She is seated in the front seat of a logging truck, with the door open. Another woman, wearing a hat and suit dress, is standing in front of Mitchell holding a pen and piece of paper. Mitchell is wearing a flannel shirt, pants, and tall leather boots. Logs are loaded onto the truck, and a body of water and mountains can be seen in the background (negative 1 of 12).
Photograph showing Miss Elaine Mitchell, of 916 Stillwell Avenue, Tillamook. She is standing next to a another woman, wearing a hat and dress suit, and looking downward at a piece of paper. Mitchell is leaning against a logging truck, laden with cut logs, wearing a flannel shirt, pants, and tall leather boots (negative 7 of 12).
Two children stand in front of a truck parked in downtown Portland, holding a jar of cash,to be used for flood relief in the Portland and Vanport areas. Painted across the truck is “Flood Relief from Cannon Beach, Tolovana, Arch Cape” (negative 1 of 1).
A damaged cattle after a collision with an an empty gasoline truck on S.W. Harbor Drive in Portland. The front of the vehicle in severely damaged, injuring the driver C.E. Maynard, who was hauling 17 head of cattle, eleven of which had to be rounded up. A story detailing the accident was published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, July 30, 1954 (negative 4 of 8).
Actress Betty Hutton visiting patients at Shriners Hospital in Portland. She stands, waving, between two men in a jeep vehicle. The men are wearing Shriner hats with “Al Kader” embroidered on the front. Painted across the front of the jeep is “Al Kader Patrol.” Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, February 20, 1953 (negative 6 of 14).
A wrecked fuel truck from the Albina Fuel Company, at S.W. Terwilliger Boulevard and S.W. 6th Avenue in Portland. The truck has flipped over and is resting in a ditch at the side of the road, after slipping on a patch of ice and killing driver Jacob Wacker. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Saturday, December 22, 1951 (negative 2 of 5).
A wrecked fuel truck from the Albina Fuel Company, at S.W. Terwilliger Boulevard and S.W. 6th Avenue in Portland. The truck has flipped over and is resting in a ditch at the side of the road, after slipping on a patch of ice and killing driver Jacob Wacker. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Saturday, December 22, 1951 (negative 1 of 5).