Photograph taken from a side angle showing a "PGE" utility truck with a cat visible on the running board. Other vehicles can be seen in the dirt lot. Written on the negative is "50-674."
Photograph looking upward showing a man standing in a cherry picker basket. The arm of the mechanism is visible on the left side of the frame, and electric lines and a utility pole is visible. (Image note: location is at 1362 NW Naito Pkwy).
Photograph showing four men on the back of a "PGE" utility truck with a cherry picker basket. Another man stands in front of the truck looking upward. In the background is an industrial area, including a sign for "Centennial Flouring Mills Co." Written on the negative is "50-676." (Image note: location is at 1362 NW Naito Pkwy).
Photograph showing a building and a dirt parking lot with three Portland General Electric utility trucks and two automobiles. On the right side of the frame is a man on a ladder in front of two other utility trucks. (Image note: see related image PGE 51-793).
Photograph showing three utility workers wearing hats and tall boots on the back of a utility truck. Tool, ladder, and electric cable storage can be seen on the truck. In the background is a railroad crossing and field. Written on the negative is "51-811."
Photograph showing a "PGE" utility truck in front out of a two story house. A mechanical arm with a cherry picker extends from the truck, on which a worker stands facing towards an electric line. Written on the negative is "51-815."
Photograph taken from a side angle showing a man standing on the back of a pole auger truck, with another man standing in dense foliage behind the vehicle. The man on the bed of the vehicle is leaning down towards a set of levers, which is next to a upright pole structure.
Photograph taken from a side angle showing a man seated on the back of a pole auger truck. He is looking down towards his left while using a series of levers to control the auger attached to the back of the vehicle.
Photograph showing a man standing on top of an pole derrick truck used for underground work. He is facing forward and looking at the camera with both hands on levers. Next to him is a metal arm attached to the truck, with a hook and pulley at the end. In the background is SW 5th Avenue, looking south towards SW Stark Street. The J.K. Gill Building can be seen on the left (corner of SW 5th Avenue and SW Stark Street), as well as the Yeon Building (522 SW 5th Avenue).
The creamery in Mt. Angel, Oregon. Three trucks with metal milk cans in the back are parked in front of the building, and a group of people pose next to the trucks. Signs painted on the side of the building say "ROSE VALLEY BUTTER" and "MOUNT ANGEL CREAMERY AND ICE COMPANY ORGANIZED AND OPERATED BY AND FOR THE PRODUCER."
A truck piled high with bales of hops. Two men and a woman sit in the truck while two men stand beside it. The emulsion on part of the negative appears to have been scratched off.
Exterior view of Fischer's Flouring Mill in Silverton, Oregon. Lettering at the top of the building reads, "Fischer's Cream Rolled Oats." A truck parked on the street in front of the building has lettering on the side that reads, " Ask for Fischer's Fast Cooking Toasted Wheat / Flour, Grain / Cereals / Mill Feeds."
A logging truck is parked in a clearing surrounded by forested hills. Large logs are loaded onto the bed of the truck. Two men stand next to the truck with their backs to the camera. Three shovels are embedded in the dirt with their handles up.
Rear view of a truck loaded with large logs parked on a road that is constructed of logs and steel cables. Wildflowers grow along the track and forested hills can be seen in the distance.
Frontal view of a logging truck on a logging road that cuts through a field. The road is constructed from logs and steel cables. Logs can be seen loaded on the back of the truck.
Large logs are loaded onto the bed of a truck that is parked at the top of an incline. Wooden beams are embedded parallel to each other in the ground, possibly a ramp for dumping logs into a mill pond. Two men stand at the back of the truck with their hands resting on the logs. Accompanying description reads, "L-23- Truck at dump."
A Dodge pickup truck is parked on a scale next to a building. Crates, likely filled with farm produce, are piled high in the back of the truck. A sign on the building reads, "Sorry, No semi's weighed here." This image was likely taken by staff of the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News circa 1965 - 1968.
A group of 5 men smile at the camera as they sit in the back of a cramped truck on their way to work. They are farm workers. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on March 17, 1967.
A group of 6 men smile at the camera as they sit in the back of a cramped truck on their way to work. They are farm workers. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on March 17, 1967.