Workers at Monarch Forge and Machine Works in Portland, using a tool to hold molten metal in what appears to be a press machine. The workers are in front of an open doorway (negative 3 of 6).

Workers at Monarch Forge and Machine Works in Portland, using a tool to hold molten metal in what appears to be a press machine. The workers are in front of an open doorway (negative 5 of 6).

Workers at Monarch Forge and Machine Works in Portland, standing next to a large machine unit. One man is using a pipe on the unit. This photograph was published on page C-2 of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, May 16, 1943 (negative 2 of 6).

Workers looking at a schematic drawing at Monarch Forge and Machine Works in Portland. The three men are looking downward at a table, with one man seated and holding a smoking pipe. This photograph was published on page C-2 of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, May 16, 1943 (negative 6 of 6).

Three women seated at a workbench at the I.L. Johnson repair shop, most likely in Portland. The women are turned towards the camera, with glasses frames visible on the workbench (negative 1 of 5).

Two women work outdoors at the I.L. Johnson repair shop, most likely in Portland. They’re paying out what appears to be pieces of leather (?), some of which is in a bowl between the pair. Two children sit next to a baby stroller watching the women (negative 4 of 5).

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.

Unidentified men working on a stern frame and other steel cast components at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Unidentified molders at Columbia Steel Casting Company work under the cope of a mold. Molders use core nails to secure chills, the mold parting compound is visible (white at edge of mold cavity).

Two molders at Columbia Steel Casting Company start to pull a pattern from a deep mold.

Six employees using a rail car to move cores into a core oven for baking at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Three employees using an overhead crane to pull a wooden pattern from a mold at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Four employees using a crane to set cores into a mold cavity at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Employees at Columbia Steel Casting Company pull a pattern from a mold.

Three employees add a riser to an arc furnace at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Two employees use an overhead crane to pick up a core and a third employee uses a hand tamper to pack a core box with sand.

Two employees empty (‘tap’) an arc furnace of a batch (‘heat’) of steel into a ladle at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

An employee using a pneumatic chipping gun to clean out an internal cavity in a ship hull casting at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Three employees pulling a pattern from a deep mold at Columbia Steel Casting Company.

Two employees at Columbia Steel Casting Company place rebar on large cores for rebar to act as an inserted chill.

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.

Portrait showing a group of unidentified workers, all men, posing in a room filled with machinery at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. The number 43 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.” Image note: Damaged negative emulsion.

Portrait showing a group of unidentified workers, all men, posing in an indoor work area at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. They are in two rows, facing front. The number 44 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.” Image note: Damaged negative emulsion.

Full-length portrait of a group of workers, all men, posing among machinery in a work area at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. The number 45 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the photograph. Information based on the following unverified note written on the negative sleeve: “Albina shipbuilding.” Image note: Damaged negative emulsion.

Photograph showing two unidentified workers, a woman and a man, at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. They are facing front and looking downward. The man is using a hammer. Information based on the following unverified note written on the negative sleeve: “Albina shipbuilding.” Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Portrait showing a group of unidentified workers, almost all men, posing among parts and machinery in a work area at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. The number 46 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.” Image note: Damaged negative emulsion.

Photograph showing a group of 10 unidentified workers, all men, posing outdoors at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. The number 169 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.”

Photograph showing a group of unidentified workers posing with a pair of signs and doffing their hats at the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard in Portland. The photograph was taken as Albina workers began signing a pledge against absenteeism in February 1943. At left, a girl, Nancy Vincent, is holding a large notebook for one of the workers to sign. Behind the workers are two signs. The larger sign has the words “ALBINA AT BAT” at top, and it shows a baseball player preparing to swing at three caricatures depicting the heads of Hideki Tōjō, Adolf Hitler, and Benito Mussolini. The second sign reads: “To MY COUNTRY, and to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as its leader: We the undersigned employees of Albina Engine and Machine Works and Shipyard, hereby pledge that we Will refrain from taking even one unnecessary hour off work until this war is won. May God give our country and our President strenth [sic] to achieve a glorious victory.” Also see image Nos. 375A0623, 375A0677, 375A0679, and 375A0681. Image note: The number 202 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The text “Albina shipbuilding” is written on the negative sleeve.