Workers at Albina Engine & Machine Works participating in Fire Prevention Week event
- 375A0744
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- 1944-10?
Photograph showing four unidentified workers at Albina Engine & Machine Works participating in an event during Fire Prevention Week. They are holding cloths over a barrel on a platform as a woman standing on the platform watches. She is wearing a formal floor-length dress and a hat with feathers. A sign propped against one of the barrels reads: “Mr. and Mrs PORTLAND! / LET’S PREVENT / FIRE / INSPECT! / DETECT! / CORRECT! / FIRE HAZARDS / An Ounce of Prevention is worth a Ton of Water / FIRE PREVENTION WEEK / OCTOBER 8th-14th.” See related image No. 375A0279. Image note: The text “Albina shipbuilding” is written on the negative sleeve.