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L. R. Hussa? holding sign and addressing workers at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland

Photograph showing a man, possibly Albina Engine & Machine Works vice president L. R. Hussa, standing at a microphone and holding a sign as he addresses workers at the shipyard. The sign depicts a U.S. Marine with one fist raised and bears the words “And if our lines should form and break, / Because of things you failed to make — The extra tank or ship or plane / For which we waited all in vain, / And the supplies that never came / Will you then come and take the blame? / For we, not you, will pay the cost / Of battles you, not we, have lost.” The number 173 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.” This photograph may be related to image Nos. 375A0625 and 375A0626.

Man showing Portland Community Chest poster to baby

Portrait of a man and baby seated on a couch. The man is showing the baby a poster for the Portland Community Chest fundraising campaign. The poster depicts Mount Hood, the Portland skyline, and settlers with a covered wagon. On the poster is the text: “ ‘With faith and courage / Give! / Portland Community Chest / October 17-31.”The man and baby are unidentified. See related image Nos. 372A0824 and 372A0827.

Man showing Portland Community Chest poster to young girl

Portrait of a man showing a young girl a poster for a Portland Community Chest fundraising campaign. The poster depicts Mount Hood, the Portland skyline, and settlers with a covered wagon. On the poster is the text: “ ‘With faith and courage / Give! / Portland Community Chest / October 17-31.”The man and child are unidentified. See related image Nos. 372A0826 and 372A0827.

Man showing Portland Community Chest poster to child in nurse costume

Portrait of a man and a child holding a poster for a Portland Community Chest fundraising campaign. The man is pointing to the poster and the child, who is dressed in a nurse costume, is looking at it. The poster depicts Mount Hood, the Portland skyline, and settlers with a covered wagon. On the poster is the text: “ ‘With faith and courage / Give! / Portland Community Chest / October 17-31.”The man and child are unidentified. See related image Nos. 372A0824 and 372A0826.

Poster titled ‘Bonecrushers who have wrestled in Portland’

Photograph of a poster titled “Bonecrushers who have wrestled in Portland,” featuring pictures of animals, each one with the name of a wrestler written underneath. Written in the lower right corner of the poster is the text “Photographic studies by Norr and Vincent — The Oregon Journal,” probably referring to photographers Roy Norr and Ralph Vincent.

Coronation of Womanhood poster

The poster, entitled “Coronation of Womanhood,” was commissioned by Abigail Scott Duniway in 1884 to honor supporters of the equal suffrage movement. It is printed from a photo crayon lithograph engraving by Kurz & Allison’s Art Studio. At the front center of the image, the goddess of Liberty is crowning a kneeling female figure representing womanhood. Below them is a banner reading, “Coronation of Womanhood.” Arranged in a half-circle above Liberty and Womanhood at the top of the poster are the portraits of Edward Dickinson Baker, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and James A. Garfield. Flanking either side of the image is a dais draped in bunting featuring the state crests of New York, California, Oregon, Nebraska, Wyoming, and the District of Columbia. Seated at the dais are 17 women of the suffrage movement: Martha C. Wright, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, Frances Wright, Lucretia Coffin Mott, Elizabeth Boynton Harbert, Susan B. Anthony, Abigail Scott Duniway, Dr. Clemence S. Lozier, Helen M. Gouger, Sarah L. Knox Goodrich, Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, Mary J. Collins, Julia Ward Howe, Lillie Devereux Black, Matilda Jocelyn Gage, and Ernestine L. Rose. Below the dais, there is an audience of 275 additional men recognized as supporters of women’s enfranchisement. The men depicted in the scene include Matthew Deady, Stephen F. Chadwick, Rockey Preston Earhart, Joseph N. Dolph, Melvin Clark George, Samuel Royal Thurston, George Himes, and William S. Ladd. A full listing of the depicted individuals is accessible via the identification key. The inscription at the bottom of the poster reads, “Respectfully dedicated to the loyal subjects of liberty who paved the way to woman’s enfranchisement in the Pacific Northwest, United States of America, anno domini one thousand eight hundred eighty three.” See the accompanying identification key for a full list of figures represented in the poster.

Kurz & Allison

National Education Week poster

Photograph of a poster or flier for National Education Week. The text reads, "National Education Week Nov 11 - 15" An image depicts an eagle sitting on a globe.

Drake, June D., 1880-1969

George L. Baker and Joseph K. Carson with two unidentified people holding sign for earthquake benefit

Photograph, taken in March 1933, of Portland Mayor George L. Baker (left) and Mayor-Elect Joseph K. Carson (right) standing on either side of an unidentified woman and man holding a sign advertising a benefit for victims of an earthquake in Long Beach, California. They are standing at the bottom of steps outside a building, probably the Portland Municipal Auditorium (now the Keller Auditorium). The sign reads: “Auditorium Tues. March 28 / 10 Slashing Amateur Bouts / Northwest’s Leading Amateurs / Big League Vaudeville / Special Features / Monster California Earthquake Benefit / All Proceeds Go to the Red Cross for California Sufferers / Portland-Put This Over Big! / Sponsored by the “40-8” of the American Legion / Geo. L. Baker, Announcer / Joe Carson, Jr., Referee / Chief Leon Jenkins, Bouncer / Admission 25¢ to $1 / Starts 8 P.M.”

Glacier Press Wrestling and Pictures poster for match between Henry Jones and Prof. Takahashi at the Rialto Theatre in Hood River (Or.)

Glacier Press Wrestling and Pictures poster for match between Henry Jones and Prof. Takahashi at the Rialto Theatre in Hood River (Or.). The poster notes that Henry Jones, of Provo (Ut.), was the Welterweight Champion of the World, and that Prof. Takahashi, of Seattle (Wash.), was the Champion Welterweight Jiu Jitsu Wrestler of the World. Tickets are priced at one dollar and ten cents, and that the evening will also include a showing of Buster Keaton's film "Go West."

Glacier Press (Hood River, Or.)

Promotional poster for Alice Comedies

A photograph of a poster promoting the Alice Comedies series of animated films. The live-action/animated shorts were directed by Walt Disney prior to his success with the introduction of Mickey Mouse in 1928. Fifty-seven Alice Comedies were produced from 1923 to 1927.

Drake, June D., 1880-1969