Half-length portrait of a man facing front. He is seated and is wearing glasses, a suit, and a tie. The photograph was taken during the 1935 Pacific Northwest Stationers Association convention. A convention button and ribbon are pinned to the man’s lapel. On the button is the name “Ed Wobber.” On the ribbon is the text “Stationers Association / Twenty-Sixth Annual Convention / Portland / August 16th-17th / 1935.” The name “Wobber” is written on the negative and is visible at the bottom of the image.

Photograph showing R. G. Barnett (left) shaking hands with Gordon J. Malone. A cropped print of this photograph in the Oregon Journal photographs collection (Org. Lot 1027, Box 4, folder 32) is stamped with the date May 3, 1945, and has the following caption information: “LEADERS at a two-day conference of Oregon-Washington gas company executives opened here this morning are: R. G. Barnett, vice president and general manager of Portland Gas & Coke company (left), and Gordon J. Malone, Evansville, Ind., representing Servel, Inc. Malone, originator of the ‘Servel Plan’ to create more jobs for ex-service men and women and to keep business moving in volume after the war, opened the conference at the Portland Gas copany's [sic] hospitality house in the Public Service building.” The number 5004 is written on the negative and is faintly visible in the upper right corner of the image. The text “Barnett & big shot” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 375A0925 and 375A0926.

Half-length portrait of Gordon J. Malone of Servel, Inc., sitting at a desk, facing front, and smiling. The photograph was taken on May 3, 1945, while Malone was in Portland for a conference of gas company executives in Oregon and Washington. The number 5005 is written on the negative and is faintly visible in the upper right corner of the image. The text “Barnett & big shot” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 375A0924 and 375A0926.

Photograph showing R. G. Barnett (left), vice president and general manager of the Portland Gas & Coke Company, and Gordon J. Malone of Servel, Inc., sitting at a desk and looking at a booklet. The photograph was taken in Portland on May 3, 1945, during a conference for gas company executives in Oregon and Washington. The number 5006 is written on the negative and is faintly visible in the lower right corner of the image. The text “Barnett & big shot” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 375A0924 and 375A0925.

Full-length portrait of five unidentified men standing in a row outside a Portland building and facing front. Four of the men are wearing ribbons with the words “Retail Furniture Dealers” on them. The text “Furniture Officers — 1931” is written on the negative and is visible on the right side of the image. The men may be officers of the Retail Furniture Dealers of Oregon, which had its annual convention at the Multnomah Hotel in Portland on July 11, 1931.

Full-length portrait of eleven men posing in two rows. All but one of the men are wearing ribbons with the text “12th Annual Convention P. C. A. Displaymen / Congress Hotel / Sept. 22 - 23 -24 1934 / Portland, Oregon.” The text “Pac Coast Display Men” is written on the negative and is partially visible on the right side of the image.

Portrait of five unidentified men standing in a row. Each man is wearing a suit and a ribbon from the Pacific Northwest Stationers Association convention held in Portland on August 16-17, 1935. The text “Stationers” is written on the negative and is visible at the bottom of the image.

Photograph showing a large group of people seated at dining tables and eating a meal during an event. The number 419 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper left corner of the image. The unverified note “Plumbers - Norse Hall” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image No. 375A0778.

Photograph showing a group of unidentified men posing in two rows on a stage. The men in the front row are sitting in chairs, and the others are standing behind them. The number 420 is written on the negative and is partially visible in the upper lefter corner of the image. The unverified note “Plumbers - Norse Hall” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image No. 375A0777.

Portrait of six men, all wearing suits and ties, posing in two rows and facing front. Three of the men are wearing name tags and ribbons on their lapels. The following text is printed on the ribbons, all in uppercase: “Eighth annual convention / Pacific Coast Building Officials Conference / Portland, Ore. / Sept. 3-6 / 1929.” The name “Walter Putnam” is handwritten on the name tag of the man on the right; the name “H. E. Plummer” is written on the name tag of the man in the center. Putnam was president of the conference; Plummer, head of the Portland Bureau of Buildings (now the Bureau of Development Services), was vice president. The second man from the left may be David H. Merrill, secretary-manager of the conference. The other three men are unidentified. The 1929 convention of the Pacific Coast Building Officials Conference was held at the Multnomah Hotel in Portland.

Photograph showing a group of unidentified people standing in two rows outside Portland City Hall, possibly at a fire chiefs’ convention. Most of the people in the photograph are wearing suits and ties; some are in uniform. On the building behind them is a banner with an emblem and the words “FIRE CHIEFS WELCOME” on it. See related image No. 371N3058. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Model Natalie Phillips (left) and Harriett O'Sullivan (right) with Jantzen sales promotion manager Donald Kennedy, at the annual Jantzen sales convention in Portland. Phillips and O’Sullivan are wearing 1948 preview swimsuits. A similar photographed was published in the Oregon Journal on Monday, September 15, 1947 (negative 1 of 2)

Photograph of ten railroad officials gathered around a desk during a meeting in Portland on Thursday, May 6, 1920. A cropped version of this photograph was published on the front page of the Oregon Journal city edition on Friday, May 7, 1920, under the headline “Morgan, Harriman, Rockefeller, Chiefs in Notable Conference.” The photograph had the following caption: “Photograph taken Thursday evening of heads of great transcontinental lines at the close of their three-day conference in Portland. These sessions were among the most important held by railroad officials in the West in recent years and brought together the controlling geniuses of the rival Hill and Harriman systems. The meetings were held in the offices of J. P. O’Brien in the Wells Fargo building. Shown in the photograph are: Seated, left to right—J. P. O’Brien, president North Pacific Terminal Company; William Sproule, president Southern Pacific; Carl R. Gray, president Union Pacific system; L. C. Gilman, president S., P & S. [Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway]; Ralph Budd, president Great Northern; George T. Reid, assistant to president Northern Pacific. Standing, left to right—J. H. Dyer, general manager Southern Pacific; A. C. Spencer, general attorney O-W.R. & N. [Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company]; James H. O’Neill, general manager Great Northern; Ben C. Dey, legal counsel Southern Pacific.” The photograph accompanied a story headlined “Rival Roads Seek Closer Working Plan.” Image note: The text “Railroad president [sic] / 1920” is written on the negative sleeve.