Portrait of a man holding a lacrosse stick and looking to the right. He is standing on what may be a rooftop or balcony and is wearing a jersey, protective gloves, shorts, and sneakers. The name “Bob Brown” and the number 15 are written on the negative and are faintly visible on the right side of the photograph. Image note: Photograph is out of focus.

Close-up portrait of a smiling man with no shirt. He may be a boxer. The name “Ralph Bufford” is written on the negative and is visible on the left side of the image.

Photograph of two women posing with field-hockey sticks and a ball. They are wearing matching blouses, skirts, neckerchiefs, and shin guards. They are standing on the roof of what is likely the Portland YWCA building at Southwest Taylor and Broadway, which was demolished in 1959. The building in the background is the Jackson Tower, where the Oregon Journal offices were located from 1912 to 1948. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 10 of the Oregon Journal on April 24, 1927, under the headline "Sports Activities Varied." The photograph was one of two that accompanied a story titled “Y. W. C. A. Sports Program Planned” about spring athletics classes at the Portland YWCA.

Photograph showing a group of people playing a game with a ball and net (volleyball?) at a detention center for Japanese Americans at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition building in Portland. The ball can be seen midair, above the net, which has been set up on an open area of wooden floor. Wooden beams and large windows can be seen above. After Executive Order 9066, the building served as a temporary detention center for Japanese Americans, From May through September of 1942, awaiting eventual transfer to more permanent incarceration centers. A cropped version of this photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, May 31, 1942 (negative 12 of 15).

Portrait of a young man posing with a hockey stick on the sidewalk outside a building. He is wearing a Portland Buckaroos uniform, hockey gloves, and skates. A name that may be “Matt Covenz” is written on the negative; the first name is ambiguous. The writing is partially visible in the upper right corner of the image.