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Women's Land Army

Women's Land Army

This 1944 photograph shows Mabel Mack, supervisor of the Oregon branch of the Women’s Land Army (WLA). The WLA was part of a World War …

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Women's Suffrage Handbill

Women's Suffrage Handbill

The Oregon chapter of the College Equal Suffrage League produced this handbill as part of a successful 1912 state campaign to give women the right …

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Women Workers, Pacific Coast Biscuit Company

Women Workers, Pacific Coast Biscuit Company

This photograph of three women packers at the Pacific Coast Biscuit Company was probably taken sometime between 1900 and 1905. The Pacific Coast Biscuit Company …

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Wool Buyers at Shaniko

Wool Buyers at Shaniko

This photograph features wool buyers at Shaniko in eastern Wasco County. In 1910, the approximate date of this photograph, Shaniko was a major transportation hub …

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Workers at Bonneville Dam Site, 1935

Workers at Bonneville Dam Site, 1935

This 1935 photograph shows workers excavating volcanic rock at the construction site of Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. Workers used jackhammers and explosives to …

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Workers at the Umatilla Ordnance Depot, 1943

Workers at the Umatilla Ordnance Depot, 1943

This photograph shows workers at the U.S. Army’s Umatilla Ordnance Depot stenciling and inspecting 155-millimeter artillery shells. It was taken by an Oregon Journal photographer …

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Workers build patterns at Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., c.1943

Workers build patterns at Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., c.1943

This photograph comes from the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation collection; it was likely part of the company's series of publicity photos it used in its various …

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Workmen Battle Mud, Wolf Creek Highway

Workmen Battle Mud, Wolf Creek Highway

This 1936 photograph shows men building the Wolf Creek Highway, which later was renamed the Sunset Highway (US 26) in honor of a Portland area …

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World War II

World War II

After the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the war in the Pacific was even near at hand for those living on the …

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World War II and the Post-War Boom

World War II and the Post-War Boom

By 1940, with a war in full blaze elsewhere on the globe, the United States began to hum with global demand for its resources and …

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