Life in Vanport [graphic], circa 1944.

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Life in Vanport [graphic], circa 1944.

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Four (4) prints of Vanport scenes, part of the "Life In Vanport" series of impressions of the world's largest shipbuilders' city near Portland, Oregon, circa 1944. Descriptions of Vanport are found on the back of each print. Photocopy of a plan of the city is included with notation of donor's family's residence. Prints were originally produced by Portland General Electric Company as a salute to America's fastest shipbuilders.

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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