Children and teachers in yard outside Child Care Center No. 6 in Vanport, circa 1944.
City of Portland Archives, Oregon, A2001-025.647
Vanport, circa 1944
Vintage Portland
Children and teachers in yard outside Child Care Center No. 6 in Vanport, circa 1944.
City of Portland Archives, Oregon, A2001-025.647
Vintage Portland 
The recent OPB presentation on the life and death of Vanport sure puts these photos in perspective. I will never again be able to look at them without a sense of sadness for what these people went through. I wonder about each person and wish them well.
Climate control in pre-energy crisis America: blast the heat and open a window to regulate temp.
Given the direction of gazes something seems to be going on off camera to the left. Wonder what?