The Finger

An archive and historical write-up of Portland’s long-lost, World War II-era, Kaiser shipyard workers zine. Originals now reside at Oregon Historical Society, Library Accession RL2025-091.

Warning: The Finger by its nature was a “patriotic” publication, and that sometimes took the form of a nationalism which included racist characterizations and depictions of Japan and Japanese-Americans, as well as racist characterizations and depictions of Africa and people of African descent. These depictions have not been expurgated here, although I reserve the right to reverse that decision.

(Send any new information to tips@thefingerpublishing.co with details and sourcing.)

Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 1, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 1, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 1, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 1, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 2, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 2, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 2, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 2, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 3, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 3, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 3, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 3, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 4, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 4, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 4, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 4, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 5, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 5, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 5, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 5, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 6, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 6, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 6, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 6, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 7, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 7, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 7, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 7, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 8, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 8, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 8, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 8, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 9, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 9, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 9, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 9, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 10, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 10, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 10, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 10, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 11, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 11, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 11, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 11, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 12, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 12, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 12, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 12, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 13, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 13, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 13, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 13, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 14, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 14, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 14, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. 1, No. 14, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. 3, No. 1, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. 3, No. 1, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. 3, No. 1, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. 3, No. 1, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 1, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 1, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 1, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 1, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 2, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 2, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 2, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 2, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 3, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 3, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 3, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 3, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 4, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 4, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 4, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 4, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 5, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 5, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 5, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 5, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 6, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 6, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 6, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 6, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 7, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 7, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 7, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 7, Page 4
Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 8, Page 1 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 8, Page 2 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 8, Page 3 Thumbnail of Vol. II, No. 8, Page 4