Black and white image mounted on heavy mat of the interior of a large building, filled with bundled plants, sawhorses for sorting and stacking the plants, and men to do the sorting and stacking. At the time of its construction, this was the largest building of its kind in the nation.
Black and white image of a group of mostly women in a field of raspberries. Two young girls stand in front of the group. 'Blackcaps' is a colloquial name for black raspberries.
Black and white image of two men with a wagon loaded with hay. Drawn by a four-horse team, the wagon is stacked with bundled hay. The street is unpaved, but has concrete sidewalks and curbs on both sides, and the houses and brick fence on the left look relatively modern. A note on the back indicates that the hay could be flax, instead.
Sepia-toned image mounted on heavy mat of a row of children and a few adults. The children are sitting in a field, with a farmhouse and barns and more fields behind them. A few adults stand behind them. Most of the children wear overalls and hats, and the boys sit to the right of the row while the girls are on the image left. The woman and man in the middle of the photo have two small children standing beside them and could be the owners of the farm.
Sepia-toned image of two men sheering a sheep with a motorized shearing device. One man, identified as 'Dad' on the back, is likely Joseph McCormick. The other is identified as Harvey Haynes. The man standing on the platform has one hand on the crank that powers the shearing machine. The fleece is taken off in one piece.
Sepia-toned of a man kneeling in a field, inspecting potatoes. Note the horse-drawn plow; it would be another ten years after this image was produced before gasoline-powered plows became the norm, and this only after Henry Ford introduced a mass-produced tractor in 1917.
Black and white image of two men outside a barn-like prune dryer. There is a great deal of wood tossed bout on the ground beside the lower level of the building, and several chimneys and a large ventilation shaft. Wooden windows are open underneath the eaves, and a lower floor is just visible. Barrels and crates fill the porch where one of the men stands.
Black and white image of a dog with a saddled horse's reins in its mouth, pulling the horse across a dirt street. Across the streets are buildings fronted with plate glass windows, and several ladders, one on its side and another with a mans standing beneath it. A sign rests against the foot of the building; it reads 'Genuine Oliver Plows.'
Black and white image of a two-story, gabled home sitting next to several barns and flanked by an orchard and fields. The barn is large and red with a traditional weather vane on the cupola in the center of the roof. A smaller barn sits in the lower left of the image, with a metal chimney protruding from its roof. Beyond the cleared fields a line of dark pine trees marks the horizon.
Black and white image of women picking hops. The woman closest to the camera wears a shapeless knee-length dress with long sleeves and a bonnet. The woman just down from her wears a long dark skirt and a dark blouse tucked into that, along with a wide-brimmed hat. More women can be seen down the row, mostly wearing mid-calf-length dresses and hats. A large hops basket stands next to each woman.
Black and white image of a three-story, double-gabled building, with a porch and an awning. A power pole sits to the left of the building, and there are two entrances, but no other indications as to what might be the purpose of the structure.
Black and white image of a large threshing crew standing in a field in front of a large, circular, two-story barn. A tractor sits to one side, with steam coming from the smokestack. Large piles of straw fill the ground in front of the barn. Men stand scattered about the field, some with hand tools, some on the tractor, and some with bags of grain in the background. Several men stand in the background on the stairs leading up into the second story of the barn. One man in the front right center of the image wears a watch fob and a vest.
Black and white image of a number of men and women standing with boxes of strawberries. The men wear work clothes while the women are wearing dresses or skirts and blouses and hats. Boxes of ripe strawberries line a table in front of the group, while other boxes are being held up by the members of the group.
Black and white image mounted on heavy mat of seven men in a hops yard. The men wear hats and overalls or work clothes. They appear to be assembling frames for the tops and mounting them. The first, second, and fourth men in the back row and the third man in the first row all have identifying numbers written on their chests, matching the legend on the back of the image.
Sepia-toned image of a large gathering of people around a threshing machine. in the left foreground of the image is the engine with a smokestack and a number of wheels. Long bands lead to the threshing equipment, a series of conveyor belts. Half a dozen or so wagons loaded with wheat move about the image, and a pile of grain sacks is visible in the middle of the image just behind one of the workmen. In the foreground are a number of women and children. One woman in a riding habit sits sidesaddle on a horse, while two other ladies are in a carriage. Tow women with aprons stand on either side of a man holding a small boy, while ion the front center of the image another boy stands beside a shock of wheat that has two more small children hiding in its base.
Sepia-toned image on card stock of a large crew of men with a threshing rig. In the foreground is the engine with a smokestack and wheels. A long belt stretches to the threshing equipment to the right and then over to another engine. Wheat stacks and cut stalks fills the ground throughout the image, and several wagons fills with straw and wheat as well as empty wagons are gathered around the threshing crew. One wagon loaded with a full load heads in from the farther reaches of the field. Several barrels stand around the engine in the foreground. Thick stands of pine trees fill the background of the image.
Black and white photograph of a farm, behind a large field. Two barns are visible, with a house behind the one on the left. A large row of cypress trees runs behind the barn from the right of the image.
Sepia-toned image of four men standing with a large, square machine, identified as a hop baler on the back. The machine sits on a wooden floor in front of a large wooden structure, and appears to have a feeding chute at the top, and a large gear mechanism on the right side.
Black and white image of a man holding a large watermelon in a field of watermelons. He wears a dark suit coat over light-colored pants and a hat, and he has a full bear. Behind him, a small white tent stands next to a pole. Watermelons are visible throughout the foreground, and a line of trees cuts across the background.
A large wheeled engine dominates a field surrounded by tall, bare pine trees. The engine consists of a round, riveted barrel, with a smokestack at one end and a protrusion with gauges and handles at the fore end. A door with a round vent occupies the front end, which is bracketed by large metal spoke wheels. Smaller wheels are placed at the other end, beneath a smokestack and a large gear which supports a long belt. The belt stretches across the picture to disappear under a platform which is covered over with a large amount of dried plant material. About a dozen men stand along side the belt, which runs above their heads. One man with a pitchfork stands on the haystack; another stands beside the opening where the belt disappears into the haystack. All the men wear pants, hats with brims, and long-sleeved work shirts buttoned up to the neck. A fence made of poles fastened to triangular supports runs behind the group of workers, separating the work area from the trees. Written in black ink on the bottom right is 'Boge and Hinton Machine. Farmington, Oregon. For Threshing Grain.'
A large, steam-powered harvester in a harvested field. One man stands on the deck of the machine, hand on a steering wheel. Black smoke issues from the round smokestack in front of him; a little girl in a hat with a wide brim, uplifted in back and sporting a feather, stands next to him. On the lower level, a woman leans over a rail, looking toward two other men at the back of the machine; one man sits on a deck with his feet on the ground; the other stands behind him working with the machine. The machine has metal wheels with spokes, one appears to be about the height of a grown man. Hoses and metal gears are visible. A barbed wire fence runs across the foreground of the image.
A large field of strawberries, rows running into the distance. Various unidentified people are at work in the field, kneeling and working with the plants. Most are men, though two are identifiably women in skirts. Almost all wear hats; some have fabric draped over their heads. The ground appears dry and dusty. In the background, thick stands of pine trees are visible. 'Strawberry field near Hillsboro [struck out] Banks' is typed across the top of the image.
A mixed herd of dairy cows graze in a field fenced with barbed wire. In the distance is another field and groves of pine and other trees. Typed near the top of the photo is 'Contented cows near Hillsboro.'
