Farmers on Powell Street, 1906
by Lalonde, Lena 1906
Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
A photo mounted on cardboard of farmers leading horsedrawn carts of potatoes down Powell street for shipping. Caption written in pen on back of photo: "Rockwood farmers are shown here bringing potatoes to Gresham to ship to Ohio. The camera is looking West down Powell St. Mrs Frank L Lalonde, 150 NE 5th, picture owner, puts the date at about 1906. The picture is one of the first donated to the City to help reconstruct the area's history. All pictures will be duplicated and then returned. They may be taken to the Gresham Outlook, the Chamber of Commerce, or the Gresham Library."
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- Description
- A photo mounted on cardboard of farmers leading horsedrawn carts of potatoes down Powell street for shipping. Caption written in pen on back of photo: "Rockwood farmers are shown here bringing potatoes to Gresham to ship to Ohio. The camera is looking West down Powell St. Mrs Frank L Lalonde, 150 NE 5th, picture owner, puts the date at about 1906. The picture is one of the first donated to the City to help reconstruct the area's history. All pictures will be duplicated and then returned. They may be taken to the Gresham Outlook, the Chamber of Commerce, or the Gresham Library."
- Provenance
- Presumably a duplicate, original owned by Lena Lalonde (wife of Frank Lalonde), a Gresham resident who died in 1984. The mounting was done by Schneider, a studio located in Gresham.
- Date
- 1906
- Creator
- Lalonde, Lena
- Subject
- Downtown Gresham
- Agriculture
- Potatoes
- Shipping
- Farm produce
- Location
- Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Identifier
- ghs1201
- Contributor
- Gresham Historical Society
- Extent
- Print, Photographic
- Type
- StillImage
- Item sets
- Gresham Heritage
Part of Farmers on Powell Street, 1906
