Canning Exhibit at the Multnomah County Fair, 1923
by F. Billie Wilcox 1923
Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
Black and white photo of a woman, Mary E. Crane (Mrs. Fred Crane), holding up a jar at the canning exhibit in the Domestic Science Division of Multnomah County Fair in 1923. The exhibit also has a case of bread and other baked goods. Handwritten on the back "Supt. of Domestic Science.". People identified: Crane, Mary Crane, Frederic
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- Description
- Black and white photo of a woman, Mary E. Crane (Mrs. Fred Crane), holding up a jar at the canning exhibit in the Domestic Science Division of Multnomah County Fair in 1923. The exhibit also has a case of bread and other baked goods. Handwritten on the back "Supt. of Domestic Science.". People identified: Crane, Mary Crane, Frederic
- Provenance
- Found in collections. Mary Crane was the wife of Frederic Crane, a member of the first Multnomah County Fair board. The Oregonian reported in his obituary that he cast the deciding ballot in a vote over where to hold the fair, resulting in it being held in Gresham from 1906 to 1969. The photo was taken by F. Billie Wilcox, a photographer based in Centralia, Washington.
- Date
- 1923
- Creator
- F. Billie Wilcox
- Subject
- Multnomah County Fair
- Canned foods
- Preserves
- Baked products
- Location
- Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Identifier
- ghs489
- Contributor
- Gresham Historical Society
- Extent
- Print, Photographic
- Type
- StillImage
