Women Working in Gresham Berry Growers' Packing Plant
by Gresham Berry Growers 1941
Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
Photograph from inside the Gresham Berry Growers packing plant with two women working in the box preparation area. "Gresham Berry Growers, Gresham, Ore." is typed across the bottom.
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- Description
- Photograph from inside the Gresham Berry Growers packing plant with two women working in the box preparation area. "Gresham Berry Growers, Gresham, Ore." is typed across the bottom.
- Provenance
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Provenance unknown; negative of same photo found in envelope of Gresham Berry Growers negatives dating to 1941, received in 2001 from the Camas-Washougal Historical Society via the Troutdale Historical Society.
The Gresham Berry Growers was a cooperative association of berry farmers in eastern Multnomah County and northern Clackamas County. The association began in 1919, and became the largest employer in Gresham through its cannery and packing plant, shipping millions of pounds of frozen produce across the country during its peak production years. In 1965, facing supply issues caused by Gresham's increasing urbanization, the association's board voted to merge with the United Growers of Salem under the Flav-R-Pac label, moving the cannery business to Salem. - Date
- 1941
- Creator
- Gresham Berry Growers
- Subject
- Gresham Berry Growers
- Berries
- Agricultural facilities
- Farm produce
- Location
- Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/
- Identifier
- ghs2201
- Contributor
- Gresham Historical Society
- Extent
- Print, Photographic
- Type
- StillImage
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