Gresham Historical Society · Northwest Digital Heritage

Description: Photograph of women workers sorting strawberries into an automatic strawberry grader inside the Gresham Berry Growers cannery.
Provenance: Provenance unknown. Negative of photo found in envelope of Gresham Berry Growers negatives 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
Subject: Strawberries; Berries; Gresham Berry Growers; Machinery
Location: Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/
Identifier: ghs2207
Contributor: Gresham Historical Society
Extent: Print, Photographic
Type: StillImage

Women Sorting Strawberries in Gresham Berry Growers Cannery