Black-and-white photograph: Plowing in the Willamette Valley, 1940s. Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon. Date: c. 1940s.

Plowing in the Willamette Valley, 1940s

c. 1940s  ·  Willamette Valley, Oregon

A farmer plowing fields in Oregon's Willamette Valley in the 1940s. The valley's agricultural economy — grains, hops, hazelnuts, dairy — was a frequent Photo-Art Studio subject for trade publications and farm-equipment manufacturers serving regional markets.

Date
c. 1940s
Location
Willamette Valley, Oregon
Archive ID
R674-5
Photographer
Photo-Art Studio (Portland, Oregon)
Format
16-bit TIFF master · scanned from original negative
Willamette ValleyAgriculturePlowing1940s

Photo-Art Studio commercial archive (Portland, Oregon); acquired by Stephen Ingham 2001. Donated to the Oregon Historical Society in two parts — the bulk in 2002–2003 and the remainder in 2007 (Org. Lot 791); editorial rights retained.

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