The Willamette Valley has some of the greatest hop fields in the world. This is a typical view of a hop field in a good yielding year shortly before picking time.
Walter and Martha Hemrich picking hops. Walter (b.1903) and Martha (b.1904) lived in Portland with their parents Adam Hemrich and Charlotte “Lottie” Schink-Hemrich. Walter and Martha picked hops routinely with their father and extended family.