Jerry Routson harvests his fine crop of D'Anjou pears. He has a large crew of men working in various parts of the orchard. Full boxes of pears were scattered throughout the orchard waiting to be hauled to packing sheds.
Group of houses used as a camp for workers on the farm of Mr. Gildwell, North Santiam, Oregon. There are more that are not shown in the picture. Mr. Gildwell housed about 20 families during the summer harvest season.
A part of the housing camp for migratory workers on the berry farm of Mr. Gildwell, North Santiam, Oregon. Some tent houses are used. Water electric lights and wood are furnished. (long shot)
Photo shows the headwaters of the Sandy River on the western slope of Mt. Hood. Timber growth is slowly covering the scars of a forest fire which probably raged around 1890. Mt. Hood, 11,245 feet high, was named in 1792 in honor of Viscount Hood of the English peerage.
One of the Big Vats is being filled with Royal Ann cherries to be made into the marichino. These vats are filled with an acid bleach. Boys dump the boxes as they come from the conveyors, while another stirs, since they have a tendency to come to the top. This is only one vat that extends in long rows to the left of the picture. This image was taken at the Willamette Growers Cherry Co-op. in Salem, Oregon.
Janette Saucy rigs up a clever way to feed her motherless registered Duroc pigs. Beer bottles have been filled with warm milk and placed on a specially constructed trough. The pigs are doing fine at Saucy farm, Salem, Oregon.
John Steiner is running his fingers through gooseberries near Silverton, Oregon. Photo was submitted to A. Fruit Growers. Photographs made by Gifford studio in late spring and early summer of 1951 that depict growing and harvesting of fruit crops in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.
Ralph Gifford made the copy negative, probably in the 1930s, of the original image by his father, Benjamin A. Gifford. The prints were made in the 1980s or 1990s after the collection was acquired by Oregon State University