Hop and Brewers convention. Names on the back (in order) K. Hunt, J Osborn, Ames. Hoerner in center. Willard Hatch Photography, 109 N Third Street, Yakima, WA
Warren E. Kronstad was a faculty member in the Crop and Soil Science department from 1959-1998. Kronstad lead the Wheat Breeding Project, which created new varieties of wheat. Kronstad received the Oregon State University Distinguished Professor Award.
Barney Keep was an OSU alum who became a celebrity in Portland radio, at KEX for 35 and "ruled the morning drive for most of that time." From a scrapbook in the Barney Keep Collection -- pasted in with no other context and (as far as I know) nothing else related to beer.
The county experimental hop yard recruited Oregon State College coeds for a quick job of hoeing. Left to right: Alice Root, Mary Lou George, Marie Hansen, Ruby Carlos, Shirley Young, Margaret Eefsen
From the report, "Hop pests and their control: A Report of the Control of the Hop Red Spider and Other Closely Related Problems During the Season of 1940," Morrison, H.E.; Vertrees, J.D. (Jack)
Hop pickers Dorothy & Olgo Brutke of Amity are seen at the Fred Viesko hop yard west of Gervais, Oregon. They averaged better than $11.00 a day picking hops.