Here is an ocean steamship at a Portland wharf ready to load a cargo of wheat. Comparing the three major wheat export districts of the United States over a period of seven years, 1925 to 1931, inclusive, Portland ranks second each year with the exception of 1927 when she placed first. That puts Portland first as a wheat port on the Pacific Coast and second in the United States.
B. F. Irvine Testimonial with sculpture of B. F. Irvine displayed. Pictured from left: George L. Baker, Mayor of Portland, Mrs. B. F. Irvine, Adrien Yoisin, sculptor, B. F. Irvine. Photo was used in the Oregon Daily Journal on February 22, 1935, and in the Barometer on March 8, 1935.