Photograph of a group of 30 - 40 people standing next to a locomotive on the Oregon Trunk Railway. The locomotive pulls a train under an arch that reads, "Welcome: Madras the Gateway to Central Oregon." The train engineer and other workers lean out of the locomotive cab. A few railroad construction workers stand to the left where a second set of railroad tracks is under construction. A label in the middle of the photograph reads, "Oregon Trunk Ry. Feb 15th 1911." Label at the bottom of the print reads, "Photo by O. Hedlund, Madras, Ore." Handwritten note on the back reads, "High & Mighty, p. 205."

Photograph of a crawler tractor on a railroad track. The tractor is an International TracTracTor. Handwritten note on the back reads, "Electric Steel Foundry."

Photograph of 5 workers in an SP&S freight warehouse. The workers hold hand trucks and are transporting large sacks. On the right are rows of barrels. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "SP&S Freight Warehouse." Stamp on the back for The Angelus Studio.

Photograph showing a couple of farm outbuildings in a desert landscape, likely in Central Oregon. Sagebrush dots the landscape around the buildings. Stamp on the bottom of the print for Kiser Photo Co.

Photograph showing a farmhouse and barn near Washougal, Washington. There is a crop field in the foreground. An orchard is visible in the background. Typed note on the back of the print reads, "Fruit farm in the Washougal Valley, two miles from Washougal, Wash."

Photograph showing a farmhouse and barn near Washougal, Washington. There are agricultural fields in the foreground. Behind the house, one large tree grows in an open hillside. Typed note on the back of the print reads, "Grain and dairy farm three miles east of Washougal, Wash."

Photograph showing an agricultural field, likely an oat field, in the Willamette Valley. Bales of crops lie scattered in the field. A farmhouse and barn sit on the far edge of the field. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "Oats potatoes & clover, Logged off lands - Divide between Willamette & Tualatin Valleys."

Panoramic photograph showing a wide, open dirt field adjacent to a farm. The farmhouse is on the far left of the image. There is a tree stump in the middle of the field. Panorama is made up of 2 photographs.

Panoramic photograph showing a farm and adjacent agricultural fields. The farmhouse and crop fields are on the left. They are outlined by rows of trees. On the right are a barn and several large bales of hay. Panorama is made up of 2 photographs. Faded signature on the bottom right of the print reads, "Gifford."

Photograph showing water flowing down a spillway at the mouth of the main dam at the Tumalo Project, known today as the Tumalo Irrigation District. A group of 30 - 40 people stand around the the spillway and look at the camera. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "Spillway on Tumalo Project at the mouth of the main dam."

Photograph showing young apple trees in an orchard near Lyle, Washington. Likely the Clark orchard. There is a hillside in the background. Typed note on the back of the print reads, "13600--Weister, Portland. General view of the little end of Clara (sic) orchard in Western Klickitat County, North of Lyke (sic), showing three year old Spitzenberg trees." Handwritten note on back reads, "Return to SP&S Ry, 629 Ry Exch Bl."

Photograph of a boy holding a branch of a small apple tree in an orchard at the Glen Cove Ranch near Scappoose, Oregon. Three apples grow on the tree. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "3 yr. Yellow Transparent Apple, Glen Cove Ranch near Scappoose. K9." Stamps on the front and back of the print indicate a 1911 copyright by Kiser Photo Co.

Photograph of a woman kneeling on the ground to gather fallen filberts or hazelnuts in an orchard. Two crates filled with hazelnuts are labeled, "A.A. Quarnberg." Handwritten label on the print reads, "Marcell No. 59." Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "Camas, Wn." Stamp on the back reads, "Finished by That Man Marcell, Vancouver, Wn."

Photograph of a man examining the branches of a small tree in an orchard in Washtucna Valley, Washington. The tree is a little taller than the man. The trees in the orchard are bare. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "Washtucna Valley, Adams County, Wash."

Photograph of 2 people picking pears from a tree in an orchard in Klickitat Valley, Washington. The person on the left stands on a ladder while reaching for a pear high in the tree. The person on the right stands on the ground and reaches for a pear. Both carry pails labeled, "The Barnett Fruit Picking Pail." Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "Klickitat Valley, Wn."

Photograph showing a group of turkeys grazing in a desert landscape in Central Oregon. A few haystacks and a horse and buggy are visible in the background. This photograph is attributed to Benjamin Gifford.

Panoramic photograph showing a view of an unidentified orchard in front of a forested area. A house borders the orchard on the right. Panorama is made up of 2 photographs.

Panoramic photograph showing rows of young trees growing in a vast dirt field. A snow capped mountain of the Cascade Range is visible in the background. Panorama is made up of 4 photographs.

Photographic postcard showing several agricultural workers operating farm machinery to harvest grain in a field. Bags of grain are lined up on the machine. One man stands on top of the machine and looks back at the others. Handwritten label on the front of the print reads, "Harvesting 50 acres of grain in 10 houres (sic). On the line of Oregon Trunk, Central Oregon."

Photograph showing 2 distant people standing in the middle of a vast grain field. They stand several yards apart. The grain comes up to their waists. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "Pilot Butte Ranch, near Bend." Stamp on the front of the print for Kiser Photo Co.

Photograph showing a row of wheat stacks in a field near Culver, Oregon. More stacks are visible in the field in the background. A snow-capped mountain of the Cascade Range is faded but visible in the distance. Stamp on the front of the print for Kiser Photo Co.

Photograph showing several large stacks of grain in a field near Culver, Oregon. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "Stacks of grain - ready for threshing, near Culver." Stamp on the front of the print for Kiser Photo Co.

Photograph showing several large stacks of crops to the right of an agricultural field near Prineville, Oregon. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "near Prineville." Stamp on the front of the print for Kiser Photo Co.

Photograph showing a group of farmworkers operating machinery in an agricultural field to harvest crops. Horses pull wagons in the background. Faded signature on the bottom right of the print reads, "Gifford."

Photograph of several large stacks of crops in an agricultural field in Central Oregon. Two horses pull a wagon or carriage in front of the stack in the center. Sagebrush dots the desert landscape in the foreground. Faded signature on the bottom right of the print reads, "Gifford."

Photograph showing several farm workers using a machine to bale hay in an agricultural field. A pile of loose hay sits to the right of a machine, while stacks of baled hay are piled behind it. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "Baling hay, Willamette Valley." White lines drawn on photograph outline area for publication.

Photograph showing a herd of sheep in an agricultural field near a stack of crops. A person on the left stands in the field looking at the sheep.

Photograph showing a wheat harvest underway in a field near Madras, Oregon. Farm workers pose on several machines used to cut and harvest wheat. The machine on the right is pulled by over a dozen horses. Handwritten label at the bottom of the print reads, "Harvesting wheat near Madras. Crook to Oregon. T.A. Taylor, A.D. Anderson, Combine Harvesters. Copyright O. Hedlund #1019."