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Oral history interview with Margaret L. Furrow [Session 02, Recording 05]

Tape 5, Side 1. In the second interview session, conducted on September 26, 1985, Furrow shares her observations of the treatment of the Japanese community in Hood River during World War II, and describes racial discrimination in Hood River. She revisits the topic of daily life on her family's orchard and dairy farm in Hood River, and talks about the gendered division of labor. She describes her work picking and packing fruit for Nakamura Orchards. She talks about the ranch she ran with her husband, William Henry Furrow, and discusses selling their fruit through Diamond Fruit Growers Inc. She discusses the future of small farms in Oregon. She closes the interview by talking about her involvement in the Hood River County Historical Society.

Furrow, Margaret L. (Margaret Lucille), 1913-2001

Oral history interview with Margaret L. Furrow [Session 02, Recording 04]

Tape 4, Side 2. In the second interview session, conducted on September 26, 1985, Furrow shares her observations of the treatment of the Japanese community in Hood River during World War II, and describes racial discrimination in Hood River. She revisits the topic of daily life on her family's orchard and dairy farm in Hood River, and talks about the gendered division of labor. She describes her work picking and packing fruit for Nakamura Orchards. She talks about the ranch she ran with her husband, William Henry Furrow, and discusses selling their fruit through Diamond Fruit Growers Inc. She discusses the future of small farms in Oregon. She closes the interview by talking about her involvement in the Hood River County Historical Society.

Furrow, Margaret L. (Margaret Lucille), 1913-2001

Oral history interview with Margaret L. Furrow [Session 02, Recording 03]

Tape 4, Side 1. In the second interview session, conducted on September 26, 1985, Furrow shares her observations of the treatment of the Japanese community in Hood River during World War II, and describes racial discrimination in Hood River. She revisits the topic of daily life on her family's orchard and dairy farm in Hood River, and talks about the gendered division of labor. She describes her work picking and packing fruit for Nakamura Orchards. She talks about the ranch she ran with her husband, William Henry Furrow, and discusses selling their fruit through Diamond Fruit Growers Inc. She discusses the future of small farms in Oregon. She closes the interview by talking about her involvement in the Hood River County Historical Society.

Furrow, Margaret L. (Margaret Lucille), 1913-2001

Oral history interview with Margaret L. Furrow [Session 02, Recording 02]

Tape 3, Side 2. In the second interview session, conducted on September 26, 1985, Furrow shares her observations of the treatment of the Japanese community in Hood River during World War II, and describes racial discrimination in Hood River. She revisits the topic of daily life on her family's orchard and dairy farm in Hood River, and talks about the gendered division of labor. She describes her work picking and packing fruit for Nakamura Orchards. She talks about the ranch she ran with her husband, William Henry Furrow, and discusses selling their fruit through Diamond Fruit Growers Inc. She discusses the future of small farms in Oregon. She closes the interview by talking about her involvement in the Hood River County Historical Society.

Furrow, Margaret L. (Margaret Lucille), 1913-2001

Oral history interview with Margaret L. Furrow [Session 02, Recording 01]

Tape 3, Side 1. In the second interview session, conducted on September 26, 1985, Furrow shares her observations of the treatment of the Japanese community in Hood River during World War II, and describes racial discrimination in Hood River. She revisits the topic of daily life on her family's orchard and dairy farm in Hood River, and talks about the gendered division of labor. She describes her work picking and packing fruit for Nakamura Orchards. She talks about the ranch she ran with her husband, William Henry Furrow, and discusses selling their fruit through Diamond Fruit Growers Inc. She discusses the future of small farms in Oregon. She closes the interview by talking about her involvement in the Hood River County Historical Society.

Furrow, Margaret L. (Margaret Lucille), 1913-2001

Oral history interview with Margaret L. Furrow [Session 01, Recording 03]

Tape 2, Side 1. In the first interview session, conducted on August 22, 1985, Furrow discusses her family background, particularly regarding her grandfather, Peter Mohr, who owned the first commercial orchard in Hood River, Oregon. She describes daily life on the family orchard and dairy farm in Hood River. She talks about working as a fruit packer for Nakamura Orchards.

Furrow, Margaret L. (Margaret Lucille), 1913-2001

Oral history interview with Margaret L. Furrow [Session 01, Recording 02]

Tape 1, Side 2. In the first interview session, conducted on August 22, 1985, Furrow discusses her family background, particularly regarding her grandfather, Peter Mohr, who owned the first commercial orchard in Hood River, Oregon. She describes daily life on the family orchard and dairy farm in Hood River. She talks about working as a fruit packer for Nakamura Orchards.

Furrow, Margaret L. (Margaret Lucille), 1913-2001

Oral history interview with Margaret L. Furrow [Session 01, Recording 01]

Tape 1, Side 1. In the first interview session, conducted on August 22, 1985, Furrow discusses her family background, particularly regarding her grandfather, Peter Mohr, who owned the first commercial orchard in Hood River, Oregon. She describes daily life on the family orchard and dairy farm in Hood River. She talks about working as a fruit packer for Nakamura Orchards.

Furrow, Margaret L. (Margaret Lucille), 1913-2001

Panoramic view of orchard

Panoramic photograph showing a view of an unidentified orchard. A house borders the orchard on the right. A man stands in the doorway of the house and looks at the camera. A horse is visible on the left. Panorama is made up of 2 photographs.

View of Hood River Valley Orchards, Oregon

Photograph showing a view of several orchards and farms in the Hood River Valley at the base of Mount Hood. The mountain is covered in snow. Handwritten label on the bottom of the print reads, "Hood River Valley - Oregon. Home of Apple Grower Association Products." Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "Mount Hood in Oregon from the head of Hood River Valley." Stamp on the back for Angelus Commercial Studio.

Angelus Commercial Studio (Portland, Or.)

View of apple and peach orchard in Scappoose, Oregon

Photograph showing a view of the apple and peach orchards at the Glen Cove Orchard near Scappoose, Oregon. In the foreground, a wooden bridge crosses a creek. A barn and farmhouse are visible in the distant background. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "A portion of the fifty acre Glen Cove apple and peach orchard near Scappoose. K3." Stamps on the front and back of the print indicate a 1911 copyright by Kiser Photo Co.

Kiser Photo Co. (Portland, Or.)

Boy holding young apple tree in Scappoose, Oregon

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.

Kiser Photo Co. (Portland, Or.)

Orchard and farmhouse

Photograph of an orchard and farmhouse. Rows of trees stand in an orchard on the left and in the right foreground. At the center of the photograph, behind a field of crops, is a farmhouse. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "From R.H. Crozier."

Kiser Photo Co. (Portland, Or.)

Rows of trees in an orchard

Photograph showing several rows of young trees in an orchard. Farm machinery is visible in the distance in one of the rows on the left. A house is also visible in the distance. There is a forested hillside in the background. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "R.H. Crozier."

Kiser Photo Co. (Portland, Or.)

Farm Scene near Salem, Oregon

Photograph of orchards and fields on a hillside near Salem, Oregon. A dirt path on the left leads to a house in the distance. Handwriting on the back of the print reads, "Farm Scene near Salem." Embossment on the front of print indicates a 1902 copyright by Kiser Photo Co., while a hand-written note on the back indicates a 1904 copyright by the Kiser Photo Co.

Kiser Photo Co. (Portland, Or.)

Woman stands on ladder picking cherries

A woman stands on a ladder while picking cherries from a cherry tree in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. She turns around on the ladder and looks over her shoulder at the camera. This image was likely taken by staff of the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News circa 1965 - 1968.

Woman stands on ladder picking cherries

A woman stands on a ladder while picking cherries from a cherry tree in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. She looks down at the bucket hanging from her ladder. This image was likely taken by staff of the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News circa 1965 - 1968.

Father in cherry orchard with child

A farm worker holds up a cherry next to his child who sits on a blanket in a cherry orchard in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. He is likely a father who has brought his child to work while he picks cherries. This image was likely taken by staff of the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News circa 1965 - 1968.

Young orchard, Silverton, Oregon

An orchard of young walnut or filbert trees in the Silverton, Oregon area. One tree stands in the foreground of the image, with rows of other trees visible beyond it.

Drake, June D., 1880-1969

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