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1957. Sellwood Laboratory was originally the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company's Sellwood Division Carbarn Office and Carmen's Club. Portland, Oregon.

Sellwood Laboratory was originally the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company's Sellwood Division Carbarn Office and Carmen's Club. It was later used by USFS forest entomologists and pathologists as a laboratory, insectary, photo lab, and shop. Located at: 8825 Southeast 11th Avenue, Portland Oregon.

 

Photo by: Ken H. Wright

Date: August 1957

 

Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection.

Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon.

Image: PS-1725

 

To learn more about this photo collection see:

Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and Furniss, M.M. 2002. Photographic images and history of forest insect investigations on the Pacific Slope, 1903-1953. Part 2. Oregon and Washington. American Entomologist, 48(3), p. 178-185.

 

Note: This building is on the USDI, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Its original name/purpose was: Portland Railway. Light & Power Sellwood Division Carbarn Office and Carmen's Clubhouse. More info: npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/02000670.pdf

 

Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth

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