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Title: First Blast Furnace Year: 1867
Photo ID: 770c Dimensions: H 7" x W 5"
Format: Photograph (Sepia) Condition: Good
Collection: Local History Collection Repository Lake Oswego Library
 
Notes: Likely the oldest photo of the furnace; perhaps actually 1866. Copy of 770a; see also 770b. The late Portland photo curator Terry Toedtemeier believed this was most likely taken by Portland photographer Truman L. Hack. Donated by Susanna Kuo; photo used in "Iron, Wood, & Water;" Negative with photo.
Notes on back: Copy of tiny photo in collection of Lake Oswego Library. Found in envelope addressed to Theresa Truchot, postmark Dec. 5, 1972. "Iron Stack at Oswego, Oregon. July 16, 1954. Kenneth [Goodall?] from Elva Blackburn cousin."
Duplication rights: Credit Lake Oswego Public Library
Keywords: Workers; yokes; construction; stones; Oregon Iron Company; ladders; boards; lumber; men; rock walls; oxen; barrels
Subjects: People; Iron Industry