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Title: Raising Poles for Electrification of Railroad Year: 1913
Photo ID: 1534 Dimensions: H 8" x W 10"
Format: Photograph (Sepia) Condition: Fair
Collection: Oswego Heritage Council Repository Lake Oswego Library
 
Notes: Marks from tape being torn off. Note on back should say P. E & E RR? Same as #50a, b & c. signs on buildings: [wi]ndows & mouldings, brick, sewer pipe; Oswego Lumber. [Lumb]er & Building [ma]terial; Drugs; Velvet [ice cream? tobacco?]
Notes on back: State Street at railroad tracks, looking north. Note Davidson's Drugs north of Oswego lumber. Attached caption: "Raising a 75 ft. pole for electrification of P.S. & E railroad, Dec. 1913." [stamp]: Mrs. Robert Arneson, North Shore Road, Oswego, Oregon.
Duplication rights: Credit Lake Oswego Public Library
Keywords: State Street; workmen; Oswego Lumber Co.; electric trains; power poles; Mt Hood Ice Cream; drugs; mouldings; bricks; sewers; cement sidewalks; electricity; stores
Subjects: People; Buildings -- Commercial; Businesses; Roads