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| Title | Early brick building owned by George Gay in Hopewell, Oregon, ca. 1924 |
| Photographer | Miles, W. Earl |
| Date | ca. 1924 |
| Notes | Caption on image: First brick building in Oregon, built in 1841 by Geo. Gay, located 11 miles northwest of Salem, on the line between Polk and Yamhill counties, the brick being made on the ground; photo by M.W. Earl.
Printed on verso: Published by W. W. Earl, Amity, Ore.
Filed in: Oregon--Buildings |
| Contextual Notes | Born in England, George Gay first came to Oregon with the overland party of the American Fur Company in 1812. In the 1830s, he settled as a farmer in the Willamette Valley and he was involved in the meetings that formed Oregon's provisional government. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Building, Brick--Oregon--Hopewell; Hopewell (Or.)--Buildings, structures, etc. |
| Location Depicted | United States--Oregon--Salem |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC2554
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Postcard Collection |
| Object Type | Postcard |
| Physical Description | 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from an original postcard using a ScanMaker 6800 at 100-175 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2007. |
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