[One large studio silver gelatin photograph of the Lower Columbia Cooperative Dairy Association building on 9th Street in downtown Astoria, OR with dairy coop members and workers spread

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[Astoria, OR & Grays River, WA:, Lower Columbia Cooperative Dairy Association, 364 9th St.,, ca. 1925]., N/A

N/A, VG-

Oblong 4to. One original silver gelatin photo sized 8 x 10 in., preserved in original studio matte overlay and backing sized 11 x 10.25 in (minor crease & scoring to upper fore-edge of photo), still VG- exemplar w/ excellent bright contrast.

Original silver gelatin photo documenting the post-World War I growth and importance of the Lower Columbia Cooperative Dairy Association, founded originally in 1922 by Schmand (1868-1947), and drawing from membership in and around Astoria, OR, and Grays River, WA across the Columbia River. Architect John Wicks designed the joint structures featuring a two-story building with business in the basement street level, with office space above. Building in the photo fore-ground here has now been raized and is a parking lot. See: Astoria’s Historic Resources and Heritage (2006).