How many people do you count working on that one tree?

nels on 8th September 2021 @ 9:39am

Even the dog gets in on the picking.

L.E. on 8th September 2021 @ 10:03am

… ? …. Add one dog .. and a youth up high ..

Tom on 8th September 2021 @ 10:04am

I count 16 humans and one canine.

ArthurB on 8th September 2021 @ 11:34am

Do you think this is an actual group of workers or a social gathering posing and having fun picking apples? Are the women dressed in the same manner in the later pictures you mention?

cg on 8th September 2021 @ 3:08pm

Here is more information about Albert I Mason from History of Early Pioneer Families of HR, Oregon:

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~westklic/aimason.html

cg on 8th September 2021 @ 3:19pm

I think this is the actual apple harvest, though they may be holding still for the camera. I believe friends and neighbors would lend a hand when a particular orchard was ready for harvest, so these may not all be "professional" pickers.

ArthurB on 8th September 2021 @ 6:27pm

I think there's two dogs. Looks like it might be a corgi on the ladder on the right, below the guy in the white shirt.

Marilyn on 8th September 2021 @ 6:54pm

It is like a "Where's Waldo?" picture.

kmb on 8th September 2021 @ 10:14pm

In this photo... http://historichoodriver.com/index.php?showimage=925 Steve r says there are 18 people and one dog.
And this photo http://historichoodriver.com/index.php?showimage=388 shows what the ground looked like before this tree was planted. A lot of hard work involved.

L.E. on 9th September 2021 @ 1:42pm

Funny-- those are not actually the same photos. Tiny differences between this one and #925.

Steve R was always better at the "I spy" game than I was, even though I have the original scans to inspect.

ArthurB on 9th September 2021 @ 2:25pm