Original 1947 AP Wire Photo documenting the relocation of the company town of Shevlin, Oregon. The original caption explains that a crane lifts one of approximately 350 buildings as the Shevlin-Hixon Lumber Company moved its logging operations 40 miles, transporting homes, stores, the post office, and even dog houses by rail. Mounted on black archival paper with the original separate caption mounted below. Measures approximately 8⅜ x 7⅞ inches overall. Displays typical newsroom handling wear, including light edge and corner wear to the mount and age toning to the caption. From the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
