Photo of two-story brick building set on a corner with background blanked out. The building is dark brick, with the door facing the corner, set off by columns and a triangular pediment on top. On the left side, several recessed entranceways are framed by windows above and below, and a sign reading 'Hillsboro Mercantile Co.' stretches across the top of the first story. A concrete sidewalk runs in front of the building, and the street in the foreground of the image is either wet or muddy. Image is framed with white and dark squares, mounted on cardstock. Printed on the bottom of the image is 'Hillsboro Commercial Bank.'
Two oxen pull a wooden plow in a field. The plow is being held down by a man in slacks, shirt, and with a straw trilby. The reins are held by a man in Egyptian costume, consisting of a white scull cap, a shirt with reflective circular disks sewn on the yoke, and a striped cotton skirt. He holds a long, thin goad in one hand. The field is bordered by a barbed wire fence, and a number of cars and a stock truck are parked alongside the road beyond a ditch filled with plants. Three girls sit on a plank fence, looking down the road at something. They wear skirts and shirts tucked in and have short hair. Power lines run along both sides of the road, held up by poles with from one to three cross-bars. Thick stands of leafy trees are visible in the background of the image.
Two white brick buildings face each other across a paved lot. Both buildings are three stories tall, with windows spaced regularly along all visible sides. Pipes or a conveyor belt connect the buildings across the paved area. The building on the right is shorter in length; next to it stands an elevated tank. The bottom of the tank is even with the roof of the building, and behind it a large smokestack . A large ramp leads up to a loading dock on the far building, where two delivery trucks with milk cans are parked. Men stand in the bed of one of the trucks. Power poles with perpendicular arms support power lines running in front of the buildings. The photo has been glued to a cardboard background, cut out with an oval top, and white clouds have been inked onto the background around the image. 'Carnation Milk Products, Hillsboro, Oregon' is printed in blue ink on the upper left corner.
