103 – USDA National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, aka The Ag Lab
November 17th, 2006
I stumbled across this photo while doing research for another project and thought it was fascinating enough to publish. It’s a little grainy, I know. Below is a similar angle. Notice how small the original building was. If you drive by, you’ll see where the additions are. There is a cornerstone for the addition on the south side facing University; I think it said something in the 60’s, but I didn’t know at the time that I’d be using these photos for this purpose so I didn’t write it down.
Here’s the link for the original photo. It was taken at some point between the authorization for the USDA to build the Northern Regional Laboratory in 1938 and it’s opening in December 1940.
I’m guessing that Gary is a detective and Katney (who called it) works there.