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Well Baby Clinic at the Neighborhood House

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2. Matilda and Ben Selling outside their home in NW Portland Ben Selling was an active member of the community. He served as President of the Oregon Senate, and at one point filled in for the Oregon Governor, making him the first Jewish Governor in the United States. He ran for the United States Senate in 1912, losing by a few hundred votes to Harry Lane. From 1901-1917 hevolunteered with his friend Sig Sichel for the IRO (Industrial Removal Office), which was instrumental in bringing new Jewish immigrants from overcrowded conditions on the east coast to settle in the west.
3. Well Baby Clinic at the Neighborhood House
4. Governer Julius Meier

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1. Portland Hebrew School Students at the Neighborhood House
2. Matilda and Ben Selling outside their home in NW Portland Ben Selling was an active member of the community. He served as President of the Oregon Senate, and at one point filled in for the Oregon Governor, making him the first Jewish Governor in the United States. He ran for the United States Senate in 1912, losing by a few hundred votes to Harry Lane. From 1901-1917 hevolunteered with his friend Sig Sichel for the IRO (Industrial Removal Office), which was instrumental in bringing new Jewish immigrants from overcrowded conditions on the east coast to settle in the west.
3. Well Baby Clinic at the Neighborhood House
4. Sewing School at the Neighborhood House