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Rivergarden Farms

Owning Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

About this Collection

This collection consists of an album of 79 photographic prints of Rivergarden Farms, an agricultural area apparently located near the Sacramento River in the vicinity of Knights Landing (Yolo County) and Grimes (Colusa County), California. The photos were taken circa 1910-1915 by the McCurry Foto Co. of San Francisco. On the cover of the album is the following: "Photographs, Exclusive sales agents, `Rivergarden Farms,' Property of Stine & Kendrick, San Francisco, Cal.," which suggests the album was assembled as a promotional tool. Included are photographs of Rivergarden Farms, Fair Ranch (including buildings, livestock, and various crops); scenes of the towns of Knights Landing and Grimes, California, showing business buildings, street scenes, residences, and shipping on the Sacramento River. Typewritten captions pasted below the photographs are reprinted in the container listing.... View collection guide.

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83 items found in this collection

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Farm Buildings, Fair Ranch
Farm Cottage adjoining Fair Ranch
Farm home, near Fair Ranch
Free Ferry across Sacramento River at Rivergarden Farms
Freight Boats on the Sacramento River
Fresh water lagoon, separating sub-divisions 6 and 7, "Fair Ranch"
Grain stacked along river bank
Harvesting with traction engine on the Rivergarden Farms "Fair Ranch"
Hershey Hotel - Knights Landing
Home of County Supervisor on the Fair Ranch
HOP FIELDS on Sacramento River bottom lands, finest in the world
HOPS, near Rivergarden Farms, "Fair Ranch" yielding $1,000 per acre per year
Ideal Bungalow Home, adjoining Fair Ranch, Knights Landing
Inside of warehouse on Rivergarden Farms, "Fair Ranch"
Land near Fair Ranch, for which owner asks $600 an acre
Lights and Shades, Oak Park, Fair Ranch
Loading grain into warehouse
Location of new town site. "Fair Ranch"
Lumber yard and building material. Knights Landing
Main Street, Knights Landing
Market Street, Knights Landing
Meat Market in Grimes
Mr. Nelson's home
New Avenue through Rivergarden Farms
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