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San Joaquin Delta Land Reclamation Photographs, ca. 1904-1907

Owning Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

About this Collection

The San Joaquin Delta collection contains 97 photographic prints taken primarily by Charles A. Bishop circa 1904-1907 documenting various aspects of the reclamation, irrigation, and cultivation processes undertaken in the Middle River area of the San Joaquin Valley. Activities featured in the collection include dredging, pumping, transport by barge of freight and heavy field machinery, field cultivation and harvesting. The collection includes photographs of the Santa Fe Railroad depot area of Middle River; various waterways, canals, marshlands and fields of the vicinity; local residences; immigrant farm laborers; and samples of the yield from the farms. Also included are two photographs of Charles A. Bishop and a reproduction of a magazine article extolling the successes of the land reclamation efforts in the San Joaquin Valley.... View collection guide.

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95 items found in this collection

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1393. [Dredge.]
854. [Field machinery. Middle River Farming Co.]
[A-frame house with grass roof.]
[Asparagus head.]
[Asparagus head.]
[Buildings along waterway. Middle River?]
[Buildings at Middle River railway depot.]
[Buildings at Middle River railway depot.]
[Buildings at Middle River railway depot.]
[Bushels with measuring stick.]
[Charles A. Bishop.]
Charles A. Bishop ca. 1904-07
[Clods in field.]
[Clods in field.]
[Dredge.]
[Dredge.]
[Dredge.]
[Dredge.]
[Dredge.]
[Dredge. Middle River Navigation and Canal Co.]
[Dredge. Middle River Navigation and Canal Co.]
[Dredges.]
[Dredges.]
[Dredges in dock.]
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