Skip to main content

California Agriculture: Crops

Owning Institution: California Historical Society

About this Collection

Contains photographs and picture postcards from the Agriculture series in the General Subjects Photography Collection, depicting California's agricultural crops (almonds, apples, apricots, beans, celery, century plants, cherries, cotton, figs, grapefruit, grapes, guayule, hay, hemp, hops, lemons, olives, onions, oranges, peaches, pears, persimmons, plums, prunes, pumpkins, raisins, strawberries, sugar beets, wheat), between the years of 1880 and 1970. View this collection on the contributor's website.
View collection guide.

View our statement on digital primary resources and historical description.

Go to Institution Page

Type of Item

Select all Deselect all

Decade

Select all Deselect all

192 items found in this collection

of 8
Agricultral laborers on a traction egine to haul sugar beets
Agricultural laborer operating a "Caterpillar" Fifteen tractor to dig beets in a …
Agricultural laborers at the J. de Barth Shorb Vineyards, San Marino, California
Agricultural laborers harvesting hops
Agricultural laborers harvesting rice
Agricultural laborers harvesting sugar beets in Los Angeles County, California
Agricultural laborers harvesting wheat in California
Agricultural laborers unloading boxes of raisins in Selma, Fresno County, California
Agricultural laborers using a combine in the hay fields at Glenn Ranch
Agricultural laborers using a combine in the hay fields at Glenn Ranch
Agricultural laborors at the Chadwell farm in Aromas, Monterey County, California
Agricultural worker "balling" an orange tree in preparation for shipping
Agricultural worker cultivating orange trees in beds
Agricultural worker harvesting oranges
Agricultural worker harvesting prunes
Agricultural worker next to a shipment of raisins loaded onto a vehicle …
Agricultural worker operating a tractor in an orange orchard
Agricultural worker scrubbing balled orange trees with brush and lather
Agricultural worker using a Caterpillar 20 tractor to cultivate a grape vineyard
Agricultural worker using machine for gthering seed from guayule plants
Agricultural workers drying out prunes
Agricultural workers fumigating orange trees
Agricultural workers harvesting avocados from the Calavo Grove
Agricultural workers harvesting celery in Los Angeles County, California
of 8