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California Agriculture: Livestock

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 livestock (blacksmith industry, burros, cattle, dairy industry, chickens, diseases, ducks, goats, horses, ostriches, oxen, pigs, sheep, turkeys). View this collection on the contributor's website.
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155 items found in this collection

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Child holding two burros by the reins
Children on horseback
Close up view of a diseased cow, circa 1924
Corralling cattle, circa 1924
Corralling sheep into a ditch, circa 1924
Cow lying in a field, circa 1924
Cows grazing on a hill with San Francisco view in background
Creating large pits for slaughtered livestock, circa 1924
Dairy plant
Dairy plant workers
Deceased cattle in a ditch
Deceased cows in a ditch, circa 1924
Deceased cows in a pit, circa 1924
Deceased sheep in a ditch, circa 1924
Deceased sheep in a ditch, circa 1924
Destroying cattle to prevent spread of disease, circa 1924
Destroying sheep to prevent spread of disease, circa 1924
Destroying sheep to prevent spread of disease, circa 1924
Digging a pit for the animals' corpses, circa 1924
Digging trenches for the slaughter of infected livestock, circa 1924
Diseased animals in a pit, circa 1924
Diseased baby animal, circa 1924
Diseased cattle, circa 1924
A diseased cow, circa 1924
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