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Title
Packing oranges in a refrigerator car, Pomona (or Covina?), California
Date Created and/or Issued
1915
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of two men packing oranges in a refrigerated railroad car, Pomona (or Covina?), California. The car opens directly adjacent to the inside of a packing plant. Piles of crates of oranges are at right and visible inside the railroad car. Signs on the side of the car: "A.C.G. citrus exchange, California oranges, Covina", "Improved Wickes [...]ti[...] and refrigerat"..., "Sante Fe [...] route".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
8 x 10 in.
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographs
Identifier
chs-m9241
USC-1-1-1-9377 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1345
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9241
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1345.jpg
Subject
Agriculture--Crops--Citrus--Processing--Shipping
Citrus fruits
Citrus fruit industry
Agriculture
Railroads--Cars
Refrigerator cars
Time Period
1915
Place
California
Covina
Pomona
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-105-13 [Microfiche number]
1345 [Accession number]
CHS-1345 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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