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Title: 1880 Portrait of Moses James Church
Contributor: Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998 (collector)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1880
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Contributing Institution: San José Public Library, California Room
Collection: Historic Photograph Collection
Rights Information: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the California Room: http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/ca/contacts_index.htm
Description: Portrait of Moses James Church, who is considered the father of irrigation in the San Joaquin Valley. He came to Fresno in the 1860s and it was there that he devised the first irrigation system. He also built the first flour mill in Fresno; raised grain, sheep and cattle; and, was a prominent member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. He built the first such church in Fresno.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg2000
Scanned with Epson Perfection V350 Photo Scanner as a 800 dpi TIFF image in 16-bit Grayscale. Compressed into JPEG format and Auto Level image adjustment applied using Photoshop CS2.
Extent: 4 3/4 x 7 in.
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/arbuckle/id/391
Language: English
Subject: Men
Portraits
Fresno (Calif.)--History
Church, Moses James
Place: Fresno County
California
Source: Clyde Arbuckle Photograph Collection

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