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Title: Scraper teams working at the Pierson land development near Merced
Creator: Latta, Frank Forrest, 1892-
Date Created and/or Issued: 1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Glass plate with a view of development of the Pierson tract near Merced. There are two scrapers drawn by teams of four horses leveling the ground, with a wide stream or ditch in the foreground. Two men in suits and over coats are talking to a a worker leaning on a shovel on the right.
"Piersons tract" printed in white in the lower right corner. Is Sky 10 (4) but housed in Glass plates: Box 110, folder 7.
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 photograph : glass negative ; plate 17 x 22 cm
Identifier: mssLatta Skyfarming
466328
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/14581
Subject: Agricultural machinery--United States
Real estate development--California--Photographs
Horses--California--Photographs
Scrapers (Earthmoving machinery)
Place: Merced (Calif.)
Merced County (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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