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Title
Harvest time on the Akers ranch in Schellville, California, photographed between 1890 and 1900
Date Created and/or Issued
1890
Contributing Institution
Sonoma County Library
Collection
Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Two unidentified farm workers, one wielding a hammer, are standing by an idle harvesting machine in a field on the Judge Stephen Akers ranch. The machine was a grain binder, which cut and bundled grain.
Type
image
Format
black-and-white photographs
Identifier
cdb7d6b5-229a-417c-abce-8c23a1926693
https://digital.sonomalibrary.org/documents/detail/55563
https://images.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/thumbnails/preview/cdb7d6b5-229a-417c-abce-8c23a1926693
cstr_pho_042238
Subject
Agriculture, Rural Life and Fisheries
Akers family
1890-1900
Harvesting
Agricultural laborers
United States
California
Sonoma
Schellville
Place
Schellville, California
Source
Kevin Akers is the great-great grandson of Judge Stephen Akers.
Relation
Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection

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