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Description
Flatbed truck loaded with boxes of fruit parked near corner of cinder-block constructed drier building, with two chimneys. Pallets of fruit crates can be seen in the background, with orchards behind them. Text accompanying photo: "1927, First year of consequence in sale of unsulphured, dehydrated apricots. Cannery quality raw materials. A hand work operation patterned after the best dry yard practice at the time. Approximately 50 tons (dried weight) was sold for baby food manufacturing,"
Type
image
Format
Black & White, Gelatin Silver Print
Identifier
E3A91F43-121E-498B-BE47-513359971838 2003-22-101
Subject
Canneries Apricots Fruit industry Nineteen twenties (LCSH) Trucks Crates Fruit--Drying (LCSH)
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