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Title
"Loading a Giant Refrigerator Car"
Contributing Institution
History San Jose Research Library
Collection
History San Jose Online Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Worker moving hand truck loaded with boxes of fruit into a refrigerated railroad car. "Goods are being trucked into the 50 ton refrigerator car on the siding. Very few cars of this size have been built. The standard refer is about 80% of this size. As high as 20 cars of fresh fruit and vegetables are shipped from this storage plant daily." (Burrel Leonard).
Type
image
Format
Black & White, Gelatin Silver Print
Identifier
46FDC602-04B8-4421-97AD-314767843500
2003-22-21-54
Subject
Refrigerators
Railroad cars
Fruit industry
Fruit trade--California--Santa Clara Valley (LCSH)
Men

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