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Title: Wagons of watermelons in front of the Turlock Lumber Company
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1905
Publication Information: California State University, Stanislaus. University Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: California State University, Stanislaus. Library
Collection: Stanislaus Region History and Culture Image Collection
Rights Information: Public domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Wagons loaded with watermelons line up along Front Street in Turlock, California, circa 1905. Primarily mules, but also some horses are harnessed to the wagons. They and the men wait their turn to unload the watermelons at one of the packing sheds or a freight car at the railroad. In this photograph buildings and stacks of lumber of the Turlock Lumber Company are visible.
Type: image
Format: 1 photgraphic print; 21 x 25 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt5t1nd29f
cturs_021
Language: English
Subject: Agriculture--California--Central Valley (Valley)--History
Wagons--California
Watermelon industry--California--Turlock
Turlock Lumber Co. (Turlock, Calif.)
Place: Turlock (Calif.)

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