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Title
Packing Peaches Into Glass Jars at the Ainsley Packing House
Creator
Hare, Alice 1859-1942
Date Created and/or Issued
1900-1905
Publication Information
San Jose Public Library. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. California Room
Contributing Institution
San José Public Library, California Room
Collection
Collection on Santa Clara County's Agricultural Past
Rights Information
Public domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description
A group workers pose in a packing shed at the J.C. Ainsley Packing Company in Campbell. The women are hand packing peaches into glass jars one half of a peach at a time. The men are waiting to carry the heavy trays of packed peaches away.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print; 12 x 18 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt887028j9
CSJ_128
ARB-B178
Language
English
Subject
Canneries--California--Campbell
Fruit--California--Santa Clara County
Agriculture--California--Santa Clara County
Women--Employment--California--Santa Clara County
Fruit Processing Plants--California--Campbell
Ainsley Packing Company (Campbell, Calif.)
Peach
Place
Campbell (Calif.)

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