Image / A display of melon abundance in Turlock, California, circa 1910

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Title: A display of melon abundance in Turlock, California, circa 1910
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1910
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: A display of the variety and abundance of melons grown commercially in Turlock after irrigation water became available. The lettering on this real estate office window states "original colonizers of Turlock Irrigation District". Nels Hultberg was the agent primarily responsible for attracting buyers for land in the Turlock area previously part of the extensive holdings of John W. Mitchell, the founder of Turlock.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print; 10 x 13 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt8h4nd4sm
cturs_139
Language: English
Subject: Melons--California--Turlock
Offices--California--Turlock
Real estate agents--California--Turlock
Real estate business--California--Turlock
Central California Land Agency (Turlock, Calif.)
Hultberg, Nels
Turlock Irrigation District (Calif.)
Place: Turlock (Calif.)

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