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Grown in Brawley. They are waiting for dinner to be served. Mr. Miller built the first hotel building "The Bungalow Hotel" where his family lived until they left the Valley. He also built the first school building where his daughters attended. On Sundays services were held there. Miss Whited was the first schoolteacher. A black-and-white, rectangular photograph shows a man and a child seated outdoors at a small table. The man, on the left, wears a light-colored, short-sleeved shirt and holds a large slice of watermelon in his hands. The child, seated on the right, is holding a slice of watermelon to their face, appearing to take a bite. Behind them is a simple wooden structure with a pitched roof, and several thin wooden poles lean against it or stand nearby. The background consists of a flat, light-colored landscape under a bright, clear sky. The original photograph is mounted on a larger grey rectangular card, and a color calibration strip and a ruler are visible at the very bottom edge of the digitized frame. The text "Mr. F.S. Miller and his daughter Margaret eating the first watermellon[sic] grown in Brawley. They..." appears in white above the image within the digital interface. Image description generated by AI (Gemini 3.0 Fast) and reviewed, January 2026 .
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