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Valencia orange grove pickers gathering the fruit in rowboats and bathing suits after Puddingstone Reservoir flood, Calif., 1941

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Title: Valencia orange grove pickers gathering the fruit in rowboats and bathing suits after Puddingstone Reservoir flood, Calif., 1941
Date Created and/or Issued: June 3, 1941
1941-06-03
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: OVERIRRIGATED: High water in the Puddingstone Dam Reservoir partially submerged a 10-acre Valencia orange grove so that pickers gather the fruit in rowboats and bathing suits. Trino Guillen, Joe Partida and Gavino Lopez are shown at work in the world's only floating citrus patch.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b3166_23271
ark:/21198/zz0002v3km
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Agricultural laborers--California--Los Angeles County
Harvesting
Economy
Citrus fruits--Harvesting--California--Los Angeles
Floods--California--Los Angeles County
Weather
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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