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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Will Mead (front, center) and 5 other ranch workers sit on the front stoop of their bunk house at C. E. (Cameron Erskine) Thom's ranch in Glendale. The bunk house is viewed at an angle and only the front side of the dwelling is visible. All 6 men sit on the porch in front of the front door. Five sit in a row, including Will Mead at center and the 6th person sits behind Will to the right. A low rail runs across the front of the porch. The top left window is open. A tree juts in front of the house at right. Text from negative sleeve: 489. Glendale, Calif. Capt Thom's Ranch. 1898. Left to R: Will Mead. Davis. They are doing their washing. Davis with two of Foreman White's children. Ranch employees on porch of bunk house. Will Mead in the center. Will Mead driving a donkey in a sulky. Will Mead at foot of palm tree in the yard. 5 negatives.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0489_003 ark:/21198/zz002hqmc3
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Agricultural laborers--American--California--Glendale Ranches--California--Glendale Dwellings--California--Glendale Labor housing--California--Glendale Mead, William P., 1871-1906
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