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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of the ranch house and windmill at Nichols Ranch, viewed at an angle. The house stands in the near distance at center. It is viewed from the back side of the house at an angle. A windmill stands adjacent to the house at left. Its turbine faces towards the left. Nearer to camera and to the left of the windmill, apricots dry while sitting in a grid configuration on the ground. On the right side of the house, sheets hang from a line to dry. A tree trunk rises alongside the left edge of the image in the foreground. Text from negative sleeve: 1210. Santa Ana, California, avout [sic] 1899. Nichols Ranch. Fanny Nichols aunt Miss Kate Metrz [sic] and her brother Charles Mertz buy a ranch at Santa Ana. I went down one Sunday and spent the day and took these photos. 1. The ranch house, windmill and drying apricots. 2. The ranch and windmill house. 3. The house, front view, with Aunt Kate Mertz sitting on porch, Fanny standing and Charlie Mertz at right. The hammock under the tree in front. 4. 5. Two pictures of Charlie Mertz and the drying apricots. 6. H.H.West in the watermelon patch with a melon. Poor film. 6 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1210_002 ark:/21198/zz002hsmf1
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Windmills--California--Santa Ana Ranches--California--Santa Ana Food drying--California--Santa Ana
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