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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Charlie Mertz sitting behind a tray of drying apricots and posing at Nichols Ranch. Charlie Mertz sits left-of-center and looks to the camera. In front of him, a drying tray covered in apricots sits propped up on wooden supports. Another tray sits off to the right of Charlie. Behind him, a barn stands at left and a fence extends out-of-frame from the right side of the barn. The back of a chair in the foreground partially obscures the apricot drying tray sitting in front of Charlie. Miscellaneous gear, crates and pans are strewn about the area. 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_004 ark:/21198/zz002hsmh2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Farmers--California--Santa Ana Ranches--California--Santa Ana Food drying--California--Santa Ana Fruit--California--Santa Ana Mertz, Charles F., b. 1848
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