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
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The evolution of California wineries is looked at, specifically the world's largest vineyard "Italian Vineyard Company" spreading 5000 acres, owned by Mrs. Secundo Guasti, Jr. In a large hangar a long row of wooden gallons stands. Photograph appears with the article, "'Human Element' Still Rules Wine-Making Art, but Modern Science Lends Its Wizardry, Too," Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec 1935: 10. Text from negative sleeve: 4971 - Interior shots of Guasti Winery in Ontario. 4/16/36 [stamped:] Apr 23 1936 Text from newspaper caption: These 1900-gallon puncheons in the immense sweet-wine aging room of the Italian Vineyard Company's Guasti winery are really just babies. They are called "pun'kins" and are dwarfed by the towering rows of 35,000 and 45,000-gallon tanks in the same room. The winery has a 5,000,000 gallon storage capacity with an annual output sometimes near that figure.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14147 ark:/21198/zz002j7pc6
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Wine industry--California--Guasti Barrels--California--Guasti Italian Vineyard Co
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