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Title
Thirteen horse-drawn plows on Van Nuys grain ranch, ca.1900
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of 13 horse-drawn plows on Van Nuys grain ranch, ca.1900. Six horses and a driver are on each team. The long line of teams is lined up at the edge of a large field prepared to begin plowing for the day. A line of trees devoid of foliage is visible behind them. This wheat field is located in the southeasterly portion of the San Fernando Valley.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
8 x 10 in.
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographs
Identifier
chs-m9486
USC-1-1-1-9623 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1388
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9486
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1388.jpg
Subject
Agriculture--Ranching--General
Agriculture
Horses
Grasses
Grain trade
Agricultural sites
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Van Nuys
San Fernando Valley
Source
1-49-; 1-117-12 [Microfiche number]
1388 [Accession number]
CHS-1388 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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