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Title: Freight Cars Off-Load Beets at Oxnard Sugar Factory
Creator: Miller, Jack
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1930s
Publication Information: Museum of Ventura County
Contributing Institution: Museum of Ventura County
Collection: General Collection
Rights Information: Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
Description: Image shows freight cars at the Oxnard Sugar Factory. The first car seems to be empty while the second car is off-loading beets into a large container. There is a person standing to the right of the tracks on top of or near the container that looks to be pulling a line to the freight car. Beets can be seen falling into the container with a cloud of dirt rising up. Trees and utility poles can be seen in the background.
Type: image
Format: 9.6 x 12.6 cm
Black and white photograph
Identifier: 26529
Language: English
Subject: American Beet Sugar Company
Sugar beet industry
Freight cars
Place: California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Source: Jack Miller Collection, 1993
Relation: 26525, 26526, 26527, 26528, 26530, 26531, 26532, 26533

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