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Image / Close-up of pear picker at E.P. Moulten's pear orchards, Palmdale, August 1929

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Title
Close-up of pear picker at E.P. Moulten's pear orchards, Palmdale, August 1929
Date Created and/or Issued
1929-08
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 a close-up of pear picker at E.P. Moulten's pear orchards, in Palmdale, in August 1929. A man stands atop a tall ladder, at right, and reaches out with his right hand to pluck a pear from an abundant fruit tree. At the base of the ladder sit several boxes for pears, and in the background, one can see several other trees.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m19953 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-35692
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m19953
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-35692.jpg
Subject
Agriculture--Crops--Pears
Agriculture
Pear
Agricultural sites
Time Period
1929-08
Place
USA
Source
35692 [Accession number]
CHS-35692 [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
chs-m265

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