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Title
Farmer mowing alfalfa with a horse-drawn mower in an Imperial Valley alfalfa field
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900/1910
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 farmer mowing alfalfa with a horse-drawn mower in an Imperial Valley (or Ventura County) alfalfa field. Two horses draw the mower across the field which is already mowed in the foreground. A row of trees grows along the horizon.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m7243
USC-1-1-1-7372
USC-1-1-1-9619
USC-1-1-1-10319 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2722
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7243
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2722.jpg
Subject
Agriculture--Ranching--General
Ventura County--General
Imperial County--General
Agriculture
Alfalfa
Horses
Farmers
Agricultural machinery
Agricultural sites
Time Period
circa 1900/1910
Place
California
USA
Ventura
Imperial
Source
1-117-31; 1-218- [Microfiche number]
2722 [Accession number]
CHS-2722 [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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