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View of a lettuce field on the farm of Charles Freeman, near Holtville, ca.1947
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View of a lettuce field on the farm of Charles Freeman, near Holtville, ca.1947
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Photograph of a view of a lettuce field on the farm of Charles Freeman, near Holtville, ca.1947. Many rows of lettice extend from the foreground to the horizon line in the distance. At center, a man sits in a tractor with high-traction tires, pulling a cart of harvested lettuce. A similar tractor sits to his right, further in the distance. A cart, without a tractor, is being filled by a group of workers in the distant left centerground, while four more workers harvest lettuce in the center rows. More workers and equipment are visible in the far distance. A row of trees lines the left rear edge of the field, and the forms of hills can be seen in the background. The lower right corner of the image is marked "54554".; Photoprint reads: "Received from Don Chandler, taken January 1947. Owner Charles Freedman. Description of work: Harvesting lettuce from muddy fields in California. An Unusually heavy rain in the Imperial Valley could have meant a big loss on perishable crops but dependable tract-type traction of 'Caterpillar' diesel tractors helped save the lettuce crop of Charles Freedman who farms 2700 acres (mostly row crops). Picture was taken near Holtville, California. Mexican nationals picked and loaded the crop."
Asset Metadata
Title
View of a lettuce field on the farm of Charles Freeman, near Holtville, ca.1947
Subject
agricultural sites
(adlf),
Agriculture
(lcsh),
Agriculture -- Crops -- Beet sugar
(file heading),
Lettuce
(lcsh),
Mexican Americans
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Holtville
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1947-01
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1947-01
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9020
Identifier
31034 (
accession number
), CHS-31034 (
call number
), CHS-31034 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-8926 (
legacy record id
), chs-m9020 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-9157 (
legacy record id
), 1-117- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
), 54554 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
8926
Unique identifier
UC138993
Legacy Identifier
CHS-31034.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.7 in × 15.7 in at 300dpi
50.2 cm × 40.0 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Date Created
1860 to 1960