Picking pears on E.P. Moulten's pear ranch, half a mile northeast of Palmdale, August 1929

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Title	Picking pears on E.P. Moulten's pear ranch, half a mile northeast of Palmdale, August 1929
Description	Photograph of people picking pears on E.P. Moulten's pear ranch, half a mile northeast of Palmdale, in August 1929. Two people stand on ladders and pick pears from trees, while two others on the ground work to fill boxes with fruit. In the foreground, at left, a man in a hat stands atop a ladder, his hands buried in the tree's leaves. Farther back, at right, the other three situate themselves around another tree. The pear trees stand in neat rows, stretching into the background.
Subject (adlf)	agricultural sites
Subject (file heading)	Agriculture -- Crops -- Pears
Subject (lcsh)	Agriculture Pear
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1929-08
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1929-08
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	35694
Call number	CHS-35694
Legacy record ID	chs-m19951
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-35694
Archival file	chs_Volume109/CHS-35694.tiff

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