Harvesting crew and machinery at the Van Nuys ranch, southwest part of San Fernando Valley, ca.1886 

Combine harvester on a Van Nuys Ranch, ca.1890-1900 

Twenty-horse harvester at work in a field on a Van Nuys-Lankershim ranch, California, ca.1905-1908 

Harvesters at work in the San Fernando Valley, ca.1900 

Thirteen horse-drawn plows on Van Nuys grain ranch, ca.1900 

Combine Harvesting on the Newhall Ranch 

Combine harvesting on a Newhall ranch, ca.1900 

Bean threshing on the Centinela Ranch (later Inglewood) 

Two men working a horse-drawn harvester in a bean field, [s.d.] 

Portrait of Isaac N. Van Nuys, one of the developers of the south half of the San Fernando Valley, California, [s.d.] 

Steam threshing beans on the Centinela Ranch 

Bean threshing on the Centinela Ranch 

Harvesting a potato crop between rows of corn, Laguna Ranch, Riverside? 

Twenty-four-horse harvester in the field, Hemet, Riverside County, ca.1890-1900 

24-horse harvester in the field, Hemet, Riverside County, ca.1890-1900 

Twenty-four-horse harvester in the field, Hemet, Riverside County, ca.1890-1900 

Mexicans planting onions on the Petit Ranch, in the San Fernando Valley near Van Nuys, February 3, 1930 

Twenty-horse harvester at work in a wheat[?] field in Ventura County 

People planting onions on the Petit Ranch in the San Fernando Valley near Van Nuys, February 3, 1930 

Workers planting onions on the Petit Ranch, San Fernando Valley near Van Nuys, [s.d.]