Harvesters at work on a Van Nuys ranch, San Fernando Valley, ca.1898 

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 

Combine harvesting on a Newhall ranch, ca.1900 

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

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

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

Young olive orchard, San Fernando Valley, ca.1900 

Twenty-horse harvester at work in a field on a farm in Ventura County, California, ca.1900 

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

View of a prune orchard in the San Fernando Valley, California, ca.1900 

Large lemon orchard prepared for irrigation in the San Fernando Valley, California, ca.1900 

Combine Harvesting on the Newhall Ranch 

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

Worker on his knees picking lemons in an orchard, San Fernando Valley, ca.1900 

Workers bottling olive oil, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, ca.1900 

Six-year old olive tree bearing fruit in an orchard, San Fernando Valley, ca.1900 

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

A combine steam harvester and its crew in the fields, ca.1900 

White leghorn chickens on a chicken farm in the San Fernando Valley, California, ca.1900/1940