California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Three workers spraying a walnut grove, 1937

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Three workers spraying a walnut grove, 1937

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Photograph of three workers praying a walnut grove, 1937. At center, two men stand at the top of a narrow tower, spraying the surrounding walnut trees. Below, a third man sprays as well. The dirt below appears to have been tilled.

Asset Metadata

Title Three workers spraying a walnut grove, 1937

Subject agricultural sites (adlf), Agriculture -- Crops -- Walnuts (file heading), Orchards (lcsh), Walnuts (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1937

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1937

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.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20001

Identifier 36813 (accession number), CHS-36813 (call number), CHS-36813 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19818 (legacy record id), chs-m20001 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19818

Unique identifier UC122291

Legacy Identifier CHS-36813.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.3 in × 18.6 in at 300dpi
33.8 cm × 47.4 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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