Chickens in an outdoor pen on a chicken ranch, ca.1900 

Thousands of eggs lined-up under heat lamps in a San Fernando Valley hatchery, ca.1950 

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

Two women feeding chickens at a chicken farm, Petaluma, California, ca.1910 

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

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

Alligator egg incubator at a farm, ca.1900 

Ostrich at an Ostrich Farm in California, ca.1900 

Small canal and waterpipe to the water supply of the San Fernando Mission, San Fernando Valley, California, 1910 

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

Children picking prunes(?) in the San Fernando Valley, [s.d.] 

Don Juan Chavez on a horse in front of the hacienda of Juan Francisco Reyes, San Fernando Valley, ca.1932 

Men picking prunes from the ground and from ladders in the San Fernando Valley, [s.d] 

Panoramic view of the San Fernando Valley at what would become the site of the Hollywood Country Club, ca.1890 

Toluca Lake community (?) in North Hollywood, once Lankershim, San Fernando Valley, California, 1894 

Four-year old alligators sunning at an alligator farm, possibly the California Alligator Farm, Los Angeles, ca.1900 

Young olive orchard, San Fernando Valley, ca.1900 

Man tending to an ostrich at the Bentley Ostrich Farm in San Diego, ca.1900 

Exterior view of the Cawston Ostrich Farm, ca.1900 

Alligators going down a toboggan slide at an alligator farm (possibly the California Alligator Farm, Los Angeles), ca.1900