Two children standing next to a totem of giant pumpkins at the Mayo Ranch in Compton, 1903

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Photograph of two children standing next to a totem of giant pumpkins at the Mayo Ranch in Compton, 1903. The children are arranged to compare to the height of the pumpkins, on standing on the ground and the other on a stump behind him. The lower child wears overalls, a spotted longsleeved shirt and the number six. The child above him wears similar clothes and the number four, holding the top of the second pumpkin which has been stacked on one below it. A wad of cloth has been placed between the two squashes. More pumkins are visible in the field behind them. The two giants are to be sent to the County Fair.

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Title Two children standing next to a totem of giant pumpkins at the Mayo Ranch in Compton, 1903

Subject agricultural sites (adlf), Agriculture (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Compton (file heading), Mayo (subject), Pumpkin (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place between Chester Street and Burris Street (roadway), California (states), Compton (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), south of Compton Boulevard (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1903

Type images

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

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1903

Contributor Gillingham, Robert C. (donor)

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-m5682

Identifier 12734 (accession number), CHS-12734 (call number), CHS-12734 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5711 (legacy record id), chs-m5682 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5801 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5711

Unique identifier UC127498

Legacy Identifier CHS-12734.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 21.0 in × 16.7 in at 300dpi
53.5 cm × 42.6 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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