Valencia orange grove pickers gathering the fruit in rowboats and bathing suits after Puddingstone Reservoir flood, Calif., 1941

Item Overview

Title: Valencia orange grove pickers gathering the fruit in rowboats and bathing suits after Puddingstone Reservoir flood, Calif., 1941
Date Created: June 3, 1941
Date: 1941-06-03
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Caption: OVERIRRIGATED: High water in the Puddingstone Dam Reservoir partially submerged a 10-acre Valencia orange grove so that pickers gather the fruit in rowboats and bathing suits. Trino Guillen, Joe Partida and Gavino Lopez are shown at work in the world's only floating citrus patch.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 photograph
Dimensions: 10 x 12.5 cm.
Medium: b&w negative

Keywords

Genre: news photographs
Location: Puddingstone Reservoir (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Agricultural laborers--California--Los Angeles County
Harvesting
Economy
Citrus fruits--Harvesting--California--Los Angeles
Floods--California--Los Angeles County
Weather

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Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclalat_1429_b3166_23271
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002v3km
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