Leghorn chickens in a corral, Fontana, 1928-1931

Item Overview

Title

Leghorn chickens in a corral, Fontana, 1928-1931

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

[between 1928-1931]

Date

1928/1931

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Fontana was founded in 1913 by A.B. (Azarial Blanchard) Miller, d. 1878-1941. Miller first purchased the 17,000 acres of land in 1906, a year after he began working it. Miller envisioned a booming agricultural town complete with citrus orchards, cattle and poultry farms situated along Route 66. With the formation of the Fontana Land Company in 1914 and Fontana Farms Company in 1918, Miller’s vision began to come to fruition. The Los Angeles Times printed numerous articles regarding A.B. Miller, Fontana Farms and Fontana Land companies from 1914 to 1937; articles specific to poultry farming and egg production date from 1925 to 1931.
Six Leghorn chickens photographed in a corral, Fontana.

Caption

Handwritten on edge of negative: 2109
Text from negative sleeve: 2098… 2102–2103–2104–2105–2106–2107–2108–2109–2110–2111–2112. Fontana. Chickens – Corrals. [stamped:] Adelbert Bartlett Los Angeles

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

California--Fontana

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Chicken industry--California--Fontana