Photograph of Will Mead kneeling on the ground next to a grapefruit tree at Captain C. E. (Cameron Erskine) Thom's ranch in Glendale. The tree stands at left and Will kneels, with one knee to the ground, to the right of it. He cradles a bunch of grapefruit in one arm and holds the barrel of a gun in the other. The gun is oriented upwards with the butt of the gun resting on the ground. Will looks at the bunch of grapefruit he cradles. Trees dot the background and a mountain rises in the distance.
Photograph, from left to right, of a man named Davis and Will Mead sitting on the ground in front of a citrus tree in a citrus grove at Captain C. E. (Cameron Erskine) Thom's ranch in Glendale. The duo sits to the right and in front of a short citrus tree. Davis is at center peeling a piece of fruit and looking to camera. To his right, Will Mead faces slightly to the right and looks to camera. He holds a small knife with a piece of fruit skewered atop it. Behind them, citrus trees stretch into the distance.
Photograph of Will Mead standing in profile at the water well's gas engine at Captain C. E. (Cameron Erskine) Thom's ranch in Glendale. The engine is at center with gears and pipes extending out of it. Will stands to the left of the engine and faces towards the right. He rests a hand on top of an engine part. Wood scaffolding stands above and around him and the engine. Trees stand in the distance.
Photograph, from left to right, of Will Mead and a man named Davis posing for a photograph on either side of a Pampas plume plant at Captain C. E. (Cameron Erskine) Thom's ranch in Glendale. The men stand on either side of the plant at center. They both slightly turn their bodies towards center and look to the camera. A house stands in the distance behind and to the right of the Pampas plant. A man's shadow (partial) is cast onto the ground in front of them at the bottom right edge of the photograph.
Photograph, from left to right, of Will Mead and a man named Davis each sitting astride a wash basin and washing clothes at C. E. (Cameron Erskine) Thom's Ranch in Glendale. They sit in the middle of a sloped, dirt driveway and look towards the camera. A barn (partial view) stands behind them at right. The branches of a tree hover above them across the top of the photograph.
Photograph of Will Mead (front, center) and 5 other ranch workers sit on the front stoop of their bunk house at C. E. (Cameron Erskine) Thom's ranch in Glendale. The bunk house is viewed at an angle and only the front side of the dwelling is visible. All 6 men sit on the porch in front of the front door. Five sit in a row, including Will Mead at center and the 6th person sits behind Will to the right. A low rail runs across the front of the porch. The top left window is open. A tree juts in front of the house at right.
An obscured photograph of Will Mead posing for a photograph in front of a banana plant in the near distance at Captain C. E. (Cameron Erskine) Thom's ranch in Glendale. The bottom third of the photograph is obscured. Will Mead stands just left-of-center with his hands clutching his jacket. The banana plant rises above and behind him.
A blurred photograph of a donkey running in the barnyard at Captain C. E. (Cameron Erskine) Thom's ranch while two ranch workers try to capture it. The animal is in partial view on the right with its backside towards the camera. A man at center pulls on the donkey's tail. Another man stands to the right of the donkey with his back to camera and with his arm around the neck of the donkey. A single story structure at right extends towards the barn standing in the background at center. A few horses stand and graze in the pen at center and left.
A distant view of three men all sitting atop of and riding a donkey through the barnyard at Captain C. E. (Cameron Erskine) Thom's ranch in Glendale. The donkey and the three men are in the distance, just left-of-center, and travel towards the left. Behind them, a couple of horses graze in the pen and beyond the barnyard, a barn and stables stand right-of-center. A sliver of a low structure is visible on the right which extends back towards the barn. This structure casts a shadow to the left of it into the barnyard.
A blurred and distant view of two men trying to capture a donkey in the barnyard at Captain C. E. (Cameron Erskine) Thom's ranch in Glendale. The donkey faces to the left as two men try to gain control of it. A man facing towards the camera stands behind the donkey's neck and head and holds onto the animal. Another man stands away from the donkey on the right while holding the donkey's tail. Meanwhile, several horses stand in the pen and graze. A barn stands in the background at right.
