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Portrait of Chinese Farmworker
Outdoor portrait of a Chinese man. He kneels on one knee and leans on a burlap sack. He wears work clothes, including gloves, hat, and bag. In one hand, he holds what appears to be clippers. Trees in background.
Man appears to be the same as one…
Man appears to be the same as one…
Chinese Limoneira Workers, Group Photo
Group photo of Limoneira workers carrying tools. Horses and mules behind group. Field of large rocks and gravel in front of the group. Hills in background.
Note on back of photo: "Limoneira Ranch c.1896 Apparently mostly Chinese labor! DHB"
Note on back of photo: "Limoneira Ranch c.1896 Apparently mostly Chinese labor! DHB"
Portrait of Chinese Farmworker
Portrait of a Chinese man identified as a worker at Dudley Ranch in Ventura. He wears a brimmed hat and western-style suit jacket and waistcoat. He looks directly towards the viewer with a slight smile.
Adjusting Lemon Boxes Before Shipment, Limoneira
View of workers at the Limoneira lemon packing house in Santa Paula. Line of open boxes in front, with woman adjusting the content of the boxes by placing in more or removing lemons. Workers in background on right are sealing and stacking boxes.
Sorting Lemons, Limoneira
View of three women Limoneira workers sorting lemons on a conveyor belt at lemon packing house in Santa Paula. Workers wear white gloves to handle citrus.
Workers Waiting for Sorting Belt Repair, Limoneira
Overhead view of two rows of Limoneira works waiting for the lemon sorting belts in center of view to be repaired. Workers appear to be mainly women, wearing orange gloves and aprons. They sit on stools, some in conversation with each other.
Sorting Lemons, Limoneira
Overhead view of women Limoneira workers sorting lemons at packing house in Santa Paula. Lemons move over conveyor belt, with workers sorting out lemons into appropriate place. Discarded lemons on sides of machinery.
Sealing Lemon Boxes, Limoneira
View of open boxes of lemons on conveyor belt at Limoneira lemon packing house in Santa Paula. Workers in background sealing and stacking boxes. Open boxes are shaken by machinery before they are closed for shipping.
Sorting Lemons, Limoneira
Overhead view of workers sorting lemons at the Limoneira lemon packing house in Santa Paula. Lemons move over conveyor belt as workers sort through the fruit.
Workers Packing Grapefruit, Limoneira
View of two women Limoneira workers packing grapefruit at the orange and grapefruit packing house at 1141 Cummings Road, Santa Paula. Women's backs are to the viewer. They wear colorful smocks over their clothes. Flat boxes on shelf above women's…
Workers Packing Grapefruit
Shows two women Limoneira workers packing grapefruits into crates for shipping. At Limoneira orange and grapefruit packing house in Santa Paula. Equipment next to the women has three levels. Top level holds flat cardboard crates. Second level is tray…
Sun Drying Apricots, Sexton Ranch
Bird's-eye view of the Harry Sexton ranch in the Mound section of Ventura. Hills surround the ranch. Palettes of drying apricots are visible, with some workers handling the produce.
Hauling Sugar Beets, Oxnard, Cal.
Colorized outdoor scene showing a ten mule team pulling two carts of sugar beets on an unpaved dirt road. There is a man in the driver's seat of the carts with reins in hands. Another man stands to the right of the front cart and is wearing a dark…
Harvesting Vegetables
Outdoor photo of men harvesting vegetables. Horse-pulled wagon visible in field. Oxnard fields.
Wagon Loaded with Vegetables
Outdoor photo of two horse-pulled wagon fully loaded with vegetables. Men pickers visible standing behind fully loaded wagon. Oxnard fields.
Loading Vegetables on Wagon
Outdoor photo of men loading crated vegetables on horse-pulled wagon. Oxnard fields.
Harvesting Vegetables
Outdoor photo of men harvesting and packing vegetable crops. Oxnard fields.
Harvesting Vegetables
Outdoor photo of men harvesting vegetables in Oxnard field.
Boy Milking Cow
Shows a young boy sitting on a box and milking a black cow. The boy is wearing overalls and a wide-brimmed straw hat. He is looking over his shoulder to the right side of the view. Cow is facing the right side. A chain is looped around its horns.
Group Portrait, Filipino Farm Workers at Arneill Ranch
Group portrait of Filipino workers at Arniell Ranch.
Note: Museum records indicate that Arniell Ranch worker housing was located along Arneill Road in Camarillo, on what is now Ponderosa Road, between the Santa Barbara Bank and Trust and Vons…
Note: Museum records indicate that Arniell Ranch worker housing was located along Arneill Road in Camarillo, on what is now Ponderosa Road, between the Santa Barbara Bank and Trust and Vons…
Eddie Gonzales at Rivcom Protest
Eddie Gonzales holding sign for Rivcom [Rancho Sespe] protest at the Ventura County Government Center. Gonzales is two years old in photo. Other protesters visible in background. Gonzales' sign reads "I need water to grow." Ventura County Star-Free…
Picking Lemons March First at Limoneira Ranch
Agricultural workers harvesting lemons from trees on Limoneira Ranch. Men in foreground are standing on ladders. Other workers are standing on the ground, some facing viewers, some harvesting. Stacks of citrus boxes on a cart visible in center view.
Alejandro Ruiz Oral History
Interview with Alejandro Ruiz about his life in Piru, work on Rancho Camulos, and his Yaqui heritage and family roots in Sonora, Mexico. Ruiz began working on Rancho Camulos in the 1930s and worked there for 50 years.
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Apricot Harvest at Elliot Hendry Ranch
View of two boys scraping dried apricots from a wood frame into fruit crates. Boy on left has face obscured by a shadow. A stack of empty frames is behind the boys. More frames containing drying apricots are visible on the ground around the boys.
Baling Hay on Maulhardt Ranch
View of a group of men posing on and in front of a steam-powered hay-baling machine. Machine resembles a small locomotive engine. Wagons, haybales, and other farm equipment are visible in the background.
Library records include two notes:…
Library records include two notes:…