Apricot Pickers on the Staire Ranch
Image
Title
Apricot Pickers on the Staire Ranch
Identifier
17336 OS
Source
J. Fulkerson Collection, 1989
Description
Group photo of apricot pickers, men, women, and children, on the Staire Ranch standing in front of a pitting shed. Staire Ranch was on Ventura Avenue. On the right, the woman with dirty apron, hand to head, is Muriel C. Eells. Man in dark coveralls is Walter Meyer. Walter Meyer was a nephew of John Notten who also had an apricot orchard on the Avenue. Miss Eells and Mr. Meyer were married in Ventura on 11 May 1912 at Presbyterian Church. Parents of C. Barbara (Meyer) Fulkerson.
Creator
Unknown
Date
circa 1910
Format
Portrait, Group
16.8 x 21.7 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Apricot industry
Agricultural laborers
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Type
Image
Language
English
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Apricot Pickers on the Staire Ranch,” Research Library at The Museum of Ventura County, accessed April 25, 2024, http://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/3612.