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Two male Chinese field hands, one man kneels while reaching toward the other, who is laying on the ground.

Group photo, apricot harvesting crew at A. Everett Ranch, Moorpark. Most are women and children.
[Original panorama (46 x 6 in) also shows bicycles, horses, wagons, and an automobile.]

Exterior view of lemon-packing house with many employees lined up around the outside of the building looking at the camera.
[Rieder, M., Los Angeles, Cal., made in Germany, 7339; A50220]

View of an orange orchard with men, women, and children present. Orange crates are lined up along orchard and two horse drawn carts are in the background. Some of the people are wearing picking sacks. Handwriting on postcard reads: "Mr. Geo. N…

Postcard captioned "7414 Bean Thrashing in Ventura Co. Cal." [sic] and showing the process of bean threshing on a farm. There are three carts with large spoked wheels, agricultural machinery with a flag, people working on the threshing, and draft…

An outer row of an orange orchard. White ladders with wheels at the bottom are secured to the ground with white wires as men stand on them, collecting oranges. They are at various heights, dressed in a variety of colors, but most, if not all, appear…

A group of 14 men stand in an orchard. All are standing in a row, carrying bags. Crates of crops are on the ground around them. E. G. Outland, fourth from right; Fred Outland, extreme right.

Panoramic view of lima bean fields, field workers, mountains in background. "James F. Fulkerson's Lima Bean Threshing outfit, operating near Camarillo, Ventura County, CA. Largest lima bean fields in the world."

Japanese workers pose for a group photo at a Limoneira packing shed. They are gathered around a large box of what appear to be lemons.

Panoramic photo of Solari Ranch at Central Ave. and Highway 101. A Ford car is in the foreground with Mr. John (Jack) Mitchell standing. Tom Steele ran the thresher. Agricultural equipment, men, horses and wagons can be seen as well.

Horses and workers tromping onto lima beans into the dirt floor on M.D.L. Todd Ranch.