Men Loading Fruit Boxes onto Horse-Drawn Wagons, circa 1905
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California farmers grew a lot of fruit. Beginning in the 1890s, the Earl Fruit Company's refrigerated railroad cars transported the produce to hungry consumers back east. But first the fruit needed to be packed for shipping at plants like this one in Redlands, a citrus town in southern California. Workers are loading boxes of oranges onto a horse-drawn wagon.
California farmers grew a lot of fruit. Beginning in the 1890s, the Earl Fruit Company's refrigerated railroad cars transported the produce to hungry consumers back east. But first the fruit needed to be packed for shipping at plants like this one in Redlands, a citrus town in southern California. Workers are loading boxes of oranges onto a horse-drawn wagon.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1905
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.DPC.08123
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.563 in
Width: 8 in
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