Picking and Crating Grapefruit for Riverside Fruit Exchange, Riverside, California, 1893-1905
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The Riverside Fruit Exchange served California citrus growers and packers starting in 1893. Members of the exchange hand-picked and packed fruit into crates for transportation in refrigerated railcars to eastern markets. Commons crops included navel oranges and lemons. This worker harvested grapefruit, a crop promoted by the exchange in response to competition from grapefruit growers in Florida and Texas.
The Riverside Fruit Exchange served California citrus growers and packers starting in 1893. Members of the exchange hand-picked and packed fruit into crates for transportation in refrigerated railcars to eastern markets. Commons crops included navel oranges and lemons. This worker harvested grapefruit, a crop promoted by the exchange in response to competition from grapefruit growers in Florida and Texas.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1893-1905
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
37.102.P.011089
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Sepia (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 6.75 in
Width: 9.25 in
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