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Irrigating an Orange Grove, Riverside, California, 1902

THF278888 / Irrigating an Orange Grove, Riverside, California, 1902
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Artifact Overview

Orange growers and packers in Riverside, California, joined forces to launch the Riverside Fruit Exchange in 1893. The exchange marketed navel oranges, which were raised in semi-arid conditions. Irrigation systems like this one sustained groves and ensured a steady supply of the sweet, seedless fruit consumers craved. At harvest time, workers hand-picked and packed the oranges for sale through the exchange.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Stereograph

Date Made

1902

Subject Date

1902

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2020.0.1.23

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Card stock

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Printing (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 3.25 in
Width: 7 in

Inscriptions

front, left side: Underwood & Underwood Publishers / New York. London. Toronto-Canada Ottawa-Kansas front, right side: Works and Studios / Arlington, N.J. Littleton, N.H. Washington, D.C. front, bottom right side: (39) Irrigating an orange grove, Riverside, California / Copyright 1902 by Underwood & Underwood
Irrigating an Orange Grove, Riverside, California, 1902