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- Men Loading Fruit Boxes onto Horse-Drawn Wagons, circa 1905 - 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.
- circa 1905
- Collections - Artifact
Men Loading Fruit Boxes onto Horse-Drawn Wagons, circa 1905
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.