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- Orange Groves, Riverside, California, circa 1900 - Orange growers and packers in Riverside, California, joined forces to launch the Riverside Fruit Exchange in 1893. The exchange marketed navel oranges, grown in expansive groves like this one. To increase production of the sweet, seedless crop consumers craved, growers propagated new trees by grafting buds onto rootstock. At harvest time, workers hand-picked and packed the oranges for sale.
- circa 1900
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Orange Groves, Riverside, California, circa 1900
Orange growers and packers in Riverside, California, joined forces to launch the Riverside Fruit Exchange in 1893. The exchange marketed navel oranges, grown in expansive groves like this one. To increase production of the sweet, seedless crop consumers craved, growers propagated new trees by grafting buds onto rootstock. At harvest time, workers hand-picked and packed the oranges for sale.
- Redlands and Its Wealth of Orange Groves, Calif. -
- circa 1909
- Collections - Artifact
Redlands and Its Wealth of Orange Groves, Calif.
- Redlands, View from Smiley Heights, Colorado, 1900-1910 -
- 1900-1910
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Redlands, View from Smiley Heights, Colorado, 1900-1910
- Photochrom Print, Oranges Growing in a California Valley, 1898-1905 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including many scenes from around the world. These colorful prints were reproduced for ads, purchased to decorate homes and offices, bought as souvenirs, and used as teaching tools in schools and libraries.
- circa 1898-1905
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Photochrom Print, Oranges Growing in a California Valley, 1898-1905
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including many scenes from around the world. These colorful prints were reproduced for ads, purchased to decorate homes and offices, bought as souvenirs, and used as teaching tools in schools and libraries.
- Orange Groves and Snow-Capped Peaks, circa 1900 -
- circa 1900
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Orange Groves and Snow-Capped Peaks, circa 1900
- Tourists Driving through Mariposa Grove, Yosemite Valley, California, circa 1905 - Paying customers could see some of Yosemite National Park's most famous features from the comfort of a seven-passenger Pierce-Arrow automobile. One highlight of taking this "Horseshoe Route" was a ride through the Wawona Tunnel Tree. The Giant Sequoia in Mariposa Grove was cut as a tourist attraction in 1881.
- circa 1905
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Tourists Driving through Mariposa Grove, Yosemite Valley, California, circa 1905
Paying customers could see some of Yosemite National Park's most famous features from the comfort of a seven-passenger Pierce-Arrow automobile. One highlight of taking this "Horseshoe Route" was a ride through the Wawona Tunnel Tree. The Giant Sequoia in Mariposa Grove was cut as a tourist attraction in 1881.
- "Wawona, Big Tree, Yosemite Valley, California," 1917-1920 - People love to buy and send postcards that document their travels. This postcard depicts "Wawona" in the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees in Yosemite National Park. A human-made tunnel was cut through the giant Sequoia in 1881, allowing vehicles to pass through the tree's massive trunk. Tourists flocked to see it. The tree fell in 1969, but it remains a popular tourist attraction.
- 1917-1920
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"Wawona, Big Tree, Yosemite Valley, California," 1917-1920
People love to buy and send postcards that document their travels. This postcard depicts "Wawona" in the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees in Yosemite National Park. A human-made tunnel was cut through the giant Sequoia in 1881, allowing vehicles to pass through the tree's massive trunk. Tourists flocked to see it. The tree fell in 1969, but it remains a popular tourist attraction.
- Orange Groves on Lake Concord, Orlando, Florida, 1900-1910 -
- 1900-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Orange Groves on Lake Concord, Orlando, Florida, 1900-1910
- An Orange Grove, Ormond, Florida, circa 1900 -
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
An Orange Grove, Ormond, Florida, circa 1900
- Olive Trees, Cooper's Canyon, California, 1880-1897 -
- 1880-1897
- Collections - Artifact
Olive Trees, Cooper's Canyon, California, 1880-1897