Drying grapes for raisins, Fresno, Cal. – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Drying grapes for raisins, Fresno, Cal. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Drying grapes for raisins, Fresno, Cal.
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Fresno, in California's San Joaquin Valley, was the center of the state's raisin trade, and this stereograph shows grapes laid out in the sun to dry. Growers spread the fruit on trays between the vines and turned it by hand, a labor-intensive method that depended on hot, dry weather. Issued as a stereo card around 1913, the image was meant to be viewed through a stereoscope, which gave the scene a sense of depth that flat photographs could not offer. The date is approximate, since the original caption information has not been verified.
| Created / published | c1913. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo copyrighted by Stereo-Travel Co. No. 28. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Fruit--Grapes. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,372 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-140898 |
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