Picking and packing oranges in the orchards, near Los Angeles, California – Antique Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Picking and packing oranges in the orchards, near Los Angeles, California. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Picking and packing oranges in the orchards, near Los Angeles, California
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Pickers and packers at work among the orange trees near Los Angeles are the subject of this stereograph, a pair of nearly identical photographs meant to be viewed through a stereoscope. Citrus was one of the region's defining crops in the 1900s, when groves spread across the Los Angeles area and fruit was shipped east by rail. The card was issued by the Ingersoll View Company of St. Paul, Minnesota, a firm that sold stereo views to households far from California, letting viewers see a working orchard without leaving home. The scene is worth studying for its handling of the fruit from tree to crate, which shows how much hand labor went into getting oranges ready for market.
| Created / published | St. Paul, Minn. : The Ingersoll View Company, c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H68297 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. No. 1051B. Copyright by T. W. Ingersoll. |
| Subjects | Orange orchards--California--Los Angeles--1900-1910. Harvesting--California--Los Angeles--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,306 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115294 |
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