Eleanor J. Bolesta on a tractor on her farm near Merrill, Oregon

United States. Bureau of Reclamation

KP-1329-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II. Mrs. Eleanor J. Bolesta, the only woman winner of a farm in the recent drawing for homesteads, located near Merrill on the Klamath Project. Mrs. Bolesta, despite the fact that she does not look the part, can handle a tractor efficiently. She has lived on a farm most of her life and is quite familiar with all types of farm machinery; March 16, 1947; Photo by J. E. Fluharty

Title

Eleanor J. Bolesta on a tractor on her farm near Merrill, Oregon

Creator

United States. Bureau of Reclamation

Source

Original photograph: 20 x 25 cm, black & white photo, caption under photo reads "KP-1329-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II. Mrs. Eleanor J. Bolesta, the only woman winner of a farm in the recent drawing for homesteads, located near Merrill on the Klamath Project. Mrs. Bolesta, despite the fact [? - ed.] that she does not look the part, can handle a tractor efficiently. She has lived on a farm most of her life and is quite familiar with all types of farm machinery. J. E. Fluharty, March 16, 1947", from Black Binders
Digital reproduction of photograph: KP-1329-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II, Black Binders, Bureau of Reclamation

Date Original

1947-03-16

Date Digitized

2005-08-03

Date Available

2006-07-17

Other Identifiers

local: BOR-03-Aug-2005-1303

Subject (Topic)

Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Tulelake
Land settlement -- California
Landowners -- California -- Tule Lake Region
Tractors
Women farmers
Local History; Homesteading
Homesteading
Bolesta, Eleanor

Format

image