Settlement Program - Mrs. Jennie Oman on her melon patch

United States. Bureau of Reclamation

KP-1485 - Klamath Project. Settlement Program. Mrs. Jennie Oman places "hot caps" around melon plants that she has planted in her small garden around her new home in Tulelake. She is trying to grow melons in this area, even though the local people tell her that it is impossible to grow them successfully in this area, where frost is encountered every month of the year; May 21, 1947; Photo by J. E. Fluharty

Title

Settlement Program - Mrs. Jennie Oman on her melon patch

Creator

United States. Bureau of Reclamation

Source

Original photograph: 13 x 18 cm, black & white photo, caption under photo reads "KP-1485 - Klamath Project. Settlement Program. Mrs. Jennie Oman places "hot caps" around melon plants that she has planted in her small garden around her new home in Tulelake. She is trying to grow melons in this area, even though the local people tell her that it is impossible to grow them successfully in this area, where front [sic] is encountered every month of the year. J. E. Fluharty, Photo May 21, 1947", from Black Binders
Digital reproduction of photograph: KP-1485 - Klamath Project. Settlement Program, Black Binders, Bureau of Reclamation

Date Original

1947-05-21

Date Digitized

2005-08-12

Date Available

2006-08-28

Other Identifiers

local: BOR-12-Aug-2005-1459

Subject (Topic)

Agriculture
Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Tulelake
Women pioneers
Local History; Homesteading; Agriculture
Homesteading

Format

image