1946 Land Opening - Eleanor J. Bolesta, the only woman to win a homestead

United States. Bureau of Reclamation

KP-1359 - Klamath Project. 1946 Land Opening. Eleanor J. Bolesta awaits her turn to walk up to the map and choose her plot of land to be homesteaded. Mrs. Bolesta was the only woman to win one of the farms in this drawing; March 13, 1947; Photo by J. E. Fluharty

Title

1946 Land Opening - Eleanor J. Bolesta, the only woman to win a homestead

Creator

United States. Bureau of Reclamation

Source

Original photograph: 13 x 18 cm, black & white photo, caption under photo reads "KP-1359 - Klamath Project. 1946 Land Opening. Eleanor J. Bolesta awaits her turn to walk up to the map and choose her plot of land to be homesteaded. Mrs. Bolesta was the only woman to win one of the farms in this drawing. J. W. (sic) Fluharty, Photo. March 13, 1947", from Black Binders
Digital reproduction of photograph: KP-1359 - Klamath Project. 1946 Land Opening, Black Binders, Bureau of Reclamation

Date Original

1947-03-13

Date Digitized

2005-08-03

Date Available

2006-07-20

Other Identifiers

local: BOR-03-Aug-2005-1333

Subject (Topic)

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

Format

image