Resident agricultural workers are pulling weeds by hand from this celery farm in the vicinity of Tulelake

United States. Bureau of Reclamation

KP-1204-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II. This is the first attempt to grow celery commercially in this basin. This patch of 14 acres has 522,100 plants and should yield one crate for each 6 running feet of double row or 40 to 50 carloads for the 14 acres. This photograph was made in the William Kandra Ranch near Tulelake; June 26, 1946; Photo by J. E. Fluharty

Title

Resident agricultural workers are pulling weeds by hand from this celery farm in the vicinity of Tulelake

Creator

United States. Bureau of Reclamation

Source

Original photograph: 25 x 21 cm, black & white photo, caption under photo reads "KP-1204-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II. Resident agricultural workers are pulling weeds by hand from this celery farm in the vicinity of Tulelake. This is the first attempt to grow celery commercially i n (sic) this basin. This patch of 14 acres has 522,100 plants and should yield one crate for each 6 running feet of double row or 40 to 50 carloads for the 14 acres. This photograph was made in the William Kandra Ranch near Tulelake. J. E. Fluharty, Photo June 26, 1946", from Black Binders
Digital reproduction of photograph: KP-1204-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II, Black Binders, Bureau of Reclamation

Date Original

1946-06-26

Date Digitized

2005-07-25

Date Available

2006-06-15

Other Identifiers

local: BOR-25-Jul-2005-1178

Subject (Topic)

Agriculture
Farm life -- California
Agricultural laborers
Weeds
Celery
Tule Lake Region (California)
Agriculture

Format

image