Fruit industry; Fruit culture; Tractors; Lester Will W.; Caterpillar Diesel D4; Bean sprayers
Will W. Lester drives a Caterpillar Diesel D4 tractor pulling a 500 gallon bean sprayer through fruit orchards one mile south of Santa Clara, California 1952.
Photographs; Canned fruit industry; The Alameda (San Jose, Calif.)
When Dr. James M. Dawson and his wife set up shop in a 12 x 16 foot shed behind their home on The Alameda in 1871, they founded Santa Clara County's canning industry. Their venture grew into the San Jose Fruit Packing Co. and was followed by many...
Ephemera; Hotels; Hotel Vendome; Menus; New Year's Eve; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
On front of menu: Artist's color rendition of a very young child (naked except for shoes and socks) standing on a circular rug. Written below drawing: "I've laid aside most everything to wish you a Happy New Year." A pale blue sash is an...
Agriculture; Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Canned fruit industry; Fruit; People; Photographs; Prunes; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of men and women sorting prunes. On verso of photo: "A sorting crew is at work in a dry shed. The prunes shown here are dry and on their way via the packing house to commercial destinations far beyond the Santa Clara...
Agriculture; Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Canned fruit industry; Cherries; Difiore's Cherry Orchard; Fruit; Italian Americans; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of nine cherry packers (seven women and two men) at Difiore's Cherry Orchard.
Written on back of the photograph:, "Mr. J. Z. Anderson, Calif. Pioneer." Anderson was born in 1829 in Pennsylvania, arrived in California in 1852 and became a gold miner and then a farmer. He sent refrigerated cherries from San Jose to...
Agriculture; Fruit; Granges; Mountain View (Calif.); Photographs; Prunes; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunsweet Growers, Inc.
Black-and-white photograph of fruit and other assorted canned items on a large table. "Mountain View Grange" sign is in front of table, with "Sunsweet Prunes" sign visible at middle back.
