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.
Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Fruit; Fruit crate labels; Lick Observatory; Pear; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Printed on upper right of fruit label, "Lick Observatory Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara County California." Also on label: "U.S. No.1, Grown and packed by Sweetbrier Orchards, San Jose, Calif., U.S.A. Contents 4/5 bushel."
Photographs; Portraits; Santa Clara (Calif.); Pomeroy Family
Pomeroy School in the Santa Clara Unified School District is named in honor of the pioneer Pomeroy Family of Santa Clara. Marshall Pomeroy was a prominent orchardist, active in the development of the fruit industry in the Santa Clara Valley. Prune...
Agricultural machinery; Agriculture; Orchards; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
On text that accompanies black-and-white photograph: "Disc-plowing with a 40 HP Best. This was one of the first models with a full track. Earlier models used short tracks for power plus a single wheel out front for steering. The driver is...
