Men and women working inside of an orange packing house, probably Covina, California, ca.1900 (CHS-1346)

Men and women working inside of an orange packing house, probably Covina, California, ca.1900
Photograph of about 20 men and women hard at work in an orange packing house in Covina, California, ca.1900. Most are packing oranges into crates on tables while others are moving crates. The wooden rafters of the plant are visible overhead. Several lanterns hang from support posts. Numerous crates labelled "Covina Citrus Associates" are piled around the room.
Call number: CHS-1346
Filename: CHS-1346
Coverage date: circa 1900
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Format: glass plate negatives
Type: images
Geographic subject (city or populated place): Covina
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Accession number: 1346
Microfiche number: 1-105-14
Archival file: chs_Volume90/CHS-1346.tiff
Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Subject (adlf): agricultural sites
Repository email: [email protected]
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1900
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographs
Geographic subject (state): California
Subject (file heading): Agriculture -- Crops -- Citrus -- Processing
Legacy record ID: chs-m14997
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Geographic subject (county): Los Angeles
Subject (lcsh): Citrus fruits; Citrus fruit industry; Agriculture
Subject: Citrus