Thirteen horse-drawn plows on Van Nuys grain ranch, ca.1900 (CHS-1388)

Thirteen horse-drawn plows on Van Nuys grain ranch, ca.1900
Photograph of 13 horse-drawn plows on Van Nuys grain ranch, ca.1900.
This wheat field is located in the southeasterly portion of the San Fernando Valley.
Six horses and a driver are on each team. The long line of teams is lined up at the edge of a large field prepared to begin plowing for the day. A line of trees devoid of foliage is visible behind them.

Call number: CHS-1388
Filename: CHS-1388
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): Van Nuys; San Fernando Valley
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Accession number: 1388
Microfiche number: 1-49-; 1-117-12
Archival file: chs_Volume69/CHS-1388.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 : photoprint, b&w ; 8 x 10 in.; 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
Project: USC
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 -- Ranching -- General
Legacy record ID: chs-m9486; USC-1-1-1-9623
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): Agriculture; Horses; Grasses; Grain trade