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Photograph of pickers at work harvesting celery plants on the Iki Ranch near Logandale, Nevada, June 4, 1947

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Creator
Creator: Russell, William S.
Date
1947-06-04
Description

Men harvesting celery on the Iki ranch near Logandale, Nevada.

Transcribed Notes: Bureau of Reclamation typed notes appended to back of photo: Boulder Canyon Project, Nevada Region 3 "Pickers" at work harvesting celery plants on the IKI Ranch near Logandale, Nevada. Raising celery plants is a relatively new type of irrigated specialty farming in southern Nevada. Water from the Muddy River is used to irrigate the fields. Twenty million celery plants were harvested from the 60 acres planted this season. The plants were shipped to the neighboring western states.

Digital ID
hln000145
Physical Identifier
0071:0087
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d17w6b514
Details
Contributor
Contributor: United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Subject
Celery
Trees
Agriculture
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Place
Clark County
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
landscapes (representations)
photographic prints
photographs
Digital Project
The Historic Landscape of Nevada: Development, Water and Natural Environment
Citation

hln000145. Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada, 1869-1974. PH-00071. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d17w6b514

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Digital Provenance
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Language

English

Publisher
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Format
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