Orange Groves, Riverside, California, circa 1900
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Orange growers and packers in Riverside, California, joined forces to launch the Riverside Fruit Exchange in 1893. The exchange marketed navel oranges, grown in expansive groves like this one. To increase production of the sweet, seedless crop consumers craved, growers propagated new trees by grafting buds onto rootstock. At harvest time, workers hand-picked and packed the oranges for sale.
Orange growers and packers in Riverside, California, joined forces to launch the Riverside Fruit Exchange in 1893. The exchange marketed navel oranges, grown in expansive groves like this one. To increase production of the sweet, seedless crop consumers craved, growers propagated new trees by grafting buds onto rootstock. At harvest time, workers hand-picked and packed the oranges for sale.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1900
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
37.102.P.019494
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Sepia (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 9.75 in
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