Title:
Unidentified people are outside the O. G. Olson Company in Turlock, California, circa 1935.
Creator:
Unknown
Subject:
Agriculture -- California -- Central Valley (Valley) -- History
Fruit trade -- California -- Turlock
Watermelon industry -- California -- Turlock
O. G. Olson Co. (Turlock, Calif.)
Description:
A wagon full of watermelons is ready to unload at the O. G. Olson Company, one of the produce and shipping companies in Turlock,
California. Because more melons were grown and shipped from Turlock than anywhere else it was known as the "Melon Capital
of the World" between 1911 and approximately 1925.
Publisher:
California State University, Stanislaus. University Library. Special Collections
Date:
circa 1935
Type:
image
Format:
1 photographic print; 11 x 18 cm.
Identifier:
cturs_027
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Turlock (Calif.);
Rights:
public domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.