Title:
Boxes of fresh table grapes are stacked in a field near Turlock, California.
Creator:
Unknown
Subject:
Agriculture -- California -- Central Valley (Valley) -- History
Grape industry -- California -- Turlock
Description:
Boxes filled with bunches of fresh grapes (table grapes) are stacked in the foreground of the photograph. Empty boxes line
the rows of vines for workers to cut the grapes and fill the boxes. These grape vines grew on the ground rather than being
trellised or supported off the ground. Fresh grape production went up in the Turlock area after the National Prohibition
Act of 1920 because the price increased dramatically. The price was ten dollars per ton in 1916 and in 1921 it was eighty
dollars per ton of table grapes.
Publisher:
California State University, Stanislaus. University Library. Special Collections
Date:
circa 1925
Type:
image
Format:
1 photographic print; 12 x 11 cm.
Identifier:
cturs_040
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Turlock (Calif.);
Rights:
public domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.