Title:
Women leaving work at the G. W. Hume Co., in Turlock, California, circa 1930.
Creator:
Unknown
Subject:
Agriculture -- California -- Central Valley (Valley) -- History
Canneries -- California -- Turlock
Cannery workers
Peach industry -- California -- Turlock
G. W. Hume Company (Turlock, Calif.)
Description:
Women are leaving the cannery and/or fruit packing facilities of the G. W. Hume Company, circa 1930. The facility was begun
in Turlock, California in 1910. George W. Hume began the business in 1864 on the Sacramento River, canning salmon at a time
when the only way to preserve fish was by smoking or salting it. He subsequently built salmon canneries on the Columbia River
and in Alaska. The facility at Turlock canned peaches, pears, apricots, apples, spinach and other vegetables.
Publisher:
California State University, Stanislaus. University Library. Special Collections
Date:
circa 1930
Type:
image
Format:
1 photographic print; 9 x 23 cm.
Identifier:
cturs_039
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Turlock (Calif.)
Rights:
public domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.