Guide to California life photograph collection Mss 336

Finding aid prepared by Beaudry Allen

UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections

University of California, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara 93106-9010

special@library.ucsb.edu

URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/special-collections

2018

Title: California life photograph collection

Identifier/Call Number: Mss 336

Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 1 linear feet 1 box

Date (inclusive): circa 1910-1930s

Abstract: Black-and-white photographs relating to agricultural workers and the harvesting, packaging, and transportation of produce and crops. Also consists of a few photographs depicting reactions to Prohibition.

Physical Location: Special Research Collection, UCSB Library

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase, 2017

Preferred Citation

[Title of item], California life photograph collection, Mss 336. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Scope and Contents

Black-and-white photographs relating to agricultural workers and the harvesting, packaging, and transportation of produce and crops. Also consists of a few photographs depicting reactions to Prohibition.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

California -- Photographs -- 20th century

Agricultural laborers -- California -- Photographs -- 20th century

Agriculture -- California -- Photographs -- 20th century

Prohibition -- California -- Photographs -- 20th century

Black-and-white photographs

Box 1, Folder 1

Suffragettes circa 1910

Scope and Contents

Black and white photograph of five women sitting around a table and one woman standing behind the table

Box 1, Folder 2

Harvesting in the Central Valley 1937-1943

Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs of farmworkers working in the fields

Box 1, Folder 3

Prohibition 1920-1930s

Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs of men celebrating with alcohol and white and black photographs of men destroying containers of alcohol

Box 1, Folder 4

Dust bowl car 1939

Scope and Contents

Photograph of a truck with thick blankets on the back

Box 1, Folder 5

Potato harvest undated

Scope and Contents

Black and white photograph of workers loading sacks of potatoes into a truck

Box 1, Folder 6

Trucks undated

Scope and Contents

Black and white photograph of a parking lot with trucks carrying produce

Box 1, Folder 7

Women working undated

Scope and Contents

Black and white picture of a woman working with leaves on the foreground and two other women working in the background

Box 1, Folder 8

Carrots being washed undated

Scope and Contents

Black and white photograph of workers washing carrots

Box 1, Folder 9

Laborer undated

Scope and Contents

Black and white photograph of a worker sewing up a bag of produce

Box 1, Folder 10

Field undated

Scope and Contents

Black and white photograph of harvested fields in front of mountains

Box 1, Folder 11

Cotton factory undated

Scope and Contents

Photograph of the Producers Cotton Oil Co. building.

Box 1, Folder 12

Cotton field undated

Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs of laborers working on a cotton field

Box 1, Folder 13

Potato field undated

Scope and Contents

Black and white picture of workers lining up and loading bags up potatoes

Box 1, Folder 14

Farm town undated

Scope and Contents

Black and white photograph of a field surrounded by homes and businesses