irrigation

Chico Landing, Rivermile 196, Sacramento River, California
2004

Black and white photograph of a meandering river with trees on the banks. The sky has wispy clouds. In the bottom center is a small boat with people fishing. On the sandy shore is a chair. The...

California for the Settler
1915

This is a publication produced by the Southern Pacific Company of San Francisco to encourage the settlement of California, especially by farmers, "California for the Settler". The...

1926|2006

This is a field collected fragment of the St. Francis Dam near Santa Clarita in Southern California. The dam, one of the last water projects built by L.A. Citry Water supervisor William...

1914-1915

24 page black and white publication "22nd International Irrigation Congress, The Great West, Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys Edition." Handsome cover illustration by E. M. Muse of Sacramento,...

24-Jan

Photographic Material. Description: One album of Del Monte photographs of the Ryer Island Ranch, Montezuma Ranch, Marin Meadows Ranch, Milpitas Ranch, Seed Operations and Sweet Potato Operation....

1911?

Cover illustration shows a "typical" California ranch scene with rows of planted trees, mountains and sunny skies, viewed through an arbor of grapes and oranges. Inside of folded map is the actual...

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