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Title

Mowing tules

Date

ca.1917

Description

Photographic print: 8 x 10

Subject(s)

Agricultural laborers (60), Agricultural machinery and implements (79), Agriculture (273), Reclamation of land (32), Sacramento (Calif.) (782), Clarksburg (Calif.) (9), California (254)

Photographic print (139)

Summary

View is of 3 men operating a mowing tractor cutting tules in preparation for plowing. The tractor is pulling a large wooden barrel which flattens the tules. One man is on the roof to look out for hazards and holes.

Owning
Institution

Center for Sacramento History

Copyright

Call
Number

1985/005/5

Filing
Location

Photo archives

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