Ranch house group

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  Driveway to house

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  Side-by-side stereograph image of a curved, dirt driveway leading up to the entrance of a Victorian home. Large shade trees on either side of the entrance obscure most of the house except for porch.

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  Ranch house

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  This collection consists of one photograph album with 48 photographs and 35 loose photographs (as well as some duplicates), with images depicting the Fair Oaks Ranch in Altadena, California, during the late 19th century. The ranch, owned by businessman and rancher James F. Crank, encompassed a vineyard, winery, and citrus orchards, along with a lavish residence and grounds. Subjects include interior and exterior views of the residence, landscaped grounds, trees, and plant life; members of the Crank family; ranch workers, including Chinese laborers, working in the orchards and vineyard, harvesting and packing fruit, drying apricots, and loading fruit onto horse-drawn carts; workers' quarters; the operations of the winery and distillery; and also a handful of sweeping views of the San Gabriel Mountains and the Altadena and Pasadena areas taken from vantage points on the property. The photographer of the album is unknown; some of the cabinet cards and stereographs have imprints from area photographers: C. McMurtrey (Item 80), C.B. Ripley (Items 73-74), and A.C. Varela (Items 76-78). Photographs in the album are cyanotype prints; the loose photographs include cyanotypes, cabinet cards, and stereographs.

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  Grape picking, Cranks' ranch

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  Several men work in a vineyard, some carrying wooden baskets on their shoulders, one on horseback, and two standing on a card full of wooden crates.

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  Interior - group playing cards

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  A group of two men and two women play cards at a table. On the right, another woman sits with book on her lap. To the left a women sits and watches the game. Room has ornate floor covering and wallpaper, and lace curtains on the window behind the group.

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  Chinese picking grapes

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  Two Chinese laborers in conical hats stand at the back of a four-wheeled cart. Another worker is in the bed of the cart. Two wooden crates of grapes sit on the ground to the right, the vineyard and mountains in the background.

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  East porch and garden

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  View down a garden path. On the left is a wide porch and part of house, on the right are manicured gardens and trees. San Gabriel Mountains in the distance.

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