Ranch scene, Merced

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  Rafter of turkeys, Merced Falls, Merced County

  Manuscripts

  A view of a couple hundred turkeys in a field covered in straw. There is a man in shirtsleeves standing behind the rafter (or flock) of turkeys, with a row of trees and a farm building in the background.

  mssLattaS, Box 116, Folder 7, Item 1

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  Family portrait of three women and a baby, Merced Falls, Merced County (two views)

  Manuscripts

  Glass plate with two photographs of three women and a baby posing next to a house. There are posing in a yard, with a house and porch behind them on the right and a picket fence behind them on the left.

  mssLattaS, Box 116, Folder 18, Item 1

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  Cattle in a field, Merced County

  Manuscripts

  A view of about two dozen cattle in a field with sparse grass. A wire fence in the background separates the field from orchards.

  mssLattaS, Box 116, Folder 1, Item 1

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  Farmhouse with fence and tree, Merced Falls, Merced County

  Manuscripts

  A view of a farmhouse with a grassy lawn, a bush-lined front walkway, and a large tree, all enclosed in a low wire fence.

  mssLattaS, Box 116, Folder 2, Item 1

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  Family portrait ; house with fruit trees, Merced Falls, Merced County

  Manuscripts

  Glass plate with two photographs. The first is a family portrait with three women and a baby. The other is a view of a one-story house with fruit trees in the yard, surrounded by a wire fence.

  mssLattaS, Box 114, Folder 2, Item 1

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  Ranch Scene - Merced (undated). 1 item

  Manuscripts

  The collection contains Frank F. Latta's research material from his five decades of researching the history of California's San Joaquin Valley and Miller & Lux, in particular dry farming known as skyfarming. Subjects include: agriculture and farming in the San Joaquin Valley, the development of agricultural machinery (combines, plows, reapers, scrapers, threshing machines, tractors and various types of harvesters), livestock, ranches, cattle, and crops, mostly wheat. Also covered are: early aviation, early automobiles, bears, crime, the Dalton Gang, the Donner Party, earthquakes, education and schools in the San Joaquin Valley, floods, freight and steamships on the San Joaquin River, gold mines, irrigation, canals and water rights in San Joaquin Valley, land grants, livestock, lumber, outlaws, pioneers, the Presbyterian Church in California, ranches, rivers, roads, saddlery, sheepherding in California, overland journeys to California and California politics, government and history. Also talked about are women, African Americans, Chileans, Chinese, Mormons, Native Americans and Jews in California. The collection contains roughly 180 oral interviews with people living in the San Joaquin Valley in the 1930s through the 1970s. One of the series contains drafts of the unpublished manuscript Sky Farmers and Mule Skinners with Something about Hay Muckers, Buckaroos, and Bindle Stiffs and a Sheepherder or Two. Frank F. Latta worked on this manuscript for five decades.

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