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Manuscripts
Glass plate of "Hoffknecht Harvester Views June 13, 1914". A view of a group of men on a combined harvester. One man is seated at a steering wheel in the leading section of the harvester on the right, while the long arm with rotating horizontal blades stick out to the left of the back section.
mssLattaS, Box 113, Folder 10, Item 1
Manuscripts
Glass plate of "Hoffknecht Harvester Views June 13, 1914". A view of a group of men on a combined harvester. Two men are seated near a steering wheel in the leading section of the harvester on the left, while five men stand on or near the trailing section on the right.
mssLattaS, Box 113, Folder 9, Item 1
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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 One of the series contains drafts of the unpublished manuscript Sky Farmers and Mule Skinners with Something about Hay Muckers, Buckaroos, and Bindle Stiffs and a Sheepherder or Two.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.
Sky 2 (10)
Manuscripts
Glass plate with a group portrait at a well on the "Figmond Tract" in Merced County. There are ten men, some in suits and some in work clothes, nine women in dresses and hats, a small child, and an infant. The well mechanism is under a triangular wooden frame, with water rushing down the chute in the center of the image. Rectangular section of the image in the lower right was not developed, with only "Sec 35 well ; Figmond ; Tract" written in. Possibly "36" rather than "35".
mssLattaS, Box 113, Folder 3, Item 1
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
Image not available
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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