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Photographs: Sizing and packing operations

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Title:  Sizing and packing operations
Work Type:  photographs
Date:  ca. 1933
Description:  One of a series of 23 photographs depicting the activities of the California Fruit Growers Exchange.
Dimensions:  19 x 25 cm.
Associated Name:  California Fruit Growers Exchange (n.d.), Los Angeles, California, United States, United States, subject
Topics:  women; workers; assembly -line methods; citrus fruit industry
Materials/Techniques:  gelatin silver process
Note:  Inscription: On verso of image: "The oranges come from the grading belts along these diverging rollers and drop into the proper bins according to their sizes. The packers, with gloved hands, wrap each orange in tissue and put it in the box. These girls pack as many as 75 boxes per day. Covers are now placed on the boxes and they are ready for the trip to far off markets."
Provenance: Received on June 2, 1933 from the California Fruit Growers Exchange, Box 530, Station C, Los Angeles, California. "Sunkist Photo" stamp.
Related Work:  Is part of: Industrial Life Photograph Collection
Use Restrictions:  Baker Library, Harvard Business School, Historical Collections:These images may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from the Historical Collections Department, Baker Library, Harvard Business School. Appointment necessary to consult collection.
Repository:  Baker Library, Harvard Business School, Historical Collections
Mss: 1412 :143 C153
Record Identifier: olvwork272693


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