Workmen put crushed olives into heavy bags which will be put under hydraulic pressure to extract the oil. It takes an average of fifty-six pounds of olives to make a gallon of oil. Lindsay, California

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Title
Workmen put crushed olives into heavy bags which will be put under hydraulic pressure to extract the oil. It takes an average of fifty-six pounds of olives to make a gallon of oil. Lindsay, California
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lee, Russell

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1942-02
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 071534-D c.3
Topics
California -- Lindsay
California -- Tulare County
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress.
Content: FSA Collection contains three copies of this photograph.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 56980
TMS Object Number: 071534-D c.3
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f25e8050-9a83-0137-d666-1325135d557a
Rights Statement
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Workmen put crushed olives into heavy bags which will be put under hydraulic pressure to extract the oil. It takes an average of fifty-six pounds of olives to make a gallon of oil. Lindsay, California" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1942. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ea726b40-9a86-0137-8691-73aec22715bf

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Workmen put crushed olives into heavy bags which will be put under hydraulic pressure to extract the oil. It takes an average of fifty-six pounds of olives to make a gallon of oil. Lindsay, California" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 26, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ea726b40-9a86-0137-8691-73aec22715bf

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1942). Workmen put crushed olives into heavy bags which will be put under hydraulic pressure to extract the oil. It takes an average of fifty-six pounds of olives to make a gallon of oil. Lindsay, California Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ea726b40-9a86-0137-8691-73aec22715bf

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Workmen put crushed olives into heavy bags which will be put under hydraulic pressure to extract the oil. It takes an average of fifty-six pounds of olives to make a gallon of oil. Lindsay, California