Record Details
Photograph of pickers at work harvesting celery plants on the Iki Ranch near Logandale, Nevada, June 4, 1947
UNLV Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Photograph of pickers at work harvesting celery plants on the Iki Ranch near Logandale, Nevada, June 4, 1947 |
| Creator | Russell, William S.; |
| Description | Men harvesting celery on the Iki ranch near Logandale, Nevada. Bureau of Reclamation typed notes appended to back of photo: Boulder Canyon Project, Nevada Region 3 "Pickers" at work harvesting celery plants on the IKI Ranch near Logandale, Nevada. Raising celery plants is a relatively new type of irrigated specialty farming in southern Nevada. Water from the Muddy River is used to irrigate the fields. Twenty million celery plants were harvested from the 60 acres planted this season. The plants were shipped to the neighboring western states. |
| Contributor | United States. Bureau of Reclamation @LoC |
| Source | 0071:0087 Bureau of Reclamation Collection; |
| Date | 1947-06-04 |
| Coverage | Moapa Valley; Logandale; Clark; Nevada; United States; |
| Subject | Celery; Trees; Agriculture; |
| Type | Still Image; |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | This material may be protected by copyright. Personal, including educational and academic, use of this material is without restriction but acknowledgement of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University Libraries is requested whether the use is oral, web or in print. Commercial use of any portion of this material requires permission from the University Libraries. For further information please contact Digital Collections: http://digital.library.unlv.edu/contact |
| Format | image/tiff 9.97 x 7.67 inches |
| Publisher | University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries |
| Identifier | http://digital.library.unlv.edu:81/u?/hln,349 |
