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Eleanor J. Bolesta on a tractor on her farm near Merrill, Oregon

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Title Eleanor J. Bolesta on a tractor on her farm near Merrill, Oregon
Creator United States. Bureau of Reclamation Fluharty, J.E.
Date 1947-03-16 2006-07-17 2005-08-03
Subject Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Tulelake; Land settlement -- California; Landowners -- California -- Tule Lake Region; Tractors; Women farmers Homesteading; Bolesta, Eleanor
Description KP-1329-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II. Mrs. Eleanor J. Bolesta, the only woman winner of a farm in the recent drawing for homesteads, located near Merrill on the Klamath Project. Mrs. Bolesta, despite the fact that she does not look the part, can handle a tractor efficiently. She has lived on a farm most of her life and is quite familiar with all types of farm machinery; March 16, 1947; Photo by J. E. Fluharty
Source Original photograph: 20 x 25 cm, black & white photo, caption under photo reads "KP-1329-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II. Mrs. Eleanor J. Bolesta, the only woman winner of a farm in the recent drawing for homesteads, located near Merrill on the Klamath Project. Mrs. Bolesta, despite the fact [? - ed.] that she does not look the part, can handle a tractor efficiently. She has lived on a farm most of her life and is quite familiar with all types of farm machinery. J. E. Fluharty, March 16, 1947", from Black Binders
Publisher Oregon Institute of Technology. Library
Rights Digital image copyright 2006. Oregon Institute of Technology. All rights reserved. http://digitallib.oit.edu/cdm/copyright/collection/kwl
Relation Digital reproduction of photograph: KP-1329-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II, Black Binders, Bureau of Reclamation
Format http://klamathwaterlib.oit.edu/about.php; File Size: 34,025,632 bytes image/tiff
Identifier BOR-03-Aug-2005-1303 BLB-1329 http://digitallib.oit.edu/cdm/ref/collection/kwl/id/1679
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