Manuscripts
Imperial Valley Farm Lands Association
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Imperial Valley
Manuscripts
9 items: LAT article, 4/17/1901, "Salton Desert soon to be converted into fertile farms"; LAT article copy, 12/21/1905, "The clouds over Imperial," on the canal ruptures that led to the creation of the Salton Sea; copies of selected pages of A History of Imperial Valley, by Otto ?, no date seen; 2-pp. citations from LAT for Niland, CA., 1914 - 1921; LAT article copy, 5/21/1940, "Imperial's courage" ; LAT brief copy, 3/28/1941, "First cantaloupes sell for $1 each."
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Pfaffinger, Frank - California Imperial Valley Vineyards, Inc
Manuscripts
Approx. 7 items: correspondence between Times representatives and California Imperial Valley Vineyards, Inc., on various subjects.
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Agriculture - Egg farms
Manuscripts
1 item: LAT article copy, 11/29/1985, "Bird of Paradise was a hen in colony founder's Eden." (story of egg farms in SFV, ca. 1925)
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Associated Press
Manuscripts
Two letters of correspondence between Keith Fuller, President and General Manager of the Associated Press, and Otis Chandler.
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Farm and Garden Magazine
Manuscripts
First appeared in late 1919 as Farm and Tractor, featuring stories about agriculture and livestock. Alternatively titled Farm and Orchard and Southland Farm and Garden, mirroring the change from rural to suburban life in Los Angeles. The last issue was printed on November 24, 1940. Date range is 1921-1923.
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