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Crates of lettuce in the field at the C.H.Frye lettuce farm, Monroe, ca. 1931
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| Title | Crates of lettuce in the field at the C.H.Frye lettuce farm, Monroe, ca. 1931 |
| Photographer | Pickett, Lee |
| Date | ca. 1931 |
| Notes | The 1200 acre Frye Lettuce Farm, located east of Monroe, operated from the mid 1920s until it sold in the late 1930s. It was largely owned by Charles and Emma Frye and served as the backbone of the local economy by employing up to one thousand workers from up and down the valley.
Caption on image: These crates represent about 25 car loads of lettuce - 1 days harvest. C. H. Frye lettuce farm, Monroe, Wn. Note the wonderful soil, private railroad, and the water pipe for overhead irrigation. Pickett, Index, Wn. 4905 |
| Subjects (LCSH) | C.H. Frye Lettuce Farm; Lettuce--Washington (State)--Monroe; Farms--Washington (State)--Monroe; Railroad tracks--Washington (State)--Monroe |
| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Monroe |
| Digital Collection | Lee Pickett Photographs
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| Order Number | PIC1395
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info
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| Negative Number | Pickett 4905 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Lee Pickett Photograph Collection. PH Coll 580 |
| Object Type | Negative |
| Physical Description | nitrate, b/w; 8 x 10 in |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a 8 x 10 in. nitrate negative using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 200 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 1 and resized to 768 width ppi. 2002. |
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