Farming in the Coachella Valley(Stan Dunn), 1953

27 images. Farming in the Coachella Valley(Stan Dunn), 1 May 1953. General views of all American canal which supplys irrigation to valley. D.D. Dunlap(ranch owner); Mexican workers; feeding cattle; Mrs. Dianna Bixby(in lemon grove); cotton farm near Indio; William C. Tesche(head of L.A. C. of C. Ag. committee); Don Mitchell(date grower).; Caption slip reads: "For a Monday feature. Photographer: Miller. Date: 05-01. Reporter: Dunn. Assignment: Coachella Valley tour. 15/16: General views of feeding. 41/42/11/12: Green choppings (alfalfa) to cattle on the Kennedy Ranch near Indio. 31: Mrs. Dianna Bixby walking thru a new lemon grove at Oasis. 32: Mrs. Dianna Bixby inspects a lemon cluster in new grove at Oasis. Note size of the fruit. General scenic views of a cotton farm near Indio. A new crop has just been planted. 49/50: General view of a part of the All American Canal which supplys irrigation to valley. 51/52/28: (l to r) Ranch owner D.D. Dunlap (in jacket) and Bert Farmer, manager, check new crop of seedless grapes. 27: (l to r_ Ranch Manager Bert Farmer and Dean Halsey, of the Agriculture Extension Service, explain grape thinning to L.A. Chamber of Commerce committee. 26/25/47: Mexican Nationals workers packing tomato plants for shipment to other farms, at the I.K.I. Farms near Indio. 48: I.K. Ishimatsu inspects a tomato plant for shipment".; Caption slip continues: "For a Monday feature. Photographer: Miller. Date: 05-01. Reporter: Dunn. Assignment: Coachella Valley tour. 22: Worker pollenizing huge date tree in grove for a new crop. 21: William C. Tesche, head of L.A. Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee, inspects huge date tree. 10: Don Mitchell, date grower, checks pollination spray before worker climbs date tree. 9: View of grapefruit tree between date trees in Indio grove. 19/20 (l to r): K. Omaye and Henry Sakemi packing early tomatoes for shipment. 13/14: Wm.C. Tesche inspects early corn crop at Indio".