A lantern slide "3 - Grapes 3 (41) Covering grates [crates?] of Malaga grapes in the field, Guasti, Cal.,"
Entry/Object ID
2011.145.1.2
Description
A lantern slide "3 - Grapes 3 (41) Covering grates [crates?] of Malaga grapes in the field, Guasti, Cal.," 1920s. The image shows three workers on or near a truck in a vineyard and they are loading crates of fruit onto the vehicle. Many of the crates were arranged for presentation for the photo and one worker holds bunches of grapes in both hands raised for the camera. This is the vineyard of Secondo Guasti and his Italian Vineyard Company. Identifying labels are on the item as is the label for the Chicago Public School Bureau of Visual Instruction. With soiling and abrasions, the overall condition is good.
