Cultivating Jeffrey Ranch
ClassificationsPhotographs
Datec. 1915
Place DepictedIrvine, California, United States, North America
MediumPhotographic print
Credit LineGift of Mr. Harold L. Semans
Object number92.62.1
DescriptionThis photograph depicts two men operating a crawling "caterpillar" tractor on Jeffrey Ranch. The name Jeffrey Ranch refers to a section of Irvine Company land leased and worked for several decades by George Jeffrey, a Scottish native who moved to southern California around 1897. Jeffrey Ranch produced lima beans as well as other crops, possibly citrus trees as depicted in this photograph. Visible on the machinery in the photo is the name of Holt Manufacturing Company, established in Stockton, California in 1883. George Jeffrey eventually won a seat on the OC Board of Supervisors and played a part in the development of the County, particularly Irvine.On View
Not on viewCollections
c. 1953
1940s
1880-1890