#943 - Thompson's Seedless Grapes, Kern County
Photographers number:943
Title:Thompson's Seedless Grapes, Kern County
Notes:CMP notes: Verso of print: Peterson stamp, Private Library of H.C. Peterson (encircled).; in pencil by Peterson, Thompsons's Seedless Grapes--a photograph of the original parent vine which revolutionized the raisin industry of California. The series contains many valuable negatives of great interest to pomology and viticulture. Various fruits and flowers are shown also; and negative number 643 [sic] inscribed. Print says 643, but this is more likely 943.
Photographer:Carleton E Watkins
Publisher:Carleton Watkins
Format:Mammoth Plate
Photographed:1888-1889
Image courtesy of:The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Tags:California | Kern County
CarletonWatkins.org ID:1006529