Harvesting a barley field on the Phillips Ranch, Rolling Hills Estates

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CollectionPhillips Ranch Photo CollectionDate1915DescriptionImage shows a horse-drawn harvester with "header" in a barley field on the Phillips Ranch in an area that later became the Palos Verdes Golf Course. Workmen are driving a horse team pulling barley in a net off of the header bed onto the ground prior to threshing. Built in 1910 as the second home for the Phillips family, the ranch was located in Blackwater Canyon to the northeast of the present intersection of Palos Verdes Drive North and Rolling Hills Road in Rolling Hills Estates.Photo Size3.5 x 5.75 in.Photo Format1 photographic print (b/w)Held ByPalos Verdes Library District. Peninsula Center Library. Local History CenterShelf LocationPVLH.PHI.34.24Restrictions on AccessElectronically digitized by the Palos Verdes Library District from the Palos Verdes Library Local History Room Photo Collection. Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use. To obtain permission and images for publication purposes please contact the Palos Verdes Library District.

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Palos Verdes
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