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Upland Lemon Packing House Storage (1937)

Description:

Interior of a lemon warehouse in Upland, showing the lemons fresh from the grove on April 8, 1937, ready for sorting and packing.

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

E. A. Hooker Packing House - Hueneme Wharf

A post by Bruce Little

He comments:

Before trains and highways connected the region, Ventura County's agricultural success depended on the Hueneme Wharf, built in 1871 by Thomas Bard.

The E.A. Hooker packing house was a state-of-the-art citrus packing house strategically located directly on the Hueneme Wharf.

Operated by the Oxnard Citrus Association (OCA) and named after its long-time leader, its primary function was to efficiently process and load Ventura County citrus onto ships for export. Citrus fruit (primarily lemons and oranges from the Oxnard Plain) could be received from growers, processed (washed, graded, sized, packed), and then loaded directly onto ships docked at the wharf via conveyor systems.

Edward A. Hooker was a highly influential figure in Ventura County's citrus industry and served for many years (decades, in fact) as the manager and later president of the Oxnard Citrus Association.

The OCA was one of the major citrus packing cooperatives in the region, affiliated with the larger Sunkist Growers cooperative. It represented numerous citrus growers in the Oxnard area

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

BTW, somebody once did 3D Preco GB6 heaters in HO on Shapeways, and then added other types there too.? I got 50 of the GB6's.? don't know what availability there is now...BUT, I have heaters sitting out on all my icing platforms!

Joe Berger

Great Northern Railway

Cascade Division? (HO)

Warsaw, Indiana

On the Groups.io Real Steam Era Freight Car Discussion group Tim O'Connor commented on the weathering:

One way to get gradients with an airbrush is to aim the brush at a card/paper positioned along the line where you want the paint to go on heavier and the blowback off the card onto the car will naturally be a gradient from heavier to lighter. Of course, I use a thin wash and a light touch with multiple passes. This was one of my first 'lessons' in airbrush weathering after I joined a train club in the 90s. I created lots of cards with shaped edges and slots for various effects. And of course, I'd tape over the "new" boards or other places I want to avoid.

Also note that the car has been repainted (black & white heralds) since it was rebuilt.

Tony Thompson commented:

Note also the black ends, consistent with the post-1960 photo date.

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

Tim O'Connor commented:

Wood sheathed R-30-9 reefers were definitely around in the late 1950s. Hundreds of 30-ton cars are listed in the 1959 ORER.

Is that Wenatchee Appleyard?? They had a separate 'heater house' there, too.? That might be the roof in the lower right corner, and the chain conveyor to get them to the platform from the heater house?

Joe Berger

Great Northern Railway

Cascade division (HO)

Warsaw, Indiana

New SFRD Reefers

Photo from Classic Trains magazine.

A Santa Fe 4-8-4 powers a long string of new SFRD reefers near Winslow, Ariz., in the mid-1940s.

Santa Fe Railway photo.

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

Aerial Photo: La Habra Citrus Association Packing House

A post by David Eck.

Description:

La Habra Citrus Association Packing House - Circa 1930s

The packing house had a double set of railroad tracks by their loading dock.

My Notes:

In 1908 the Pacific Electric Railroad was brought to La Habra to meet demands for hauling the citrus fruit as well as the walnuts growing in the southern part of the valley. The railroad hauled equipment to the newly developed oil lands in this area.

In 1913-14 the large Sunkist packing houses were built. At one time, La Habra Citrus Association controlled more citrus acreage that any other in the state. In 1916, the Sunkist Citrus association erected housing in the southwestern part of La Habra for the newly-arriving Mexican agricultural workers

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

Empty PFE Reefers

A photo from Classic Trains magazine.

Description:

Empty refrigerator cars race across the Union Pacific in Nebraska in the early 1950s.

My Notes:

If empty, probably headed west for conditioning and reloading.

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

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PFE 64446 (R-30-21)

A post from the Kohs & Company website.

Description:

An Ernest Albright photo.

Taken on the team tracks on Esplanade Street in Toronto in 1962. The photo shows an R-30-21 that was originally rebuilt into this configuration in the mid- to late 1940s.

My Notes:

It appears some of the wood sheathing has been replaced. Good reference photo for weathering.

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

Interior Lemon Packing House Santa Paula

Undated photos from the Los Angeles Public Library.

Description:

Workers on a conveyor belt in a lemon packing house in Santa Paula.

My Notes;

This appears to be the Limoneira packing house.

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

SP 8669 & PFE Reefers On The Rock Island

A post by Christopher Clipper on the Facebook Remembering The Rock Island group.

Description:

An eastbound SP perishables train on the Rock Island departs Kelly Yard in Silvis, Illinois, 1975.

John Dziobko photographer.

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

PFE 11454 (R-40-27)

Built in May 1957 this car wears in the 1961 paint scheme. It also shows the black and ends and silver roof that was applied to these cars as well.? PFE 11454 is part of the collection at the Feather River Rail Society’s Western Pacific Railroad Museum and was photographed in June 2009. Dale Martin photograph courtesy of Rapido Trains.

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

Volunteer Orange Pickers

A post by David Eck.

He comments:

The Covina Host Lions Pick Oranges During World War II - 1944.

While most of the men working in food production in the United State were exempt from the draft, many people in the citrus industry volunteered for the military anyway. This left growers with a shortage of employees.

Like most Lions Club chapters, volunteering in communities is part of their mission. Here we see members of the Covina Host Lions after a day of picking oranges. They're working in the grove of a member of the Covina Orange Growers Association. Note the initials "C.O.G." on the field boxes.

This was a day of volunteer work for these men. Some of the men in the photo look to be past draft age. Regardless, Covina Orange Growers needed extra help to get their crop picked and the Lions came through.

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

Model: American Fruit Growers Packing House - San Juan Capistrano

A night scene from Alain Kap’s Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division blog.

Also pictured is the Santa Fe San Juan Capistrano Depot.

A parking garage now occupies the site of the old packing house.

He lives in Saarburg, Germany.

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

Presentation This Saturday

At the California Citrus State Historical Park.

Bob Chaparro

Old National Orange Show Building

A post from the Facebook Photo Collection - Los Angeles Public Library group.

Description:

Exterior view of a building housing the National Orange Show in San Bernardino on May 1939.

Photo by Burton O. Burt - Works Progress Administration Collection.

My Notes:

In July 1949, the building was completely destroyed by fire. By March of 1950, a new and larger exhibition building was ready for use.

A history from the National Orange Show website:

Along with the growing industry, a series of citrus fairs were held in the 1880s and 1890s. The world’s first Citrus Fair was staged in Riverside in February of 1879. It was at this fair that the Washington Navel was first exhibited and its superior qualities recognized. The fair was such a success that a second fair followed in February 1880, and a third in March of 1881. The citizens of Riverside were so delighted with the success of the fair that they turned it into an annual event and actually erected a pavilion for the fair of 1882. Annual citrus fairs were held in Riverside, except for one or two that were held in Colton, until 1891. At the same time, similar fairs were being held in Los Angeles and San Bernardino County.

In 1889, the very first “Orange Show” was staged in San Bernardino. This premier show was scheduled to run a week, but the promoters were doubtful as to whether or not the show would last that long. Each day, a brief message appeared in the Courier (the forerunner of San Bernardino’s newspaper, The Sun) urging committee members to obtain exhibitors. When the show opened, fifteen county communities were represented in the citrus exhibits. Other county products also on display included raisins, walnuts, lemons, limes, grapes, apples, and Cucamonga wines and brandies. The show opened with the City of San Bernardino band playing from a Van Dorin Building balcony on Third Street. The event cost $744.25 to produce, with $1,180.25 in revenue. Since financial success was apparent and the show was so well received by the community, the event was extended to an eleven-day run.

The “Orange Show” went “National” in 1911 with tents pitched at Fourth and “D” Streets in San Bernardino. By that time, the impact of the citrus industry on San Bernardino economics had escalated. For example, the 7,511 orange trees in 1872 had grown to 1,347,911 by 1900; the 15,000 boxes of oranges shipped in 1881 stood at 1,562,108 boxes by 1902-03; and the cash value of the orange crop had grown from $2,450 in 1860 to $1,634,783 in 1900. This introduction provided the setting and circumstances for the genesis of the National Orange Show, which has taken place every year since its inception in 1911, with the exception of four years during World War II.

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

Carpinteria Display At The 1917 National Orange Show

Description:

The principal citrus fruit grown in Carpinteria was lemons and it looks like this display is mostly made-up of lemons.

Bruce Morden commented:

CD Hubbard was famous for his fruit displays.? This is clearly one of his.? His CD Hubbard Fruit Company later became Carpinteria Lemon Association.? His house is still extant and is about 5 blocks from me.? I often walk by it on longer walks.? For a while he toyed with a residential subdivision called Hubbard Woods and even built what appears to be a log cabin depot along the Southern Pacific tracks near his home.? I will try to find a photo of the "depot"

Here is a link to the local paper's article on CD Hubbard by one of my neighbors, Jim Campos.

Bob Chaparro

Moderator