Orange Grove Irrigation in California / Dallas, Texas / Sierra Nevada Mountains / Yosemite Valley, California Part 2
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Man drives tractor, pulling ditch-digging equipment, between rows of trees in an orchard - worker watches the operation - tractor returns toward camera, makes turn - various views of same operation - orange operation continues between successive rows of trees. [1920] b. Flooded area with bridge, city skyline in background - automobile traffic on bridge - flooded area with bridge and city in background, toward Union Station. Streetcar crosses bridge in foreground - flooded area, manufacturing district, and city skyline in background - views of a Masonic Temple from street - evening skyline - business district automobile traffic - man kneels beside meteor. [1920] c. Tree framed against changing cloud formations - men sitting and fishing from rowboat near shore of lake, opposite shoreline in background - stream cuts its way down a steep and rocky Sierra Nevada mountain slope - foot bridge over a canyon - log pile with snow-covered mountain peaks in background - mountain lake with steep snow covered banks - natural tunnel through a rocky mountain peak - close-up of tunnel - view of valley and lake from a high point - eroded rock formations, cliffs and canyons. Man driving horse-drawn cultivator. Ffour mules pull large wheeled rig with large log chained underneath its single axel - man walks across meadow, mountains in background - views of meadows and mountains. Distance view of oil fields and derricks. Meadows and mountains - mine structures - snowcapped mountain peaks - slopes - automobile drives along mountain road, steep mountain slopes - view of Trojan Pass from a distance, mountain slopes. [1920] d. Timbered mountain slopes [Yosemite Park] - timber line - group around a campfire at night - tourists wall along mountain road, parked automobile - tourists in automobile - driving along a mountain road - tourists pose - tourists at table beside highway, man seated at table plugs barrel of pistol - tourists drive off - waterfall, rocky slopes - rocky mountain peak seen through trees - pack horses loaded with gear move along a mountain road, man on horseback brings up the rear - waterfall from a distance. [1920]
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