Olive Oil Extraction Process Tulare County 1942

The image shows the hydraulic pressure method used to extract oil from olive pulp in Lindsay, California. In February 1942, Russell Lee documented this process, part of the Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection from 1944. Tulare County was known for its agricultural production, particularly olives.

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