Date:         Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:06:01 -0800
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Subject:      Looking for Recordings of Agricultural Weather Reports
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Hello all:

 

I'm currently curating an exhibit focused on Orange County [California]
agriculture and pre-WWII Japanese American farmers.  I'm trying to
locate some recordings of "frost" or weather reports that were typically
broadcast for agricultural areas (for example: suggesting that smudge
pots be lit in the evenings to keep citrus warm throughout the night).
I'm afraid they were probably rather ephemeral in nature so I don't know
if any still exist.  If we had a model (another geographical area and/or
text) perhaps, we could recreate an audio recording ourselves. 

 

Any ideas?  

 

Thanks in advance.  Please feel free to contact me off list.  

 

 

Stephanie George

Collections Curator

Center for Oral and Public History

California State University, Fullerton

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