The Bonadiman farm produced everything the family needed except staples such as coffee and flour. Mary Bonadiman, who was born on the farm in 1892 recalled in a July 29, 1976 interview, "I used to milk the cows too; there were nine cows, father (Carlo Bonadiman) would start at one end and I would start at the other; I worked like the dickens so that I could beat Daddy." Milk was stored in a milk house before being taken to market. A water ditch, fed by a stream from the Los Angeles River provides water for domestic purposes and feeding the farm's orchards. The photo shows where the family dined on warm evenings following a hard day of work on the farm. Please do not use this image in any media without my permission. © All rights reserved.
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