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Black and white photograph of several vehicles in front of three wood buildings. Four people standing in front of buildings.

Black and white photograph of the first ditch in Arvada with a cow and a building in distance.

Black and white photograph of water flowing into Wadsworth ditch wooden head-gate structure, which controls water flow into irrigation ditch.

Black and white photograph of three men digging in Wadsworth ditch.

Black and white photograph of rows of tomato plants next to an irrigation ditch. One person is in the field and two large buildings are in the background.

Black and white photograph of Vincent (Jimmy) Lotito plowing with a Fordson two-way plow. Reaching the end of the row, the plow was raised, the tractor was turned, and the opposite plow was lowered. This mechanism was invented by Martin Monson, a…

Black and white photograph of seeded rows of vegetables on Rocco Lotito's 30-acre farm east of Ridge home. Trees and buildings in background.

Black and white photograph of one woman sitting in dirt and one person standing in irrigation ditch next to row boards and vegetable crops. Buildings of 30 acre farm in the distance. Just east of Ridge home.

Black and white photograph if iceberg lettuce harvested and crated, awaiting loading to go to shippers. A load consisted of about 120 crates on one truckload. Ridge home buildings in background and the old Arvada water pressure tank on the hill to…

Black and white photograph of Vincent (Jimmy) Lotito loading manure for truck farm at Gibson Farm Dairy in Wheat Ridge on 32nd Avenue between Wadsworth and Kipling.