A prune dipper constructed by R.P. and H.W. Barton, circa 1920. Prune dipping involved dumping boxes of prunes into the dipper, running them through a sizer and onto trays which were loaded on cars. Initially the fruit was sun dried until the Barton Bros. developed a dehydrator that dried the fruit.
The ranch's first bulk walnut hulling plant, designed by R. P. Barton about 1950 and manufactured by R. P. Barton Co. Originally located at the site of the present huller on the Escalon ranch.
At the top of the Dodge Ridge Ski Lift, in 1953. Left to Right – Unknown, Alice Barton, Elizabeth Barton (Grandma was the oldest person to have ridden this at that time), unknown, Jerry Barton, Paul Barton, and Bubbles, the cocker spaniel.