Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Muscat Winery

Muscat Cooperative Winery Association

Wineland, California

USGS Topo Map from 1924

The Winery is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad's
Fresno line on the siding that SP calls "Sunmaid"
near milepost 223


Lange, Dorothea, photographer. Between Tulare and Fresno, California on US 99. Winery belonging to Muscat Cooperative Winery Association. May. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2017772019/>.

In May 1939, noted photographer Dorthea Lange captured this crystal sharp black and white photograph of the then 4 year old Muscat Cooperative Winery Association plant located between Selma and Kingsburg, California. This photograph is looking due North, State Highway 99 and the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks are just behind the photographer.




The Muscat Cooperative Winery Association was formed in 1935. Embossed Logo. 

Bottle label circa 1930s

Southern Pacific SPINS map from 1984 showing the switch number for the winery (3258) and note the railroad is using the name "Videl Winery" to reference this shipper.


Muscat Winery

Muscat Cooperative Winery Association Wineland, California USGS Topo Map from 1924 The Winery is located on the Southern Paci...