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Putting bars up to hold bags of olive pulp in place while under the hydraulic pressure which forces out the oil. Lindsay, California. About seventy-five percent of the oil content of the olives is removed by the first application of pressure; it is the oil obtained in the first pressing which is ter
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Credit linePutting bars up to hold bags of olive pulp in place while under the hydraulic pressure which forces out the oil. Lindsay, California. About seventy-five percent of the oil content of the olives is rem. 1942-01-01. Lee, Russell. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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