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Workers Discuss Strategy after Walkout
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Jorge Vasquez (wearing beret) discusses strategy with Fall River Canning Company workers after walkout. Children, youth and adults stand clustered in a circle around Vasquez in a gravel parking lot. Trabajadores discutiendo una estrategia después de un paro laboral Jorge Vásquez (vistiendo una boina) discute estrategia con trabajadores de Fall River Canning Company después de un paro laboral. Niños, adolescentes, y adultos están parados en un círculo alrededor de Vásquez en un estacionamiento de grava.
1969
Giffey, David
Publication Information
| Creator | Giffey, David |
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| Date Created | 1969 |
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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Collection Information
| Source Collection | South Madison oral history project and migrant farmworker photographs, 1966-1971, 1999-2000 |
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| Call Number | 1114000014 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED |
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