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Man Reading Newspaper

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Description: A man, presumably a farmer, reading "The Tennessee Union Farmer" newspaper.
Book or Pamphlet

Picking Cotton

Date: 06 1931
Description: African Americans picking cotton on a large plantation in Virginia.
Photograph

Farmers with Large Haystack

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Description: Several farmers posing with a very large haystack. A man identified as "Uncle Dave" is standing on top of the hay.
Poster

"Viva la Huelga!"

Date: 03 10 1971
Description: Poster promoting a demonstration in support of farm workers. Widespread strikes and demonstrations called for agricultural workers' rights. The poster adve...
Photograph

Crating Melons

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Description: A worker, probably in California, and probably a member of Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers union local P78, crating melons for shipment.
Photograph

Mobile Labor Union Office

Date: 11 1955
Description: California farm workers, somewhere near Salinas, wave to the union official who had visited them with the mobile union office of Packinghouse Workers Local...
Photograph

Wallin Brothers Threshing Rig

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Description: Crew of men harvesting grain using horses, a tractor and a thresher. Three men standing in the field at left are wearing suits and hats.
Photograph

Threshing Day

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Description: Threshing day in the fields at the Quinney family farm. View includes, two workers, a tractor powering the thresher, a horse-drawn cart full of straw, a t...
Photograph

Picking Apples in Oregon

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Description: Apple pickers at work in an orchard. Text on photograph reads: "Picking Apples In Oregon."
Photograph

Picking Newton Pippin Apples

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Description: Agricultural workers pick Newton Pippin apples in an orchard. Text on photograph reads: "Picking Newton Pippin Apples."
Photograph

Picking Apples in Oregon

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Description: Agricultural workers pick apples. Text on photograph reads: "Picking Apples In Oregon."
Photograph

Gathering Elberta Peaches

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Description: Agricultural workers pose in an Elberta peach orchard. They pose with a horse-drawn cart carrying baskets of peaches, and some of the men are holding peach...
Photograph

Picking Oranges

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Description: A group of agricultural workers picking oranges in an orchard. Several men are on ladders picking fruit, while other men pose on the ground. A horse-drawn ...
Photograph

Picking Oranges in Southern California

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Description: Three men picking oranges in an orchard. Two of the men use ladders to pick the fruit, and another stands on the ground nearby. Caption reads: "Picking Ora...
Photograph

Picking Oranges in Southern California

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Description: Three men are shown picking oranges in an orchard. Two of the men use ladders to pick the fruit, and another stands on the ground nearby. Caption reads: "P...
Photograph

Picking Pineapples

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Description: Several men picking pineapples in a field. A tree line and two houses are in the distance. Caption reads: "Picking Pines At Fort Pierce, Florida."
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Picking Pineapples

Date: 
Description: Several men pick pineapples in a field. A tree line and two houses are in the distance. Caption reads: "Picking Pines At Fort Pierce, Florida."
Photograph

Harvesting Corn

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Description: Three men in a cornfield, mid-harvest. One of the men is seated on a horse-drawn harvester. "McCormick Chicago" (rest of text illegible) can be read on the...
Photograph

Harvesting Maize

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Description: Three men harvesting maize (corn) in the Texas panhandle. A tractor and other farm machinery is being utilized. Caption reads: "Harvesting Maize In The Pan...
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Binding Oats

Date: 1915
Description: Several agricultural workers are shown binding oats using horse-drawn equipment. A team of five horses are pulling agricultural equipment, and another team...

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