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| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Farm worker, Frank White, stops harvesting to pose with watermelon found among the cotton crop. The field, part of the O'Neill Ranch located in Helm, Calif... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Men carry baskets around their waists while picking peaches from trees in an orchard. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Two men load peaches onto the back of an International D-35 truck used by Peachacre Farm. One man is standing on a ladder with a basket near a tree in the ... |
| Date: | 04 10 1935 |
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| Description: | Men load boxes of fruit, possibly oranges or grapefruit, into an International Model C-35 truck owned by the Clearwater Growers Association. Men using ladd... |
| Date: | 04 10 1935 |
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| Description: | Three men load wooden crates of fruit onto the bed of an International C-20 truck owned by the Citrus City Growers Association. |
| Date: | 04 10 1935 |
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| Description: | Two men load the back of a bed of an International Model C-35 truck with wooden crates full of citrus fruit, while Walter Phillips stands near the driver's... |
| Date: | 04 10 1935 |
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| Description: | A man loads a crate of citrus fruit onto an International Model C-35 truck in an orchard. The truck was used by Dr. Phillips Company, owners of 5,000 acres... |
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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. |
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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... |
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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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| 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." |
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| Description: | A group of workers harvest the fruit in a pineapple field. There is a large pile of pineapples in the foreground. |
| Date: | 06 23 1924 |
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| Description: | Two men using what appears to be a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor to "pull stumps" in an orchard on the R.R. Robertson farm. |
| Date: | 08 1923 |
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| Description: | Man spraying pesticide(?) on a tree in an orchard. Original Caption: "Copy negative loaned by Niagara Sprayer Company. No negative." |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Migrant farm workers harvesting tomatoes in the Rio Grande Valley. Obreros Unidos (United Workers) grew in Wisconsin during the 1960s and had deep roots ... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A woman holding a bucket and wearing a covering over her head, a checkered long sleeve shirt, pants, and gloves. She is standing behind crates of Roma toma... |
| Date: | 07 23 1924 |
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| Description: | A group of men and women pack cherries on a bench made of planks and sawhorses. Fruit crates are stacked on the ground and in the back of a nearby truck. O... |
| Date: | 07 23 1924 |
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| Description: | A group of men and women pack cherries on a workbench made of planks and sawhorses. Wooden fruit crates are stacked in a truck and on the ground. There are... |
| Date: | 05 1911 |
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| Description: | A pickup truck carrying a crew of 12 men is parked between two automobiles in front of a barn. The truck is identified as "Bingham & Lawrence Fruit and Nur... |
| Date: | 05 1911 |
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| Description: | Stone walls line a tilled field where workers carry shovels and bundles of small trees to plant an orchard. |
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