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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: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of children with giant watermelons. Four girls wearing dresses and bows hold a giant slice of melon across them as they all bite into it. Two ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Two boys haul four giant plums using a small wagon pulled by two white goats. One boy is holding the reins. The boys are wearing jackets and caps. The back... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Cover of a booklet published by International Harvester titled "Make the Garden Pay." Features a color illustration of a basket filled with vegetables and ... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A group of picketers supporting the nationwide United Farmworkers/AFL-CIO grape boycott in front of Kroger Supermarket. Picketers are carrying signs that s... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Ernesto Chacon, a grape boycott organizer from Milwaukee, is wearing a jacket, sunglasses and a necklace around his neck. He is holding a United Farmworker... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | On the left, Ernesto Chacon, is in sunglasses and holding a sign that says, "Don't Buy Grapes," picketing for the United Farmworkers/AFL-CIO grape boycott.... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Four young men sitting in front of a grocery store. The young man on the left is sitting beside a crate of corn, wearing sunglasses and holding a bag of gr... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Picketers in front of Kroger supermarket in Milwaukee carrying United Farmworkers (UFW)/AFL-CIO signs that read, "Boycott Grapes" to support the grape boyc... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing a paisley dress is carrying a United Farmworkers (UFW)/AFL-CIO sign in front of a Kroger store that reads, "Honor Picket Line/ National Cou... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A benefit gathering at James Rector People's Park to support the United Farmworkers (UFW) grape boycott. The UFW sign, with its eagle symbol, posted in th... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A Huelgusta (striker) against Fall River Canning Company with Obreros Unidos (United Workers), standing with a crowd. She is wearing round earrings, a blac... |
| 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: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Jon P. Wilcox (far left), cucumber grower and state legislator, crossing the grape boycott picket line at a Kroger store. In 1969, Grape boycotts in Wiscon... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A child worker wearing a short sleeve plaid shirt, dark pants and no shoes is carrying grapefruit from a Texas grove on his shoulder. He is looking into th... |
| 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: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A large unripened lemon hangs from a bare branch of a potted lemon tree photographed in a parlor. The tree has lost most of its leaves. A printed inscripti... |
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| Description: | Seated view of "Beach Ball Girl" holding an apple. |
| Date: | 07 06 2015 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing glasses is picking cherries from a tree while standing on a ladder. A tupperware container on the ladder is full of cherries. |
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