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Picking cherries
Cherries were so much in demand this year that even the Black Republican variety of small, black cherries were picked clean by the Mexicans and sold for a good price.
Work camp
One of the streets in the Mexican worker camp formerly used by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Merrill work camp
View of the Merrill Mexican work camp looking south.
Waiting line for dinner
A line of Braceros workers waiting outside the dining tents for supper. Service is quick enough to prevent long waiting in line.
Tomato harvesters
Two of the Mexican pickers with Mrs. Dloff.
Sugar beet worker
Transported Mexican National sugar beet worker.
Camp dispensary
Mrs. Dorothy Burleson, Walla Walla nurse at Athena and Milton-Freewater farm labor camps, treating a Mexican National in a trailer dispensary at the Athena camp.
Potato pickers
Each picker stays on his own row until finished, carrying a supply of empty sacks fastened to a picking belt.
September 16 celebration
Mexican workers holding the Mexican flag to celebrate the anniversary of Mexico's independence during the September 16 celebration.