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Harvesting cucumbers
Mexicans harvesting cucumbers in Columbia County.
Mail call
Returning to camp after the day's work the Mexicans go first to the "mail wall" where letters from home are posted.
Guitar playing
In the evening musical instruments come out and typical Spanish tunes fill the air.
Directing the crews
Mrs. Merril Hart, retired farmer's wife, speaks Spanish to help direct the Mexican work crews.
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.