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Potato pickers
Each picker stays on his own row until finished, carrying a supply of empty sacks fastened to a picking belt.
Loading out
Loading out operations at one of the Mexican camps in Umatilla County during cannery pea harvest. Farmers came in with their trucks early in the morning to take assigned crews of Mexicans to their own farms, and returned them to the camp after the…
Pear picker near Medford, Oregon
A migratory fruit picker high on a ladder is picking Comice pears at the Illihee Orchards near Medford, Oregon.
Native Americans working pea viner
Some Indians were used in the pea vining operations. These are working on the C. C. Curl farm in Umatilla County, Oregon.
Harvesting cucumbers
Mexicans harvesting cucumbers in Columbia County.
Japanese American workers hoeing beets
About 450 Japanese from relocation centers were used in Malheur County. They worked mostly for Japanese farmers, though these were working in the Dale Garrison beet field.
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.
German POWs operating a potato bulker
A crew of 7 German prisoner's of war are operating the potato bulker on the Frank Bell farm just across the state line in Tulelake, California.