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Sugar beet worker
Transported Mexican National sugar beet worker.
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.
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.