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21.	Dining area	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon	Dining tents have tables and benches. The sides of the tents are raised to provide air circulation.

22.	Combine operation	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting machinery	Mexicans were used on this combine operation on the Harry Wilson farm near Malin.

23.	Camp health services	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Health and hygiene--Oregon; Medical care	Camp health service center

24.	Getting lunches	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon;	Mexicans gathered at the loading area beside the road, getting their noon lunches for the day

25.	Picking up prunes	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Prunes; Orchards; Harvesting	One man per tree was the usual rule in picking up prunes.

26.	Working with pea viner	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting machinery; Peas	Mexican Nationals working on a pea viner

27.	Harvesting cucumbers	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Cucumbers; Harvesting	Mexican workers harvesting cucumbers

28.	Harvesting cucumbers	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Cucumbers; Harvesting	Mexican workers picking cucumbers (Columbia County)

29.	Harvesting cucumbers	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting; Cucumbers	Mexicans harvesting cucumbers, Columbia County

30.	Harvesting onions	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Onions; Harvesting	Onions harvested by Mexican Nationals show tops laid over onions to cure and prevent weather damage to bulbs.

31.	Boxes of pea vines	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting machinery; Peas	Some growers stack their pea vines like hay.

32.	Guitar playing	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon; Social life--Music; Guitars	In the evening musical instruments come out and typical Spanish tunes fill the air.

33.	Harvesting potatoes	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting; Potatoes	Mexicans pick up spuds on the Roy Holmes farm. Of the 10,000 acres of potatoes picked, 4,500 acres were harvested early.

34.	Harvesting potatoes	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting; Potatoes	Mexican farm worker picking in potato field

35.	Baskets for hop picking	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Hops; Hop pickers	Mexican workers on Horst ranch taking empty baskets for hop picking

36.	Onion harvest	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Onions; Harvesting	Onions are laid out carefully with tops over bulbs to prevent sunburn.

37.	Potato harvest	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Potatoes; Harvesting	Mexicans picking up potatoes were either paid 75 cents per hour or by the sack.

38.	Ready for field harvesting	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Farm trucks	Mexican workers loaded into trucks for a day of work in the fields

39.	Merrill work camp	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon	View of the Merrill Mexican work camp looking south

40.	Hoeing sugar beets	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Beets	Mexican Nationals hoeing sugar beets in Malheur County