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	Image Title:	Subject:	Description/Notes:

41.	Lunches distributed	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon	Lunches being distributed to Mexican workers at 6:00 a.m

42.	New arrivals, Hood River	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon	New arrivals from Mexico

43.	Poker after work	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Card games; Social life--Recreation	Mexican workers playing poker during their after-work hours

44.	Piling flax	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Flax	Mexicans work for growers piling flax.

45.	Potato pickers	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Potatoes; Harvesting	Each picker stays on his own row until finished, carrying a supply of empty sacks fastened to a picking belt.

46.	Laborers ready for harvesting	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon; Farm trucks	Mexican Nationals loaded into a truck ready to begin a days work at harvesting, Hood River

47.	Potato harvesting	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting machinery; Potatoes	Harvesting the early potato crop in Malheur county was made possible by the presence of the Mexicans. One example is this digger at work on the Roy Holmes farm.

48.	Picking belt	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting; Potatoes	Style of picking belt, to which sack is fastened and dragged between the legs

49.	Laborers ready to work	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon; Farm trucks	Farmer's trucks lined up at the Athena farm labor camp awaiting loads of Mexicans for the pea harvest

50.	Mail call	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon	Returning to camp after the day's work the Mexicans go first to the "mail wall" where letters from home are posted.

51.	Kitchen workers	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Cooks; Cooking utensils	Mexican workers helping in the kitchens

52.	Bean pickers	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Beans; Harvesting	Mexican bean pickers

53.	Potato harvest	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting; Potatoes	Mexicans put spuds in half-sacks for trucks to pick up at Dalton & Evans Ranch.

54.	Klamath onion field	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting; Onions	Part of a 65-acre onion field owned by West & Lyon being harvested by Mexicans

55.	Peas ready for canning	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Peas	Worker shown with peas ready for canning

56.	Loading out	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon; Farm trucks	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...

57.	Picking cherries	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Orchards; Cherries; Harvesting	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.

58.	Working in hop fields	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Hops; Hop pickers	Hardwick and his crew at work in the hop field

59.	Preparing dinner	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Cookery	In the cook tents the crew has been busy preparing the evening meal, the largest of the day.

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