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	Image Title:	Subject:	Description/Notes:

1.	Barrels of pickles	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Cucumbers; Pickle industry	Barrels of cucumber pickles harvested by Mexicans, Columbia County

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

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

4.	Boxes of cucumbers	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Cucumbers; Harvesting	Mexican workers picking cucumbers

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

6.	Cafeteria pie	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon	Pie was the dessert prepared on this day for the Mexican workers

7.	Cafeteria service	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon	Serving men cafeteria style is done at two places

8.	Camp dispensary	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Medical care; Agricultural laborers--Health and hygiene--Oregon	Mrs. Dorothy Burleson, nurse at Athena and Milton Freewater farm labor camps, dispenses cough medicine to Zamora Heriberto Perez. She stands at the door of the trailer dispensary.

9.	Camp dispensary	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Health and hygiene--Oregon; Medical care	Mrs. Dorothy Burleson, Walla Walla nurse at Athena and Milton-Freewater farm labor camps, treats a Mexican National in a trailer dispensary at the Athena camp.

10.	Camp flag raising	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon; Flags--Mexican	Flag raising ceremony, Columbia County Mexcian farm labor camp

11.	Camp headquarters, Nyssa	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon	A camp with permanent headquarters, buildings and frame cabins used for the Mexicans at Nyssa

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

13.	Cauliflower	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Cauliflower; Harvesting	Alphonso Hernandez opens up a beautiful head of cauliflower

14.	Cauliflower harvest	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting; Cauliflower	Alphonso Hernandez trims the tops off the crate of cauliflower near Gresham, Oregon. He has nearly 20 acres of cauliflower and brussel sprouts. He estimates a yield of 400 crates of cauliflower to an acre...

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

16.	Contracting for labor	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon	Bryant Williams, farm labor assistant, and Preston Daughton, USES representative, arrange with S.E. Starr and K.A. Bursell for Mexican workers.

17.	Crates of peas	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Peas	Workers hauling crates of peas

18.	Crew chief in the field	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Hops; Hop pickers	Humberto Videl Garcia, Mexican interpreter, receives instruction from Jack Hardwicke, crew chief, while Williams listens in.

19.	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.

20.	Directing the crews	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting; Orchards	Mrs. Merril Hart, retired farmer's wife, speaks Spanish to help direct the Mexican work crews.