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41.	Loading peas	Harvesting; Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Peas; Farm trucks	Mexican workers loading peas with a hay loader into a truck

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

43.	Mail call	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon	Mail call, waiting for letters from home (Old Mexico)

44.	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.

45.	Man with sack of apples	Apples -- Harvesting

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

47.	Mexican workers	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon	Mexican workers in Benton County

48.	Morning at the camp	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon	Morning at the Mexican camp in the Hood River valley with the men turning out of the tents ready to load into the trucks

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

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

51.	Onion harvest	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Onions; Harvesting	Crew of 20 Mexican Nationals pulling onions on the West & Lyon ranch

52.	Orchard harvest	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Orchards; Harvesting	Mexcian workers harvesting tree fruit

53.	Pea harvest operations	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting; Harvesting machinery; Peas	For cannery pea harvesting operations in Umatilla county, Mexican labor was a major factor in the successful harvesting operations. Note the 12 pea viners in operation, with trucks bringing in cannery...

54.	Pea viners	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon ; Harvesting machinery; Peas	Pea vines are fed into the large viners.

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

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

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

58.	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.

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

60.	Picking potatoes	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting; Potatoes	Mexicans picking potatoes on lake bottom farm belong to Scott Warren, Klamath Falls