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

42.	Picking prunes	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Orchards; Prunes; Harvesting	Mexican at work picking prunes

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

44.	Picking potatoes	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Potatoes; Harvesting; Harvesting machinery	Mexicans pick up potatoes on the Dalton & Evans farm near Malin, Klamath county, with a digger in the background.

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

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

47.	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.

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

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

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

51.	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...

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

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

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

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

56.	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

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

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

59.	Man with sack of apples	Apples -- Harvesting

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