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1.	Workers' living quarters	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon	Two Mexican men in front of the rows of living quarters

2.	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

3.	Workers line up for dinner	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon	Waiting in line for dinner, cafeteria style

4.	Workers line up for dinner	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon	Waiting in line for dinner, cafeteria style

5.	Work camp cafeteria	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon	Cafeteria before dinner, Hood River.

6.	Workers eating lunch	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon	Eating lunch

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

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

9.	Thinning fruit trees	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Harvesting; Orchards	Mexicans thinning fruit trees

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

11.	Fred Pattison and new arrival	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon	Fred Pattison, dispatcher, and a new Mexican arrival, Hood River

12.	Registration, Hood River	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Luggage	Mexican farm workers waiting for registration

13.	Farm workers at their camp	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon	Mexican farm workers pose in camp, Hood River.

14.	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.

15.	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.

16.	Thinning apple trees	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Orchards; Apples; Harvesting	Mexicans learn quickly to handle the ladders and to thin apples according to the desires of the owners.

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

18.	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.

19.	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.

20.	Waiting line for dinner	Agricultural laborers--Mexican--Oregon; Agricultural laborers--Housing--Oregon	A line of men wait outside the dining tents for supper. Service is quick enough to prevent long lines.