Braceros in Oregon Photograph Collection

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1. Picking potatoes
Picking potatoes
Description
Mexicans pick up potatoes on the Dalton & Evans farm near Malin, Klamath county, with a digger in the background.
2. Contracting for labor
Contracting for labor
Description
Bryant Williams, farm labor assistant, and Preston Daughton, USES representative, arrange with S.E. Starr and K.A. Bursell for Mexican workers.
3. Onion harvest
Onion harvest
Description
Onions are laid out carefully with tops over bulbs to prevent sunburn.
4. New arrivals, Hood River
New arrivals, Hood River
Description
New arrivals from Mexico
5. Sleeping quarters
Sleeping quarters
Description
Inside one of the dormitory buildings, showing the type of sleeping quarters provided
6. Poker after work
Poker after work
Description
Mexican workers playing poker during their after-work hours
7. Living quarters
Living quarters
Description
Mexican workers living quarters
8. Harvesting onions
Harvesting onions
Description
Onions harvested by Mexican Nationals show tops laid over onions to cure and prevent weather damage to bulbs.
9. Cauliflower harvest
Cauliflower harvest
Description
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 with 9 to 12 heads per crate.
10. Potato harvest
Potato harvest
Description
Mexican farm workers help harvest potatoes.