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. Onion harvest
Onion harvest
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Onions are laid out carefully with tops over bulbs to prevent sunburn.
3. Cauliflower harvest
Cauliflower harvest
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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.
4. Potato harvest
Potato harvest
Description
Mexican farm workers help harvest potatoes.
5. Orchard harvest
Orchard harvest
Description
Mexican workers harvesting tree fruit
6. Bean pickers
Bean pickers
Description
Mexican bean pickers
7. Picking up prunes
Picking up prunes
Description
One man per tree was the usual rule in picking up prunes.
8. Potato harvest
Potato harvest
Description
Mexicans put spuds in half-sacks for trucks to pick up at Dalton & Evans Ranch.
9. Tomato harvesting
Tomato harvesting
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Mexican laborers from the Freewater camp pick early tomatoes on the John R. Dloff farm.
10. Directing the crews
Directing the crews
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Mrs. Merril Hart, retired farmer's wife, speaks Spanish to help direct the Mexican work crews.