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1. Mr. and Mrs H. L. Worley at the Mitoma Hop Yard
Mr. and Mrs H. L. Worley at the Mitoma Hop Yard
Description
Mr. and Mrs H.L. Worley, from Longview, Washington, are picking hops at the Mitoma Hop Yard near Independence. He is a Texan; she is a Minnesotan. He was a Marine private during the war and saw service at Bremerton, Washington. Presently, he is a second rigger in the woods and is picking hops while the woods are closed as a fire precaution. $8.13 one day--August 21
2. Filbert pickers
Filbert pickers
Description
The filbert pickers are coeds from Benton County, Oregon.
3. Cranberry harvesting
Cranberry harvesting
Description
The rubber vacuum tube in Jim Olson's hands carries a powerful suction generated by a motor-driven fan. As the end of the tube is moved rapidly back and forth among the vines, the cranberries are knocked loose and drawn into the machine through the vacuum.
4. German POWs operating a potato bulker
German POWs operating a potato bulker
Description
A crew of 7 German prisoner's of war are operating the potato bulker on the Frank Bell farm just across the state line in Tulelake, California.
5. Two boys with strawberry carriers
Two boys with strawberry carriers
Description
Ed Castillo, 12, left, and Kent Bradshaw, 13, from Salem, walking with strawberry carriers. Ed picked 18 carriers and Kent 16 in one six hour day, at 42 cents per carrier. L.W. Scoggin Farm, Grand Island district of Yamhill County.
6. Older farm laborers
Older farm laborers
Description
Mr. and Mrs. William Rick, Baker, picking at the Mitoma hopyard near Independence. They are old timers and have been picking each season for 30 years. He is 77; she, 72; $12 per day.
7. Cranberry picking machine
Cranberry picking machine
Description
One type of cranberry harvesting machines becoming popular in Coos County bogs is a vacuum. Jim Olson, Bandon grower, foreground, used two of these machines when harvesting his 2 1/2 acre bog. Olson's bog yielded around 800 quarter-barrel boxes per acre.
8. Shirley Gamble and Haroldine DeBord
Shirley Gamble and Haroldine DeBord
Description
Shirley Gamble, 17, left and Haroldine DeBord, 16, are picking up a crate of raspberries near Boring, Oregon.
9. Joan Renner
Joan Renner
Description
Joan Renner, 15 years old, from West Linn, is transferring blackcaps from her picking carrier to a crate on the John Phillips farm in the Carus community of Clackamas County.
10. Mr. and Mrs H. L. Worley at the Mitoma Hop Yard
Mr. and Mrs H. L. Worley at the Mitoma Hop Yard
Description
Mr. and Mrs H.L. Worley, from Longview, Washington, are picking hops at the Mitoma Hop Yard near Independence. He is a Texan; she is a Minnesotan. He was a Marine private during the war and saw service at Bremerton, Washington. Presently, he is a second rigger in the woods and is picking hops while the woods are closed as a fire precation. $8.13 one day--August 21
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