Braceros in Oregon Photograph Collection

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1. Picking potatoes
Picking potatoes
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Mexicans pick up potatoes on the Dalton & Evans farm near Malin, Klamath county, with a digger in the background.
2. Pea harvest operations
Pea harvest operations
Description
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 peas from the surrounding fields.
3. Vine threshers
Vine threshers
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At the other end of the viners the threshed vines come out. One young Mexcian, who can read English, is enjoying himself with a magazine.
4. Working with pea viner
Working with pea viner
Description
Mexican Nationals working on a pea viner
5. Potato harvesting
Potato harvesting
Description
Harvesting the early potato crop in Malheur county was made possible by the presence of the Mexicans. One example is this digger at work on the Roy Holmes farm.