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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
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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. Handling crates of beans
Handling crates of beans
Description
Large crops of beans were handled with assistance from professional and business men. Their shifts lasted from 7-11 p.m.. County school superintendent L. C. Moffitt is shown here trucking bean crates.
3. Filbert pickers
Filbert pickers
Description
The filbert pickers are coeds from Benton County, Oregon.
4. German POWs operating a potato bulker
German POWs operating a potato bulker
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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. Boys working prune washer and sizer
Boys working prune washer and sizer
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High school boys are working on prune washer and sizer in the George Minty plant in Dallas, Oregon.
6. Weighing Hops
Weighing Hops
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P.M. Osborne, section boss from Salem, is watching two weighers hold the hops belonging to Myrna Hedrick, 14, Dequeen, Arkansas
7. 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.
8. Older farm laborers
Older farm laborers
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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.
9. Bean tipping machines
Bean tipping machines
Description
These two men on the bean tippers are H. H. Huges, SP locamotive engineer, and Walter Sorenson, sawyer in the Springfield Plywood mill.
10. Platoon members eating lunch
Platoon members eating lunch
Description
Three junior high school members of Lovina Wilson's platoon are eating lunch after working in the fields. There were 42 in this platoon.
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