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1. Native American strawberry picker
Native American strawberry picker
Description
Indian strawberry picker near Gresham, Oregon.
2. Portrait of a Japanese American woman
Portrait of a Japanese American woman
Description
Japanese American field worker, Ontario, Oregon. In May 1942, Malheur County became one of the first areas to recruit Japanese- American evacuees for farm work. Some of the evacuees remained in Eastern Oregon after the order excluding them from the West Coast was lifted in January 1945.
3. Japanese American workers planting onions
Japanese American workers planting onions
Description
Japanese American workers planting onions in Malheur County. Japanese American work crews were often made up of several related families, including parents and in-laws.
4. Japanese American workers hoeing beets
Japanese American workers hoeing beets
Description
About 450 Japanese Americans from relocation centers were used for farm labor in Malheur County. While most worked mostly for Japanese farmers, these workers are working in the Dale Garrison beet field.
5. Japanese evacuees harvesting onion seed in Malheur County
Japanese evacuees harvesting onion seed in Malheur County
6. African American group in bean field
African American group in bean field
Description
A group of African-Americans working in a bean field near Scappoose, Oregon, led by Rev. M. C. Cheek of Guilds Lake Community Church, 1947. After the war ended, many African-Americans previously employed in Portland's shipyards sought farm work. Although relatively few in number, they were segregated into their own work platoons. Some farmers refused to employ them.
7. Native Americans working pea viner
Native Americans working pea viner
Description
Some Indians were used in the pea vining operations. They are working on the C. C. Curl farm in Umatilla County, Oregon.
8. Loftus, Mitzi Transcript Part 1
Loftus, Mitzi Transcript Part 1
9. Kobayashi, Kenge Transcript Part 1
Kobayashi, Kenge Transcript Part 1
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