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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Japanese evacuees harvesting onion seed in Malheur County
Japanese evacuees harvesting onion seed in Malheur County
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.
6. Hoeing sugar beets
Hoeing sugar beets
Description
Mexican Nationals hoeing sugar beets in Malheur County
7. Sugar beet worker
Sugar beet worker
Description
Transported Mexican National sugar beet worker
8. Potato harvest
Potato harvest
Description
Mexicans picking up potatoes were either paid 75 cents per hour or by the sack.
9. Camp headquarters, Nyssa
Camp headquarters, Nyssa
Description
A camp with permanent headquarters, buildings and frame cabins used for the Mexicans at Nyssa
10. Harvesting potatoes
Harvesting potatoes
Description
Mexicans pick up spuds on the Roy Holmes farm. Of the 10,000 acres of potatoes picked, 4,500 acres were harvested early.
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