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Delta Labor Agency Recruiting Trailer
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Side view of Delta Labor Agency recruiting trailer in South Texas showing advertisement in Spanish seeking men, women and families to pick tomatoes in California and men and women to work in plant nurseries in Texas. Advertisement reads: "Nesesitamos hombres y mujeres para trabajar en norcerias en Dallas y Fort Worth Texas" and "Nesesitamos hombres, mujeres y familias para la pisca de tomate en California. Tenemos buenas casas — el trabajo principia en Mayo y terminamos en Noviembre." "Men and women needed to work in nurseries in Dallas and Fort Worth Texas" and "Men, women and families needed to pick tomatoes in California. We have good houses — Work begins in May and ends in November." Tráiler de la agencia reclutadora de trabajo Delta Labor Agency Vista lateral de un tráiler de la agencia reclutadora Delta Labor Agency en el sur de Texas, tiene un anuncio en español pidiendo hombres, mujeres, y familias para pizcar jitomates en California y hombres y mujeres para trabajar en viveros de plantas en Texas. El anuncio dice: "Nesesitamos hombres y mujeres para trabajar en norcerias en Dallas y Fort Worth Texas" y "Nesesitamos hombres, mujeres y familias para la pisca de tomate en California. Tenemos buenas casas — el trabajo principia en Mayo y terminamos en Noviembre."
1969
Giffey, David
Publication Information
| Creator | Giffey, David |
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| Date Created | 1969 |
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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Collection Information
| Source Collection | South Madison oral history project and migrant farmworker photographs, 1966-1971, 1999-2000 |
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Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED |
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