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| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A central Wisconsin labor camp consisting of a row of wooden framed building with asphalt siding which housed migrant laborers. At the center, three childr... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Two men are riding on a cucumber harvesting machine called the "Pickle Harvester" as labeled on the center between two lights. The man on the right, wearin... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | At the center stands Father Antonio Gonzales, a former migrant worker from Rio Grande City, Texas, who is visiting his parents in Wautoma. In 1966, he led ... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A child worker wearing a short sleeve plaid shirt, dark pants and no shoes is carrying grapefruit from a Texas grove on his shoulder. He is looking into th... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A nine-year old Jamaican boy wearing a backwards cap, plaid jacket, jeans, and sneakers. He is holding two buckets and is looking at the camera. He is join... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A family from Texas temporarily settles in Waushara County. Their white truck is parked in front of a grassy area and wooden house. The father is standing ... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A woman holding a bucket and wearing a covering over her head, a checkered long sleeve shirt, pants, and gloves. She is standing behind crates of Roma toma... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A recruiter's billboard advertising work available for pickle harvesters. This photograph is a part of Wisconsin-native David Giffey's series "Struggle ... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A boy wearing a white short-sleeved t-shirt and dark pants is barefoot and standing to the left of a communal shower hut for migrant farm workers in a Waut... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Migrant farm workers meeting in Bancroft after a strike. There are four men wearing hats standing in front of a women's outhouse. Strikes in Wisconsin were... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Film still exterior of a group of people at a picnic. A man is holding a bear with a chain in the center of the image. Booths can be seen in background, on... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Two boys standing on the sidewalk are distributing "La Voz Mexicana" ("The Mexican Voice"), the official newspaper of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), a un... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Obreros Unidos (United Workers) migrant farm worker union members at a Bancroft baseball game. Children sit on top of the dugout to watch. Adult men are st... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Movie poster using a heavily retouched film still for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y,'" a western genre film. Shown is actor Roy Stewart playing Calumet Marston ... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A migrant worker family stands in front of a parked vehicle and a cabin that serves as temporary housing in a Wautoma labor camp. Some of the children are ... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A group of children of migrant worker families playing a ball game in a circle with an adult who has his back to the camera at a Waushara County Labor Camp... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | A sign stapled to a tree on a labor camp that says "No trespassing/Visitors will be prosecuted under Section 943.13, Wis. State." This sign was typically u... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | A crowd of migrant workers, children and nuns attending at pre-march rally listening to Jesus Salas, union leader, speak in front of the Waushara County Co... |
| Date: | 08 24 1967 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of 150 workers rallying as a part of Obreros Unidos (United Workers) protest against poor working conditions of migrant farm workers in the S... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | A group of National Farm Workers Association members and supporters applauding rally speakers in front of Waushara County Courthouse. A march to the rally ... |
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