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Strikers in Cucumber Field
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A group of young migrant farm laborers leaving a cucumber field in a Chevy station wagon for a union rally in Portage. Three children are looking at the camera.This photograph is a part of Wisconsin-native David Giffey's series "Struggle for Justice," images from the migrant farm worker struggle during the nationwide grape boycott movement started by Cesar Chavez of United Farm Workers during the 1960s and 1970s. Many migrant farm laborers traveled from Texas to Wisconsin in search of seasonal field work where cucumbers were a major crop.Huelguistas en un campo de pepinoUn grupo de jóvenes obreros agrícolas emigrantes dejan un campo de pepino en una furgoneta Chevy para ir a una manifestación en Portage. Tres niños miran hacia la cámara. Esta fotografía es parte de la serie "Lucha por la Justicia" tomada por David Giffey, originario de Wisconsin, las imágenes muestran la lucha de los trabajadores agrícolas emigrantes durante el movimiento nacional del boicot de uvas empezado por Cesar Chávez de la unión de campesinos o United Farm Workers durante los años 1960 y 1970. Muchos obreros agrícolas emigrantes viajaban desde Texas hacia Wisconsin en busca de trabajo temporal en los campos, en los cuales pepino era muy importante.
1967
Giffey, David
Publication Information
| Creator | Giffey, David |
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| Date Created | 1967 |
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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| Call Number | 1114000054 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED |
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