Louis Montemeyor of San Antonio, Texas, takes a break from his labors of weeding an onion patch near Stronghold, California

United States. Bureau of Reclamation

KP-1190-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II. Montemeyor is a migrant agricultural worker who is, at the present time, staying at the surplus WRA (War Relocation Authority) camp at Newell, Calif. He likes working in California and has expressed a desire to attend school under the GI Bill. Montemeyor was in the Army Air Corps for three years in the European Theater of Operations. At one time or another he served in Africa, Italy, and France; [June 25, 1946?]

Title

Louis Montemeyor of San Antonio, Texas, takes a break from his labors of weeding an onion patch near Stronghold, California

Creator

United States. Bureau of Reclamation

Source

Original photograph: 21 x 25 cm, black & white photo, caption under photo reads "KP-1190-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II. Louis Montemeyor of San Antonio, Texas, takes a break from his labors of weeding an onion patch near Stronghold, Calif. Montemeyor is a migrant agricultural worker who is, at the present time, staying at the surplus WRA camp at Newell, Calif. He likes working in California and has expressed a desire to attend school under the GI Bill. Montemeyor was in the Army Air Corps for three years in the European Theater of Operations. At one time or another he served in Africa, Italy, and France", from Black Binders
Digital reproduction of photograph: KP-1190-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II, Black Binders, Bureau of Reclamation

Date Original

[1946?]

Date Digitized

2005-07-25

Date Available

2006-06-12

Other Identifiers

local: BOR-25-Jul-2005-1164

Subject (Topic)

Agriculture
Farm life -- California
Onions
Agricultural laborers, Foreign
Agriculture

Format

image