Migrant workers weeding onions near Stronghold, California

United States. Bureau of Reclamation

KP-1205-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II. General view of migrant agricultural workers imported as a group from San Antonio, Texas, and now residing in the surplus WRA (War Relocation Authority) camp at Newell, California, weeding onions by hand near Stronghold, California. This method of weeding is quite expensive and in many areas it is being superceded by the use of chemical weed eliminators; June 26, 1946; Photo by J. E. Fluharty

Title

Migrant workers weeding onions near Stronghold, California

Creator

United States. Bureau of Reclamation

Source

Original photograph: 25 x 21 cm, black & white photo, caption under photo reads "KP-1205-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II. General view of migrant agricultural workers improted (sic) as a group from San antonio (sic), Texas, and now residing in the surplus WRA camp at Newell, Cal ifor ia (sic), weeding onions by hand near Stronghold, California. This method of weeding is quite expensive and in many areas it is being superceded by the use of chemical weed eliminators. J. E. Fluharty, Photo June 26, 1946", from Black Binders
Digital reproduction of photograph: KP-1205-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II, Black Binders, Bureau of Reclamation

Date Original

1946-06-26

Date Digitized

2005-07-25

Date Available

2006-06-16

Other Identifiers

local: BOR-25-Jul-2005-1179

Subject (Topic)

Agriculture
Farm life -- California
Onions
Agricultural laborers, Foreign
Children of agricultural laborers
Agriculture; Local History

Format

image