169 results for: Agriculture and Farms
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Tomas Villanueva with Co-op members at the United Farm Workers Cooperative, Toppenish, Washington, July 1967
In July 1967, Mexican-American farm workers in the Yakima Valley started the United Farm Workers Cooperative in Toppenish. At the time, the Co-op was not affiliated with the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement led by Cesar Chavez. The Co-op sold shares for $5 and by August 1967, 150 families had purchased shares. Co-op prices averaged 7% less than grocery stores…
ID Number:1986.5.2894.1
Date:1967
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Tomas Villanueva at the United Farm Workers Cooperative, Toppenish, Washington, July 1967
In July 1967, Mexican-American farm workers in the Yakima Valley started the United Farm Workers Cooperative in Toppenish. At the time, the Co-op was not affiliated with the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement led by Cesar Chavez. The Co-op sold shares for $5 and by August 1967, 150 families had purchased shares. Co-op prices averaged 7% less than grocery stores…
ID Number:1986.5.2894.2
Date:1967
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Members shopping at the United Farm Workers Cooperative, Toppenish, Washington, July 1967
In July 1967, Mexican-American farm workers in the Yakima Valley started the United Farm Workers Cooperative in Toppenish. At the time, the Co-op was not affiliated with the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement led by Cesar Chavez. The Co-op sold shares for $5 and by August 1967, 150 families had purchased shares. Co-op prices averaged 7% less than grocery stores…
ID Number:1986.5.2894.3
Date:1967
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Group sorting donations for migrant farm workers, Seattle, August 21, 1967
In August 1967, more than 8,000 migrant workers arrived in the Yakima Valley before crops were ready to harvest. Poor harvests in neighboring states had pushed them to the Yakima Valley early to look for work. Unfortunately, no work was available when they arrived and thousands of migrants were forced to wait for the apple harvest in September. Most could…
ID Number:1986.5.2901.11
Date:1967
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Men delivering boxes of goods for shipment to migrant farm workers, Seattle, August 21, 1967
In August 1967, more than 8,000 migrant workers arrived in the Yakima Valley before crops were ready to harvest. Poor harvests in neighboring states had pushed them to the Yakima Valley to look for work. Unfortunately, no work was available when they arrived and thousands of migrants were forced to wait for the apple harvest in September. Most could not…
ID Number:1986.5.2902.5
Date:1967
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Youth farm workers' camp near Auburn, June 28, 1943
World War II caused a shortage of farm labor. Some workers left to serve in the military. Japanese Americans, many of whom farmed in King County, Washington, were forcibly removed to inland incarceration camps. In late June 1943, a call went out asking Seattle and area residents to pick peas, berries, and other crops or work in canning plants. Several…
ID Number:1986.5.2904.1
Date:1943
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Young women farm volunteers waiting for the shower, June 28, 1943
World War II caused a shortage of farm labor. Some workers had left to serve in the military. Japanese Americans, many of whom farmed in King County, Washington, had been forcibly removed to inland incarceration camps. In late June 1943, a call went out asking Seattle and area residents to pick peas, berries, and other crops or work in canning…
ID Number:1986.5.2904.2
Date:1943
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Migrant workers harvesting hay, 1944
The entrance of the United States into World War II created a shortage of farm laborers, as American men left to serve in the war. In the Yakima Valley and western Washington, the labor shortage was exacerbated by the incarceration of Japanese-Americans, many of whom worked on farms. The Braceros program, a series of laws and diplomatic agreements between the…
ID Number:1986.5.2905.1
Date:1944
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Two men cooking in a kitchen of migrant camp, 1944
The entrance of the United States into World War II created a shortage of farm laborers, as American men left to serve in the war. In the Yakima Valley and western Washington, the labor shortage was exacerbated by the incarceration of Japanese-Americans, many of whom worked on farms. The Braceros program, a series of laws and diplomatic agreements between the…
ID Number:1986.5.2905.2
Date:1944
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Migrant workers harvesting, Skagit Valley, 1943
The entrance of the United States into World War II created a shortage of farm laborers, as American men left to serve in the war. In the Yakima Valley and western Washington, the labor shortage was exacerbated by the incarceration of Japanese-Americans, many of whom worked on farms. The Braceros program, a series of laws and diplomatic agreements between the…
ID Number:1986.5.2907.1
Date:1943