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Caption: Native American and Mexican laborers harvesting tomatoes.
Date: circa 1970
Historical Context: Harvesting tomatoes demanded enormous amounts of hand labor. Labor was furnished by Native American and Mexican workers until the development of the mechanical tomato harvester in the l970s.
Ethnic Group: Native American, Mexican
Place: Sacramento
Events: Tomato harvest
Names/Biographical Data: Unidentified
Key Words: sources, river
Image Number: To see a larger version of this picture, see image number 2846 and select the full-size image.
Objects/Items of Note: Photograph taken down a dirt road, with fields to both sides; wooden crates with "Libby's" logo printed on side. Field hand picking tomatoes.
Image Credit: SMHD, Sac. BEE Collection.