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Caption: Mexican-Americans working on a tomato-sorting machine.
Date: 1979
Historical Context: Mexican-Americans working on a tomato-sorting machine in fields outside Sacramento in 1979. This kind of machine, developed by the University of California, Davis, replaced many people in the tomato fields of California.
Ethnic Group: Mexican
Place: Sacramento area
Events: Tomato harvest
Names/Biographical Data: Unidentified
Key Words: sources, river
Image Number: To see a larger version of this picture, see image number 3824 and select the full-size image.
Objects/Items of Note: Canvas shades, conveyor belt hidden.
Image Credit: SMHD, Sac. Ethnic Communities Survey, Rodolfo Cuellar, donor