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Title
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Potato pickers
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Description
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A bare field in which has been recently harvested with bags of potatoes standing throughout. This was somewhere in rural Washington County, Oregon. Workers can be seen in the background, with a car and a side panel pick-up truck parked nearby. Museum records identify the people in the image as members of a group of 'potato pickers,' most likely migrant workers. Migrant farm labor has been an important part of agriculture in Washington County since the early 1900s, though the cultural groups which provide the majority of the laborers have changed over time.
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Identifier
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WCMpic_013695
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Date Created
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circa 1959
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Date
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1959
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Medium
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gelatin silver negatives
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Rights
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Online access to this image is for research and educational purposes only. To inquire about permissions, order a reproduction, or for more information, please contact the Five Oaks Museum at Research@FiveOaksMuseum.org.
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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Type
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Still Image
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Source
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Washington County Museum
