MAKE A MEME View Large Image Near Mission San Jose, Santa Clara County, California. Family labor in strawberry field at opening . . . - NARA - 537548.tif Scope and content The full caption for this photograph reads Near Mission San Jose Santa Clara County California ...
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Keywords: Near Mission San Jose, Santa Clara County, California. Family labor in strawberry field at opening . . . - NARA - 537548.tif Scope and content The full caption for this photograph reads Near Mission San Jose Santa Clara County California Family labor in strawberry field at opening of 1942 season Evacuation due in a few days For many years approximately 95 of California's strawberry crop has been produced by Japanese and this state has become third in the nation in the production of this crop Evacuation of Japanese has left in Santa Clara County alone 50 unoccupied strawberry farms crop value around 100 000 annually In this state the Japanese cropped approximately 11 000 acres --San Francisco Chronicle April 17 1942 The workers in the field are members of or related to the family who operates the farm During harvest season they work about 10 to 12 hours a day everyday except Saturday Their home is seen beyond the strawberry rows Note irrigation General notes 537548 Local identifier 210-G-C200 Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority 02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946 NARA-Author Lange Dorothea 1895-1965 Photographer 1372774 <br /> Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 1942-04-26 Record group Record Group 210 Records of the War Relocation Authority 1941 - 1989 Record group ARC 537 Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority compiled 1942 - 1945 Series ARC 536000 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWDNS-210-G-C200 yes Other versions <gallery> File Near_Mission_San_Jose _Santa_Clara_County _California _Family_labor_in_strawberry_field_at_opening_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_537548 tif tif File Near_Mission_San_Jose _Santa_Clara_County _California _Family_labor_in_strawberry_field_at_opening_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_537548 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Dorothea Lange NARA TIF images with categorized JPGs California
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