Japanese Labour Employed in Packing Oranges Produced in the Groves of Southern California

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"Japanese Labour Employed in Packing Oranges Produced in the Groves of Southern California"

Entry/Object ID

2009.299.1.1

Description

A print, "Japanese Labour Employed in Packing Oranges Produced in the Groves of Southern California," ca. 1920s. The item, removed from a British magazine, shows several Japanese men and other persons packing oranges on an assembly line at an Arlington Heights (Riverside) packing house. The title and caption are below. On the reverse is a print from the Federal Hospital for Immigrants on Ellis Island in New York. With some rippling and light soiling, the condition is good.

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California. Department of Public Health. Bureau of Child Hygiene, United States. Department of Labor. Children's Bureau.

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