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Title: Interior of a cannery
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: 1935-1945
Contributing Institution: History San Jose Research Library
Collection: History San Jose Online Catalog
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Interior of a cannery showing the women workers cutting and preparing fruit for canning. Men and boys hauled the fruit inside; female cutters worked rapidly in 10 hour shifts. A large drive belt can be seen coming down from the ceiling on the right of the image.
Type: image
Format: Color print
Identifier: 0DAE7D56-FDC2-4114-A723-074135173916
2004-17-309
Subject: Fruit industry
Canneries
Canned foods industry (LCSH)
Cans
Cannery workers
Conveying systems
Interiors
Women

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