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Title: Hand Cutting of Bercut-Richards Packing Company Peaches
Date Created and/or Issued: 1942
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Photographs
Rights Information: This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description: This photograph, taken in August 1942, shows women at work cutting peaches in half by hand and removing the stones at Bercut-Richards Packing Company. The war-time shortage of male workers had no effect on this industry, as this scene displays a wide array of ages and nationalities preparing and packing local fruit for eventual canning.
Type: image
Identifier: 1294
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll1/id/2315
Subject: Canneries
Agricultural Industry
Source: Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

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