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Title
Piru Packing House
Creator
Unknown
Contributor
Black Gold Cooperative Library System
Date Created and/or Issued
undated : circa mid-20th century
Contributing Institution
Black Gold Cooperative Library System
Collection
Hispanics on the Central Coast - 300 Years of History
Rights Information
Copyright status unknown
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Description
Six women in a line, each sit or kneel behind a Mansion packing box at Piru Packing House. Citrus fruit is in a bin to the left, conveyor belt on right. In background, other workers are at an elevated level and have their backs to the camera. Image originally obtained from Ventura County Museum of History and Art.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 X 26 cm.
Identifier
http://www.luna.blackgold.org/luna/servlet/detail/blackgold~4~4~117~1221
http://blackgold.lunaimaging.com:80/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/blackgold~4~4/36/CVTB_146.jpg
ark:/13030/c8jm28d4
Language
English
Subject
Ventura County (Calif.)
Piru Packing House (Ventura County, Calif.)
Hispanic Americans--Employment--California--Ventura County
Fruit industry--California--Ventura County
Source
CVTB_146.JPG
Part of "Historical Photos of Four Ethnicities on California's Central Coast" Collection
Originally published as part of Hispanics on the Central Coast: a photo essay

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