Permissions for use must be submitted in writing to: The Head of the Dept. of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis 95616-5292 University of California Regents Department of Special Collections, Shields Library, University of California, 100 N.W. Quad, Davis, CA, 95616-5292 (530) 752-1621; Fax (530) 754-5758 speccoll@ucdavis.edu From the Floyd Halleck Higgins Photographs of Mexican Sugar Beet Workers, Dept. of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis. The collection is the property of the Regents of the University of California; no part may be reproduced or used withou permission of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Description
"More than $100,000 in new buildings, carpentry, screens, paint, whitewash and plumbing went into Mexican beet field labor camps up and down the state to make the Good Neighbor workers more comfortable. Here is scene at the cookhouse of the Spreckels Sugar Company, Spreckels, Salinas Valley. " "Carpenters at work rehabilitating the old Spreckels Sugar Company labor camp dining hall near the world's largest sigar [sic] beet factory in the Salinas Valley. New screening, paint, electric lights, plumbing, etc. were installed, checked or put in good working order for the workers arriving from Mexico City." Descriptions by Hal Higgins.
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