Image / Portuguese pioneer farmers celebrate an abundant sweet potato harvest, circa 1905

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Title: Portuguese pioneer farmers celebrate an abundant sweet potato harvest, circa 1905
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1905
Publication Information: California State University, Stanislaus. University Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: California State University, Stanislaus. Library
Collection: Stanislaus Region History and Culture Image Collection
Rights Information: Public domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: One woman and twelve men identified as Portuguese farmers are grouped behind rows of harvested sweet potatoes. They appear to be drinking wine as a toast to celebrate the abundant crop. Mounds of potato vines can be seen on the field. Portuguese immigrants, many from the Azorean Islands began to settle in 1901 near Turlock, California.
Type: image
Format: 1 phtographic print; 17 x 25 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt3d5nd0sg
cturs_012
Language: English
Subject: Agriculture--California--Central Valley (Valley)--History
Harvesting--California--Turlock
Portuguese Americans--California--History
Sweet potatoes--Harvesting--California--Turlock
Place: Turlock (Calif.)

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