Image / Beatrice Sanchez sorting grapes at Del Monte Plant #3

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Title: Beatrice Sanchez sorting grapes at Del Monte Plant #3
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: 1970-1980
Contributing Institution: History San Jose Research Library
Collection: History San Jose Online Catalog
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Description: Sorting fruit was one of the last cannery jobs done completely by hand. Here, Beatrice Sanchez removes unsightly or damaged grapes from the line before they are added to fruit cocktail. Del Monte Plant #3 was located at 801 Auzerais Avenue in San Jose. Beatrice Sanchez worked at there from 1970 until 1995.
Type: Image
Format: Color print
Identifier: AB331B5D-4CDF-41AB-82B1-204921564166
2007-39-4
Subject: Canneries
Del Monte Corporation
Women
Working class
Working mothers
Fruit industry
Grapes
Assembly-line methods
Sanchez, Beatrice

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