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Title: Portuguese women sorting pears at Barron-Gray Cannery
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: 1940-1948
Contributing Institution: History San Jose Research Library
Collection: History San Jose Online Catalog
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Description: According to notes from the donor, Luderina Rose Silva is second from the end on right, and Mrs. Heredia is on the end on the left. With other Portuguese women, they are sorting pears on a conveyor belt at Barron-Gray Cannery (operated by Dole after 1948). Undated. There is a lengthy note written in Portuguese on the reverse of the photograph that appears to explain the pear sorting operation.
Type: image
Format: Black & White
Identifier: C8F02B5D-A309-4C4D-ACBF-817455497368
1997-11-1
Subject: Cannery workers
Women
Portuguese Americans--California (LCSH)
Pears
Conveying systems
Canneries
Fruit industry

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