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Harvesting alfalfa in the Ochoco Valley near Prineville, Oregon

Photograph of 2 men operating horse-drawn machines to harvest an alfalfa field in the Ochoco Valley near Prineville, Oregon. The men turn around in their seats and look at the camera. Handwritten label on the print reads, "Harvesting Alfalfa Ochoco Valley near Prineville, Ore. Photo by Honsinger."

Honsinger (Prineville, Or.)

Group posing by wagon in field

Photograph of a group of men and women, likely farm workers, posing on a wagon in a field. One line of workers stands in front of the wagon while others stand inside the wagon and look out the window at the camera. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "Near Salem."

Tsuboi Family Home Movie - [Compilation short reels]

Compilation of several short reels of Tsuboi family home movies, featuring footage of the Tsuboi family, the Rose Festival parade, laborers working in hops fields, and more. Footage is in black-and-white and color.
00:00 - Scenes of the Tsuboi family children playing on the beach at the Oregon coast in the early 1950s
02:00 - Scenes of the Tsuboi family in the early 1950s
04:00 - Scenes of the Rose Festival parade, possibly in 1956.
06:00 - Demolition of a building in downtown Portland
07:58 - Scenes of the Tsuboi family in the early 1950s. Children playing, family visits a cemetery, family at the Oregon coast. Scenes from a child's birthday party.
12:00 - Scenes from the 1956 Rose Festival parade, including footage of Jimmy Dodd, Bob Amsberry, and several original Mouseketeers from the Mickey Mouse Club. Several Disney-themed floats.
16:00 - Scenes of the Tsuboi family and a visit to the eastern side of the Columbia River Gorge in the early 1950s. Children playing on the beach on the Oregon coast.
18:00 - Scenes of the Rose Festival parade in the 1950s, including footage of a Japanese Boy Scout float
21:50 - Scenes of the Tsuboi family in the early 1950s. Children playing in the water at the Oregon coast.
23:54 - Scattered buildings at the Minidoka Relocation Center. The Minidoka Relocation Center was one of ten American concentration camps to which Japanese and Japanese Americans were forcibly removed and incarcerated. Followed by a brief shot inside of a busy store, possibly the Tsuboi Brothers Store.
24:19 - Portland Rose Garden. The footage is overexposed.
28:41 - Scenes of laborers in a hops field in the 1930s. Scenes of the farm laborers' camp. Horses on a farm.

Tsuboi family

Boy picking beans

An unidentified boy picks beans in a farm field in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. He looks to the right. Two stamps on the back of the print read, "Photograph by R. Stefani," and, "Housen Photography, Woodburn, Ore." This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on May 27, 1966. It was taken one year earlier during the previous picking season.

Housen Photography (Woodburn, Or.)

Louie Williams shakes hands with workers unloading squash from truck at Helms and Williams farm in Marion County, Oregon

Louie Williams (left) shakes hands with a man who unloads squash from the back of a truck at the Helms and Williams farm outside West Stayton, Oregon. A young man on the right smiles at them. Williams has just been named "Grower of the Month" by the Opportunity News. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on October 22, 1965.

Girl holds up sign indicating number of strawberry crates picked

Twelve-year-old Elva Montelongo from Dayton, Oregon holds up a handwritten sign reading, "9 1/2 crates strawberries, Elva." She works in the field with her family, picking strawberries. These 9 1/2 crates earned her family $5.70. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on August 27, 1965.

Bearded men work in strawberry field

Two bearded men, likely farm workers, stand in a strawberry field in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. One of the men holds up a strawberry and looks at the camera. The other bends over to pick strawberries This image was likely taken by staff of the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News circa 1965 - 1968.

Woman stands on ladder picking cherries

A woman stands on a ladder while picking cherries from a cherry tree in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. She turns around on the ladder and looks over her shoulder at the camera. This image was likely taken by staff of the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News circa 1965 - 1968.

Citizens outside Marion County Courthouse

Citizens and farm workers in West Stayton stand outside the Marion County Courthouse in Salem, Oregon. They traveled to the courthouse to present a petition to Marion County Commissioners, complaining about poor traffic in their area. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on August 6, 1965.

Man with Timothy Grass

Photographic postcard of a man standing next to a recently harvested crop of timothy grass. The timothy is almost as tall as he is. Handwritten label at the bottom of the print is mostly illegible but likely reads, "243 heads of Timothy grown near La Pine, Oregon."

Alfalfa Meeting

Photograph of a man talking to a group of people. He is likely giving a presentation to farmers about growing alfalfa. As he talks, he points to a chart behind him titled, "Alfalfa in United States," which shows the amount of acreage dedicated to growing alfalfa in various states. There are several children in the front row.

Workers harvesting walnuts

Five workers harvest walnuts in an orchard in the Silverton, Oregon area. In the foreground a man places a box of walnuts onto a stack of filled boxes. Behind him, four other workers pick walnuts up off the ground and place them into pails.

Drake, June D., 1880-1969

Cutting mint, Silverton, Oregon

A field of mint plants in the Silverton, Oregon area. A man drives a tractor with a mower attached to the back while a second man rides on a seat on the mower. A third man walks beside them.

Drake, June D., 1880-1969

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