First Nations workers picking strawberries, June 1943
In 1943, the Vashon Island Packing Company hired 80 First Nations people from British Columbia for the summer to weed and harvest strawberries, gooseberries, loganberries and currants. The Indian workers earned 50 to 60 cents an hour, reportedly two to three times what they might have made at home....
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/6674 2023-05-15T16:14:50+02:00 First Nations workers picking strawberries, June 1943 Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer Vashon Island (Wash.) Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/6674 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection PI23856 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/6674 Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection Croplands Indians of North America--Employment--British Columbia Strawberries image; photograph ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:56:07Z In 1943, the Vashon Island Packing Company hired 80 First Nations people from British Columbia for the summer to weed and harvest strawberries, gooseberries, loganberries and currants. The Indian workers earned 50 to 60 cents an hour, reportedly two to three times what they might have made at home. Those who stayed the whole summer had their transportation to and from Canada paid as well. This June 1943 photo shows a number of First Nations workers from British Columbia picking strawberries on Vashon Island during World War II. They replaced Filipino workers who had done this work previously but were now growing vegetables and working in war industries. 1 negative: safety film, b&w; 4 x 5 in. Other/Unknown Material First Nations University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Canada Indian |
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Croplands Indians of North America--Employment--British Columbia Strawberries Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer First Nations workers picking strawberries, June 1943 |
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In 1943, the Vashon Island Packing Company hired 80 First Nations people from British Columbia for the summer to weed and harvest strawberries, gooseberries, loganberries and currants. The Indian workers earned 50 to 60 cents an hour, reportedly two to three times what they might have made at home. Those who stayed the whole summer had their transportation to and from Canada paid as well. This June 1943 photo shows a number of First Nations workers from British Columbia picking strawberries on Vashon Island during World War II. They replaced Filipino workers who had done this work previously but were now growing vegetables and working in war industries. 1 negative: safety film, b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
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Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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First Nations workers picking strawberries, June 1943 |
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First Nations workers picking strawberries, June 1943 |
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First Nations workers picking strawberries, June 1943 |
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First Nations workers picking strawberries, June 1943 |
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First Nations workers picking strawberries, June 1943 |
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first nations workers picking strawberries, june 1943 |
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Vashon Island (Wash.) |
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ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) |
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British Columbia Canada Indian |
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British Columbia Canada Indian |
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First Nations |
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First Nations |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
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Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection PI23856 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/6674 |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
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