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Louis Montemeyor of San Antonio, Texas, takes a break from his labors of weeding an onion patch near Stronghold, California

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Title Louis Montemeyor of San Antonio, Texas, takes a break from his labors of weeding an onion patch near Stronghold, California
Creator United States. Bureau of Reclamation [Fluharty, J.E.?]
Date [1946?] 2006-06-12 2005-07-25
Subject Agriculture; Farm life -- California; Onions; Agricultural laborers, Foreign
Description KP-1190-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II. Montemeyor is a migrant agricultural worker who is, at the present time, staying at the surplus WRA (War Relocation Authority) camp at Newell, Calif. He likes working in California and has expressed a desire to attend school under the GI Bill. Montemeyor was in the Army Air Corps for three years in the European Theater of Operations. At one time or another he served in Africa, Italy, and France; [June 25, 1946?]
Source Original photograph: 21 x 25 cm, black & white photo, caption under photo reads "KP-1190-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II. Louis Montemeyor of San Antonio, Texas, takes a break from his labors of weeding an onion patch near Stronghold, Calif. Montemeyor is a migrant agricultural worker who is, at the present time, staying at the surplus WRA camp at Newell, Calif. He likes working in California and has expressed a desire to attend school under the GI Bill. Montemeyor was in the Army Air Corps for three years in the European Theater of Operations. At one time or another he served in Africa, Italy, and France", from Black Binders
Publisher Oregon Institute of Technology. Library
Rights Digital image copyright 2006. Oregon Institute of Technology. All rights reserved. http://digitallib.oit.edu/cdm/copyright/collection/kwl
Relation Digital reproduction of photograph: KP-1190-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II, Black Binders, Bureau of Reclamation
Format http://klamathwaterlib.oit.edu/about.php; File Size: 30,872,080 bytes image/tiff
Identifier BOR-25-Jul-2005-1164 BLB-1190 http://digitallib.oit.edu/cdm/ref/collection/kwl/id/1534
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