Photo of man picking cantaloupes titled "Tough, Hard Work in the Days of the Issei"

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Alameda Japanese American History Project
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ddr-ajah-6-585 (1922_Issei-man-picks-cantaloupes-by-hand-v2)

Alameda Japanese American History Project: Family and Community Collection

Includes history of harvest work for Turlock Fruit Company

c. 1922

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Alameda Japanese American History Project

Courtesy of the Alameda Japanese American History Project, Densho

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