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  • Collection: Oceana County Migrant Labor History Collection
Go to Walsworth, Richard (audio interview, English transcription and Spanish translation) item page

Oral history interview with Richard Walsworth. Interviewed by Phil Carter. Hart, Michigan. English language. June 18, 2016. Dick Walsworth is a local farmer from Oceana County. His life story highlights the challenges of maintaining his agricultural…
Go to Vasquez, Fidencio (audio interview and transcript) item page

Oral history interview with Fidencio Vasquez, Jr., the second. Interviewed by Norma Gonzalez Buenrostro on June 18, 2016 in Hart, Michigan. English language. Fidencio Vasquez, Jr., the second, was born in Edinburg, Texas in 1955. The son of two…
Go to Francisco and Zandra Vasquez, picking apples, November 1987 item page

Francisco and Zandra Vasquez picking apples at Golden Hart Farms in Hart, Michigan.
Go to Francisco Vasquez, picking pickles (cucumbers), 1984 item page

Francisco Vasquez at Golden Hart Farms in Hart, Michigan picking pickling cucumbers.
Go to Francisco Vasquez and daughter, asparagus season, May 1985 item page

Francisco Vasquez with his younger daughter riding on a tractor in an asparagus field at Golden Hart Farms in Hart, Michigan.
Go to Vasquez Family picking apples, 1987 item page

Vasquez Family picking apples at Golden Hart Farms in Hart, Michigan. Pictures from left to right are Eloisa's younger sister, Francisco Vasquez, and Zandra Vasquez (background, red jacket).
Go to Francisco Vasquez picking apples, 1978 item page

Francisco Vasquez in Traverse City, Michigan. Pictured during apple season in one of the fields where he worked.
Go to Graduation celebration, June 2002 item page

Graduation of a nephew. Hart, Michigan.
Go to Baptism, 1988 item page

Lupe Vasquez participating in the baptism of a newborn at St. Gregory's church in Hart, Michigan. Father Pedro is pictured at far left.
Go to Lupe Vasquez, August 1966 item page

Photo of Lupe Vasquez, taken shortly after the family's move into their new house on State Street in Hart, Michigan.
Go to Vasquez family trip to Mexico, 1971 item page

Photo of Lupe Vasquez on family trip to Mexico.
Go to Vasquez family trip to Mexico, 1971 item page

Photo of Lupe Vasquez (right) with two of her children. Children are the younger sister and brother of Fidencio, Jr.
Go to Fidencio and Lupe Vasquez on their wedding day, 1947 item page

Photo of Fidencio and Lupe Vasquez on their wedding day.
Go to Grafting plants, 1978 item page

Photo of Lupe Vasquez (left) and a relative working to graft plants at Willow Drive Nursery, Ephrata, Washington.
Go to Fidencio and Lupe Vasquez on their wedding day, 1947 item page

Photo of Fidencio and Lupe Vasquez on their wedding day.
Go to Vasquez family trip to Mexico, 1971 item page

Photo of Vasquez family trip to Mexico. Pictured are Fidencio, Jr. with his two brothers, sister, parents (Fidencio and Lupe Vasquez), and a cousin.
Go to Fidencio and Lupe Vasquez on their wedding day, 1947 item page

Photo of Fidencio and Lupe Vasquez on their wedding day.
Go to Lupe Vasquez and her godmother item page

Photo of Fidencio Vasquez, Jr.'s mother, Lupe Vasquez (left), with her godmother.
Go to VanSickle, Larry (audio interview and transcript) item page

Oral history interview with Lawrence (Larry) VanSickle. Interviewed by Walter Urick on June 18, 2016 in Hart, Michigan. English language. Larry VanSickle was born in Hart, Michigan in 1943 and grew up on a one hundred and twenty acre farm located on…
Go to Urick, Walter (audio interview and summary) item page

Self-recorded interview by Walter Urick, May 26, 2016. English language recording. Summary in English and Spanish. Walter was born on June 3, 1939. He is a first generation American, as his father grew up in Belarus and his mother in Poland. Walter…
Go to "Prepare for Invasion by Pest Enemies: M.C. Field and Area Associates have Real Defense Against Enemy Horde" item page

Article published in local Shelby, Michigan newspaper highlighting where to purchase pesticides in the area, including M.C. Field Company.
Go to "Save Your Crop With Insecticides and Fungicides!" item page

Advertisement in Shelby, Michigan newspaper for insecticides sold by M.C. Field. S.O. Field, Marge's great grandfather owned a share of that company, as did her grandparents Anton and Abba Field. Company was located in downtown Shelby.
Go to Anton and Abba Field preparing for trip to Mexico City item page

Photo of Anton (right) and Abba (left) Field preparing to leave for a trip to Mexico City. (Anton's father was S. O. Field.) A sweet cherry tree is pictured in the background. A copy of their travel journal from that trip was also donated and scanned…
Go to Field Family Farmhouse, Shelby, Michigan, circa 1900 item page

Photo of Field Family Farmhouse accompanied story in local paper "Success Without a Mortgage" (image Peterson_Marge-005.jpg). House was built in 1899 by Marge Peterson's great grandfather, S. O. Field. Field migrated from Norway to Chicago before…

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