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  • Collection: Oceana County Migrant Labor History Collection
Go to Cotton family, circa 1950 item page

Photograph of the Cotton Family. Family picked cherries for many years.

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Go to Griffin family, circa 1950 item page

Photograph of the Griffin Family. Family picked cherries for many years.

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Go to Jamaican field workers, circa 1950 item page

Photograph of male workers on family farm. Workers are from Jamaica.

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Go to Delivering apples to processor, circa 1950 item page

Photograph of Esther Moul's father delivering apples to be processed.

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Go to U.S. Crop Corps Certificate of Service item page

U.S. Crop Corps Certificate of Service issued to Esther Gilliland, June 1, 1943, "for patriotic service on a farm or in a food processing factory." Signed by U.S. War Food Administrator, Chairman of the War Manpower Commission, and State Director of…

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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…
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 Homestead Certificate, 1869 item page

Certificate from General Land Office of the United States of America at Ionia, Michigan for Wiliam H. Beebe, certifying that a homestead "has been established and daily consummated in conformity to the law for the east half of the south-east quarter…
Go to Lupe Vasquez and her godmother item page

Photo of Fidencio Vasquez, Jr.'s mother, Lupe Vasquez (left), with her godmother.
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.
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