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Agricultural laborers' unions -- California.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Gayanne Fietinghoff photographs and slides of California farmworkers collection

 Collection
Identifier: larc-pho-0068
Abstract This collection of photographs, slides, contact sheets, and negatives by United Farm Workers (UFW) staff photographer Gayanne Fietinghoff documents the work and home lives of California’s Central Valley farmworkers from 1972 to 1977. While employed by the UFW from 1972 to 1975, Fietinghoff trained her lens on the struggles of farmworkers, who were primarily Mexican American and Filipino American, working in the fields and participating in UFW activities and events. Fietinghoff captured UFW...
Dates: 1971-1982; Majority of material found within 1972-1977

Rick Tejada-Flores United Farm Workers (UFW) negative and contact sheet collection

 Collection
Identifier: larc-pho-0059
Abstract This is a collection of negatives and contact sheets of photos shot from 1972 through 1975 by Rick Tejada-Flores, who was on staff of the United Farm Workers (UFW) at the time. The collection contains images of UFW events and activities, including campaigns, pickets, boycotts, marches, meetings, picnics, elections, and the opening of a health clinic, all of which took place in Coachella, Salinas, Selma, Bakersfield and other Central Valley locales, and Los Angeles, San Francisco, and...
Dates: 1972-1975