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Group of Cannery Workers, School #1, Buffalo, N.Y. (from left to right): 1) Rose Paralto, 12 years old last summer. Helped mother on strawberries, Canning Factory, Simcoe, Canada. Entered school , January 3d, 1910. Last year, school work excellent, this year not good. 2) Josephine Pellina, 10 years old last summer. Strings beans in sheds of Forestville[sic?], Cannery. Came to school in September. 3) Christian Cengo, 10 years old last summer. Worked stringing beans in sheds Forrestville Cannery sometimes until 8 or 9 P.M. 4) Anna Gengo, 10 years old last summer. Sheds of Forrestville Cannnery. 5) Metea Spana, 13 years old last summer. Worked on peas and beans in the sheds of Eden Center Canning Factory. 6) Josephine Leone, 12 years old last summer. Helped in the sheds at Barker Cannery. 7) Frances Imperllario, 11 years old last summer. Worked on berries Cherry Creek Factory. 8) Mary Lefesso, 12 years old last summer. Worked at Barker Canning Factory. Entered school October 22d.  Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Group of Cannery Workers, School #1, Buffalo, N.Y. (from left to right...

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St. Joseph's Academy. The assistant to the Father in charge told me that none of the cannery children attended the academy, although he admitted that most of them were Catholics.  Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi / L.W. Hine.

St. Joseph's Academy. The assistant to the Father in charge told me th...

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Young picker waiting for loaded truck to leave for cannery. Dorchester County, Maryland

Young picker waiting for loaded truck to leave for cannery. Dorchester...

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Arecibo, Puerto Rico (vicinity). In a little cannery

Arecibo, Puerto Rico (vicinity). In a little cannery

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Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Significance: The Bayside Cannery is significant for its association with the Chew, family, founders and owners of the Bayside Cannery in Alviso, California. Thomas Foon Chew, the son of the founder Sin Yin Ch... More

Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Significance: The Bayside Cannery is significant for its association with the Chew, family, founders and owners of the Bayside Cannery in Alviso, California. Thomas Foon Chew, the son of the founder Sin Yin Ch... More

Workmen from cannery at King's Cove - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Workmen from cannery at King's Cove - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Semiahmoo Cannery, On Boundary Bay near Canadian border, Blaine, Whatcom County, WA

Semiahmoo Cannery, On Boundary Bay near Canadian border, Blaine, Whatc...

Significance: A representative example of an early 20th-century fish packing and canning facility. The Semiahmoo Cannery survives with most of its buildings and machinery intact. Survey number: HAER WA-11

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Hovden Cannery was one of the oldest and largest canneries of the Pacific Sardine Fishery. Its heyday in the first half of the 20th Century marked one of the most lucrative national fisheries... More

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Hovden Cannery was one of the oldest and largest canneries of the Pacific Sardine Fishery. Its heyday in the first half of the 20th Century marked one of the most lucrative national fisheries... More

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Hovden Cannery was one of the oldest and largest canneries of the Pacific Sardine Fishery. Its heyday in the first half of the 20th Century marked one of the most lucrative national fisheries... More

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Hovden Cannery was one of the oldest and largest canneries of the Pacific Sardine Fishery. Its heyday in the first half of the 20th Century marked one of the most lucrative national fisheries... More

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Hovden Cannery was one of the oldest and largest canneries of the Pacific Sardine Fishery. Its heyday in the first half of the 20th Century marked one of the most lucrative national fisheries... More

Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE

Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE

Significance: Richardson & Robbins, founded in 1856, was the first cannery in the state of Delaware, and a pioneer in the American canning industry. Specializing in the processing and canning of food delicacie... More

Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE

Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE

Significance: Richardson & Robbins, founded in 1856, was the first cannery in the state of Delaware, and a pioneer in the American canning industry. Specializing in the processing and canning of food delicacie... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

A group of workers at Greenabaum's Cannery, Seaford, Del. 1 Child is 7 years of age. 4 Children are 12 years of age. 1 Child is 13 years of age. 4 Children are 15 years of age. 3 of these children are working 1 year. 1 of these children is working 2 years. 3 of these children are working 3 years. 2 of these children are working 4 years. 1 of these children is working 5 years. 1 of these children is working 6 years. Greenabaum's Cannery is considered one of the largest in the United States. A few years ago they canned 1,000,000 cans of peas in 4 days. This information was given by the bookkeeper of the Cannery. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Seaford, Del. June 2, 1910.  Location: Seaford, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

A group of workers at Greenabaum's Cannery, Seaford, Del. 1 Child is 7...

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Eight-year-old Lizzie, earns 30 cents a day shucking oysters in the Dunbar Cannery. I saw her working steady all day, at top speed. Could not speak a word of English.  Location: Dunbar, Louisiana.

Eight-year-old Lizzie, earns 30 cents a day shucking oysters in the Du...

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[School located near the homes of the cannery workers. The teacher told me that only three of the cannery children attended her school, and they were not Baltimore people.]  Location: [Bay St. Louis, Mississippi] / L.W. Hine.

[School located near the homes of the cannery workers. The teacher tol...

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Joe Zadovitch, 7 years old. Said he has been working some. He was going home from the Pass Christian Cannery at 5 P.M.  Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi / L.W. Hine.

Joe Zadovitch, 7 years old. Said he has been working some. He was goin...

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American River camp, Sacramento. Home of Tennessee family, now migratory workers. Seven in family, came to California July 1935, following relatives who had come in 1933. Father was a coal miner in Tennessee. Reason for coming to California. "Our neighbors were coming. We only got one or two days work a week (relief.)  Thought we could make it better here." Since arrival family has worked in walnuts, tomatoes, peaches, and the mother has worked in a fruit cannery

American River camp, Sacramento. Home of Tennessee family, now migrato...

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Committee from local chapter of UCAPAWA (United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied Workers of America) meeting with FSA (Farm Security Administration) supervisor to request work grants, food or loans for sharecroppers and tenant farmers in the county. Sapulpa, Oklahoma

Committee from local chapter of UCAPAWA (United Cannery, Agricultural,...

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At the Lennord Cannery tomatoes in baskets are piled in the sun before canning and the washing is done under an open shed. Cambridge, Maryland

At the Lennord Cannery tomatoes in baskets are piled in the sun before...

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Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jefferson County ommunity cannery, started by the WPA (Work Projects Administration), now conducted by the state (?) vocational education department. Women pay three cents each for cans and two cents per can for use of the pressure cooker. Mrs. Thomas Benton of Louisville, whose husband is in the U.S. Army, skinning beets that she bought in town

Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jefferson County ommunity cannery, starte...

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Morpac Cannery, Ocean Dock Road, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Morpac Cannery, Ocean Dock Road, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, ...

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Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Significance: The Bayside Cannery is significant for its association with the Chew, family, founders and owners of the Bayside Cannery in Alviso, California. Thomas Foon Chew, the son of the founder Sin Yin Ch... More

Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Significance: The Bayside Cannery is significant for its association with the Chew, family, founders and owners of the Bayside Cannery in Alviso, California. Thomas Foon Chew, the son of the founder Sin Yin Ch... More

Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Significance: The Bayside Cannery is significant for its association with the Chew, family, founders and owners of the Bayside Cannery in Alviso, California. Thomas Foon Chew, the son of the founder Sin Yin Ch... More

Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Significance: The Bayside Cannery is significant for its association with the Chew, family, founders and owners of the Bayside Cannery in Alviso, California. Thomas Foon Chew, the son of the founder Sin Yin Ch... More

Kahului Cannery, Plant No. 28, Cannery Building and Dryer House/Feed Storage Building, 120 Kane Street, Kahului, Maui County, HI

Kahului Cannery, Plant No. 28, Cannery Building and Dryer House/Feed S...

Significance: Retains its original canning function and is the last operating pineapple cannery in Hawaii. The pineapple industry is significant as one of Hawaii's two great agricultural industries of the 20th... More

Kahului Cannery, Plant No. 28, Cannery Building and Dryer House/Feed Storage Building, 120 Kane Street, Kahului, Maui County, HI

Kahului Cannery, Plant No. 28, Cannery Building and Dryer House/Feed S...

Significance: Retains its original canning function and is the last operating pineapple cannery in Hawaii. The pineapple industry is significant as one of Hawaii's two great agricultural industries of the 20th... More

Woelffel Cannery, 10120 Imperial Avenue, Monta Vista, Santa Clara County, CA

Woelffel Cannery, 10120 Imperial Avenue, Monta Vista, Santa Clara Coun...

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Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Hovden Cannery was one of the oldest and largest canneries of the Pacific Sardine Fishery. Its heyday in the first half of the 20th Century marked one of the most lucrative national fisheries... More

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Hovden Cannery was one of the oldest and largest canneries of the Pacific Sardine Fishery. Its heyday in the first half of the 20th Century marked one of the most lucrative national fisheries... More

Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE

Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE

Significance: Richardson & Robbins, founded in 1856, was the first cannery in the state of Delaware, and a pioneer in the American canning industry. Specializing in the processing and canning of food delicacie... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Community Cannery, Asheville, N.C.

Community Cannery, Asheville, N.C.

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The girl works all day in a cannery

The girl works all day in a cannery

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Joe Davis, a ten-year old going home from cannery at 5 P.M. He said he had shucked ten pots since 4 A.M. that day.  Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi / L.W. Hine.

Joe Davis, a ten-year old going home from cannery at 5 P.M. He said he...

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Dunbar & Dukate oyster cannery. According to the testimony of a number of the parents and children, this factory reverses the child labor law to suit its own convenience, and probably to avoid detection. Instead of excluding the young children from work before six o'clock according to the law, they let the young children work from four until seven, and then send them home.  Location: Biloxi, Mississippi / L.W. Hine.

Dunbar & Dukate oyster cannery. According to the testimony of a number...

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Kahului Cannery, Quonset Hut Grouping, 120 Kane Street, Kahului, Maui County, HI

Kahului Cannery, Quonset Hut Grouping, 120 Kane Street, Kahului, Maui ...

Significance: The Quonset hut grouping is associated with the last operating pineapple cannery in Hawaii. The pineapple industry is significant as one of Hawaii's two great agricultural industries of the 20th c... More

Toilets in court of houses in Mexican section. Cannery workers as well as some agricultural workers and unskilled laborers live in this section

Toilets in court of houses in Mexican section. Cannery workers as well...

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Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Significance: The Bayside Cannery is significant for its association with the Chew, family, founders and owners of the Bayside Cannery in Alviso, California. Thomas Foon Chew, the son of the founder Sin Yin Ch... More

Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Significance: The Bayside Cannery is significant for its association with the Chew, family, founders and owners of the Bayside Cannery in Alviso, California. Thomas Foon Chew, the son of the founder Sin Yin Ch... More

Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Significance: The Bayside Cannery is significant for its association with the Chew, family, founders and owners of the Bayside Cannery in Alviso, California. Thomas Foon Chew, the son of the founder Sin Yin Ch... More

Semiahmoo Cannery, On Boundary Bay near Canadian border, Blaine, Whatcom County, WA

Semiahmoo Cannery, On Boundary Bay near Canadian border, Blaine, Whatc...

Significance: A representative example of an early 20th-century fish packing and canning facility. The Semiahmoo Cannery survives with most of its buildings and machinery intact. Survey number: HAER WA-11

Semiahmoo Cannery, On Boundary Bay near Canadian border, Blaine, Whatcom County, WA

Semiahmoo Cannery, On Boundary Bay near Canadian border, Blaine, Whatc...

Significance: A representative example of an early 20th-century fish packing and canning facility. The Semiahmoo Cannery survives with most of its buildings and machinery intact. Survey number: HAER WA-11

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Hovden Cannery was one of the oldest and largest canneries of the Pacific Sardine Fishery. Its heyday in the first half of the 20th Century marked one of the most lucrative national fisheries... More

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Hovden Cannery was one of the oldest and largest canneries of the Pacific Sardine Fishery. Its heyday in the first half of the 20th Century marked one of the most lucrative national fisheries... More

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Hovden Cannery was one of the oldest and largest canneries of the Pacific Sardine Fishery. Its heyday in the first half of the 20th Century marked one of the most lucrative national fisheries... More

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Hovden Cannery was one of the oldest and largest canneries of the Pacific Sardine Fishery. Its heyday in the first half of the 20th Century marked one of the most lucrative national fisheries... More

Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE

Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE

Significance: Richardson & Robbins, founded in 1856, was the first cannery in the state of Delaware, and a pioneer in the American canning industry. Specializing in the processing and canning of food delicacie... More

Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE

Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE

Significance: Richardson & Robbins, founded in 1856, was the first cannery in the state of Delaware, and a pioneer in the American canning industry. Specializing in the processing and canning of food delicacie... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Central Public School. Only a short walk from the homes of the cannery workers, and yet only 4 children were to be found there.  Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi / L.W. Hine.

Central Public School. Only a short walk from the homes of the cannery...

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3 of the many young oyster shuckers going home from the Pass Christian Cannery at 5 P.M. Lena Krueger, 7 years old (in the middle) had shucked 6 pots that day; Annie Kadeska, 9 years old on the right, has shucked 10 pots; and Rosie Zinsoska on the left (did not know her age) had shucked 6 pots.  Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi / L.W. Hine.

3 of the many young oyster shuckers going home from the Pass Christian...

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Going home at 5 P.M. from an oyster cannery at Pass Christian.  Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi / L.W. Hine.

Going home at 5 P.M. from an oyster cannery at Pass Christian. Locati...

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Cultivators on Seabrook Farms, between Bridgeton, and Vineland, New Jersey. This farm with several thousand acres of its' own and more thousands under contract, grows such truck crops as beans and peas almost entirely by mechanical means for its own large cannery for rapid freezing and lots for the market of Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington

Cultivators on Seabrook Farms, between Bridgeton, and Vineland, New Je...

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Conveyor loading direct from cannery into boxcar, Weslaco, Texas

Conveyor loading direct from cannery into boxcar, Weslaco, Texas

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Meeting of UCAPAWA (United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied Workers of America) in Bristow, Oklahoma

Meeting of UCAPAWA (United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied ...

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Tenant farmers and sharecroppers, members of UCAPAWA (United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied Workers of America), at meeting in Bristow, Oklahoma

Tenant farmers and sharecroppers, members of UCAPAWA (United Cannery, ...

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Electric plucker removes every pin feather without a tear in the skin. 500 to 1000 birds could be plucked in a day by this method. Enterprise coop cannery. Coffee County, Enterprise, Alabama

Electric plucker removes every pin feather without a tear in the skin....

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Dunklin County, Missouri. Peeling tomatoes at a cannery operated by U.S. Rural Electrification Administration (REA) power

Dunklin County, Missouri. Peeling tomatoes at a cannery operated by U....

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Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Significance: The Bayside Cannery is significant for its association with the Chew, family, founders and owners of the Bayside Cannery in Alviso, California. Thomas Foon Chew, the son of the founder Sin Yin Ch... More

Kahului Cannery, Plant No. 28, Boiler House, Sheet Metal and Electrical Shops, 120 Kane Street, Kahului, Maui County, HI

Kahului Cannery, Plant No. 28, Boiler House, Sheet Metal and Electrica...

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Kahului Cannery, Plant No. 28, Cannery Building and Dryer House/Feed Storage Building, 120 Kane Street, Kahului, Maui County, HI

Kahului Cannery, Plant No. 28, Cannery Building and Dryer House/Feed S...

Significance: Retains its original canning function and is the last operating pineapple cannery in Hawaii. The pineapple industry is significant as one of Hawaii's two great agricultural industries of the 20th... More

Kahului Cannery, Plant No. 28, Cannery Building and Dryer House/Feed Storage Building, 120 Kane Street, Kahului, Maui County, HI

Kahului Cannery, Plant No. 28, Cannery Building and Dryer House/Feed S...

Significance: Retains its original canning function and is the last operating pineapple cannery in Hawaii. The pineapple industry is significant as one of Hawaii's two great agricultural industries of the 20th... More

Woelffel Cannery, 10120 Imperial Avenue, Monta Vista, Santa Clara County, CA

Woelffel Cannery, 10120 Imperial Avenue, Monta Vista, Santa Clara Coun...

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Woelffel Cannery, 10120 Imperial Avenue, Monta Vista, Santa Clara County, CA

Woelffel Cannery, 10120 Imperial Avenue, Monta Vista, Santa Clara Coun...

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Woelffel Cannery, 10120 Imperial Avenue, Monta Vista, Santa Clara County, CA

Woelffel Cannery, 10120 Imperial Avenue, Monta Vista, Santa Clara Coun...

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Semiahmoo Cannery, On Boundary Bay near Canadian border, Blaine, Whatcom County, WA

Semiahmoo Cannery, On Boundary Bay near Canadian border, Blaine, Whatc...

Significance: A representative example of an early 20th-century fish packing and canning facility. The Semiahmoo Cannery survives with most of its buildings and machinery intact. Survey number: HAER WA-11

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Hovden Cannery was one of the oldest and largest canneries of the Pacific Sardine Fishery. Its heyday in the first half of the 20th Century marked one of the most lucrative national fisheries... More

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Hovden Cannery was one of the oldest and largest canneries of the Pacific Sardine Fishery. Its heyday in the first half of the 20th Century marked one of the most lucrative national fisheries... More

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Hovden Cannery was one of the oldest and largest canneries of the Pacific Sardine Fishery. Its heyday in the first half of the 20th Century marked one of the most lucrative national fisheries... More

Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE

Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE

Significance: Richardson & Robbins, founded in 1856, was the first cannery in the state of Delaware, and a pioneer in the American canning industry. Specializing in the processing and canning of food delicacie... More

Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE

Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE

Significance: Richardson & Robbins, founded in 1856, was the first cannery in the state of Delaware, and a pioneer in the American canning industry. Specializing in the processing and canning of food delicacie... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. Vincent Cannici, 13 years old last summer. Ran apple machine in cannery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada. Lost 9 weeks school in the fall. Did not make good in promotion. Angelo, Brimo, 11 years old last summer. Ran apple machine in cannery, $1.25 to $1.50 a day, worked sometimes until 9 or 10 p.m. Lost 15 weeks schooling. Is a repeater.  Buffalo, New York (State)

School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. Vincent Cannici, 13 years old last summer. Ra...

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All are workers in a Pass Christian oyster cannery. Going home at 5 P.M. The youngest ones shuck before and after school. Two youngest are Lillie and Sadie Bilski, 8 and 6 years old. They shuck regularly.  Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi / L.W. Hine.

All are workers in a Pass Christian oyster cannery. Going home at 5 P....

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Canadian scenes. Machine at fish cannery for cutting off heads of fish known as iron chink

Canadian scenes. Machine at fish cannery for cutting off heads of fish...

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Fish cannery workers. Gloucester, Massachusetts

Fish cannery workers. Gloucester, Massachusetts

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A group of men working in a factory, Texas, during Great Depression

A group of men working in a factory, Texas, during Great Depression

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Granville Clarke, Florida migratory agricultural worker studying road map before leaving Elizabeth City with his crew. They are going to Bridgeville, Delaware to work in a cannery. North Carolina

Granville Clarke, Florida migratory agricultural worker studying road ...

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Electric plucker. Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) coop cannery. Elba, Coffee County, Alabama

Electric plucker. Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) coop cannery...

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Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jefferson County ommunity cannery, started by the WPA (Work Projects Administration), now conducted by the state (?) vocational education department. Women pay three cents each for cans and two cents per can for use of the pressure cooker. Girls canning some of the beans raised in their victory gardens

Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jefferson County ommunity cannery, starte...

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Kahului Cannery, Quonset Hut Grouping, 120 Kane Street, Kahului, Maui County, HI

Kahului Cannery, Quonset Hut Grouping, 120 Kane Street, Kahului, Maui ...

Significance: The Quonset hut grouping is associated with the last operating pineapple cannery in Hawaii. The pineapple industry is significant as one of Hawaii's two great agricultural industries of the 20th c... More

Glen Haven Cannery, Glen Arbor, Leelanau County, MI

Glen Haven Cannery, Glen Arbor, Leelanau County, MI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N34 Survey number: HABS MI-376 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 83000882

Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Significance: The Bayside Cannery is significant for its association with the Chew, family, founders and owners of the Bayside Cannery in Alviso, California. Thomas Foon Chew, the son of the founder Sin Yin Ch... More

Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Bayside Cannery, 1290 Hope Street, Alviso, Santa Clara County, CA

Significance: The Bayside Cannery is significant for its association with the Chew, family, founders and owners of the Bayside Cannery in Alviso, California. Thomas Foon Chew, the son of the founder Sin Yin Ch... More

Kahului Cannery, Plant No. 28, Boiler House, Sheet Metal and Electrical Shops, 120 Kane Street, Kahului, Maui County, HI

Kahului Cannery, Plant No. 28, Boiler House, Sheet Metal and Electrica...

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Workmen from cannery at King's Cove - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Workmen from cannery at King's Cove - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Semiahmoo Cannery, On Boundary Bay near Canadian border, Blaine, Whatcom County, WA

Semiahmoo Cannery, On Boundary Bay near Canadian border, Blaine, Whatc...

Significance: A representative example of an early 20th-century fish packing and canning facility. The Semiahmoo Cannery survives with most of its buildings and machinery intact. Survey number: HAER WA-11

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Hovden Cannery was one of the oldest and largest canneries of the Pacific Sardine Fishery. Its heyday in the first half of the 20th Century marked one of the most lucrative national fisheries... More

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