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indigenous onion workers

indigenous onion workers
indigenous onion workers by David Bacon (see his complete set).

Maria Antonietta Gonzalez and Jose Angel Martinez Gonzalez, two immigrants from Carranza, Chiapas, top and bag onions.

An Onion Field near Lamont, California.

indigenous onion workers in arvin
indigenous onion workers by David Bacon (see his complete set).

Jesus Meza, a farm worker from Mexicali, gets ready to sleep in an onion field. Meza was working in a crew topping onions late at night, and had no place in any nearby town to stay.

An Onion Field near Taft, California.

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