Elizabeth Mancao and daughters, Ann and Betty, with California farm laborers.
Elizabeth Mancao and daughters, Ann and Betty, with California farm laborers.
Creator
Frank Mancao / Asian Americans Photographic Archives
Date created
circa 1930
Accession No.
OFI-000688
Format
Postcard, black & white.
Location
OFI-000601 to OFI-000700\OFI-000689.jpg
Notes
Filipino laborers' resilience in harsh working conditions made them favorite recruits among farm operators. In California's Santa Clara and San Joaquin Valleys, Filipinos were often assigned to the backbreaking work of cultivating and harvesting asparagus, celery, and lettuce.
Type
Divided back, B/W.
Medium
1 print : photomechanical : sheet 12 x 18 cm (postcard format).
Subject 1
Filipino Americans -- California -- History.
Subject 2
Agricultural laborers -- California -- San Joaquin Valley.
Subject 3
Portraits, Group, Filipino Americans.
Actual Image Location
Box No. 1, Series 8, folder envelope
Call number
OFI-000688