Group Portrait, Japanese Beet Workers

Image

Group Portrait, Japanese Beet Workers

Title

Group Portrait, Japanese Beet Workers

Identifier

27115

Source

Ed Rodgers Collection, Ventura County Museum of History and Art, 1994

Description

Group portrait of six men working in a field. They are described as Japanese beet workers on Maulhardt Ranch in Oxnard. The group has some equipment with them (rake and glovers), but may be pulling the beets up by hand. Some of the men hold beets. They all wear hats. There is a wagon off to the right of image, partially obscured.

Creator

Unknown

Date

1920s

Format

Black and white negative

Subject

Japanese
Agricultural laborers
Maulhardt Ranch
Sugar beet

Coverage

California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)

Publisher

Museum of Ventura County

Rights

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Type

Image

Language

English

Collection

Citation

Unknown, “Group Portrait, Japanese Beet Workers,” Research Library at The Museum of Ventura County, accessed November 21, 2024, https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/4930.