Cantaloupe

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Mexicans picking cantaloupes one mile north of the Mexican border. Imperial Valley, Califoria. 6:00 a.m. This is highly skilled labor

Mexican melon picker of the Imperial Valley, unloading his bag. California

Mexican picking melons in the Imperial Valley, California

Capped cantaloupe. Imperial Valley, California

Irrigator in brushed and capped cantaloupe field. Imperial Valley, California

One of a Mexican gang of migratory laborers thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants at thirty cents an hour; the young plants are capped with wax paper spread over a wire wicket to protect against cold and accelerate growth. Imperial Valley, California

The kind of work drought refugees and Mexicans do in the Imperial Valley, California. Planting cantaloupe

Off for the melon fields (Mexican labor). Imperial Valley, California