Most of the work of grading and sorting asparagus in the cannery operated by the Illinois Mushroom Company at Naperville, ...

1944-06-15

War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement, 1942-1945 circa 1941-1947

WRA no. G-610

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The Bancroft Library

Full title:Most of the work of grading and sorting asparagus in the cannery operated by the Illinois Mushroom Company at Naperville, Illinois, is done by local girls and women, but scattered throughout the group of workers are a number of Japanese Americans which the company secured on a seasonal contract basis through the cooperation of the War Food Administration and the War Relocation Authority. In this picture the asparagus is passing between rows of workers grading, sorting, and washing it. At the end of the conveyor belt and in the lower right-hand section of the picture is shown a cutting machine which cuts the asparagus into the lengths in which it is canned. The seasonal workers employed at the Illinois Mushroom Company are all from Rohwer Relocation Center in Arkansas. The company also employs a total of 14 men from various relocation centers on a year-round basis. Naperville, Illinois.
Part of: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement

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