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    America Is In The Heart

    America Is In the Heart’s 1973 and 2014 editions

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    Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union Local 37

    Carlos Bulosan and Chris Mensalvas, former union leaders, stand alongside fellow workers in this photo.

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    Filipino Alaskeros

    Filipino salmon processing workers in Alaska, known as “Alaskeros,” who worked in Alaska in summer and then the “farm factories” of California and eastern Washington in other seasons.

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    Snapshots of agricultural laborers

    An anonymous Filipino man working to process fruit, circa 1930, illustrates the hard labor and low wages that many Filipino immigrants faced during this time in the United States.

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    Carlos Bulosan in front of door, approximately 1940s

    Carlos Bulosan in front of door, ca. 1940

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    Carlos Bulosan at writing desk, approximately 1950s

    Carlos Bulosan gained literary fame with the publication of his semi-autobiographical novel America Is in the Heart, which delves into the experiences of Filipino immigrants in the United States. Photo of Carlos Bulosan ca. 1955.

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    Filipino American UFW members

    As the United Farm Workers resumed strike activities against Delano’s table grape growers, Filipino American UFW members rejoined their union brothers and sisters on the picket lines. This photograph shows Filipino American UFW members on the picket line.

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    Family Labor Camp, Delano, 1940s

    Labor camp life in the fields, with Raymund Pacis Barney (center) with Raymond L. Barney. Lucena L. Barney (center front) with John L. Barney, Filomena (Navaro) Fernandez (married to Zuilo Fernandez).

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    Manangs at the Aremas Family Baptism, Salinas

    Baptism for Susan Aremas (center being held by her aunt), and her mother Sherry (left of her), in the Salinas Labor Camp. Two or more families at the camps would often share one small bunkhouse.

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    Natividad Ballesteros Edillor with coworkers, Lucas Camp

    Natividad (kneeling, second from left), with her female coworkers at Lucas Camp with camp foreman Bob Armington (standing, fourth from left).

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