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On Becoming Filipino
Pictured is the cover of another book of Carlos Bulosan’s On Becoming Filipino, which compiles many of Bulosan’s writings on his experience as a Filipino in America.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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America Is In The Heart 2014 Edition
Pictured here is the cover of Carlos Bulosan’s America Is in the Heart. On the left is the 1973 edition and on the right is the 2014 edition.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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America Is In The Heart 1973 Edition
Pictured here is the cover of Carlos Bulosan’s America Is in the Heart. On the left is the 1973 edition and on the right is the 2014 edition.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union Local 37
The county’s first Filipino-led Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union Local 37 fought for fair treatment and rights, shaping the 1950s labor movement. Carlos Bulosan and Chris Mensalvas, former union leaders, alongside fellow workers in this photo.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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Filipino Cannery Workers
A 1937 image of Filipino cannery workers by Alitak cannery near Akhiok, Alaska captures faces of the manong generation.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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Filipino Alaskeros
Filipino salmon processing workers, known as “Alaskeros,” faced a difficult seasonal migratory lifestyle, spending summers in Alaska, and then working in the “farm factories” of California and eastern Washington during other seasons, to support themselves and their families.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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Filipino Man Processes Fruit
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.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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Carlos Bulosan in a Suit
Rare photo of Carlos Bulosan from the era he wrote his semi-autobiographical novel, America Is in the Heart, c. 1945.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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Carlos Bulosan at a Desk
Carlos Bulosan, pictured at his desk with typewriter and manuscripts, c. 1955 in Seattle, Washington, continued to write in his final years despite facing censorship and isolation as a consequence of his activism.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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UFW Strikers in Delano
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, Delano, 1973.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 3
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Family Labor Camp in Delano
Labor camp life in the fields, with Raymund Pacis Barney (center back). Lucena L. Barney (center front) with John L. Barney, Filomena (Navaro) Fernandez (married to Zuilo Fernandez). Delano, 1940s.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 3
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Aremas Family Baptism Group Photo
Baptism for Susan Aremas (center being held by her aunt), and her mother Sherry (left of her), in the Salinas Labor Camp, circa 1940s. Two or more families at the camps would often share one small bunkhouse.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 3
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Natividad Ballesteros Edillor and Coworkers at Lucas Camp
Natividad Ballesteros Edillor (kneeling, second from left), with her female coworkers at Lucas Camp with camp foreman Bob Armington (standing, fourth from left), ca. 1960.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 3
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Cornelia Delute Selling Wares to Manongs
Cornelia Delute speaking with local farmworkers as her children in the photograph pose in front of the camera. Cornelia carries the container with her homemade binangkal (sesame bread) and suman (rice cake). Delano, circa 1950s.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 3
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Larry Itliong
Larry Itliong, undated photo.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 2
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Larry Itliong with Brazilian Farmworkers
Larry Itliong speaks to Brazilian farmworkers in Brazil, circa 1960s. Itliong traveled to Brazil and Chile to organize workers to be in solidarity with other labor movements across the globe.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 2
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Robert Kennedy and UFW Officials at the Delano Rally
Left to right: Andy Imutan (one of the original strikers), Dolores Huerta (co-founder of the UFW), Larry Itliong, and Robert Kennedy at a rally in Delano, California, March 10, 1968.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 2
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Pete Velasco, Larry Itliong, and César Chávez
Left to right: Pete Velasco, Larry Itliong, and César Chávez at Filipino Hall, Delano, California, Christmas, circa 1968.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 2
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1948 Asparagus Strike March
In this image, Filipino farmworkers march through downtown Stockton, California during the 1948 Stockton Asparagus Strike. This strike was an important milestone in Filipino farmworker history because it provided firsthand experience that activated many Filipino workers to become more involved in labor organizing.
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Larry Itliong Speaking
Larry Itliong, UFW Assistant Director speaking at an unknown event circa 1960s.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 2
