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Women Farm Hands in Long Island Fields at Jamaica
An American observer notes many women from Polish, Italian, and other communities working as farm laborers around Jamaica, Hicksville, Mineola, and Woodhaven. Women harvest onions, peas, beans, and tomatoes, with babies in carriages nearby. wages average a quarter to half a dollar per two bushel bag, illustrating a European immigrant labor pattern in nearby rural areas.
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James Heston
Europe
United States
New York
Jamaica
Long Island
Austria
Italy
Woodhaven
Euilding
Millais
Angelus
Sicily
Hicksville
Mineola
Russian Poland