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Home Away from Home for Jamaican Apple Pickers in Frederick County
Migrant workers at the Frederick County Fruit Growers Assn camp in Winchester Frederick County Maryland gather for a winter dinner at six after a day of apple harvest. Jamaican picker Lewis Francis says earnings here support him home, supervised by camp manager Percy Williams and overseer Castro Baker.
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