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Orchardists and workers clash / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [143] [WAYITWAS-2002-143]
All eyes focused on the dispute between local orchardists and fruit workers during the months of November and December 1932. The Nov. 25 clash between the workers, led by members of the Agricultural Workers' Industrial League, and law enforcement had deeply antagonized both sides.
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3669 3669

Agricultural machinery and workers
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3668 3668

Agricultural machinery and workers
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3664 3664

Agricultural workers - machinery
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3677 3677

Agricultural worker - huge horse team
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3524 3524

(A and B) Fruit workers
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Foreign labor lifeblood of agriculture / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [75] [WAYITWAS-2001-75]
Japanese workers filled void Vacaville's orchardists toward the end of the 19th century relied heavily on foreign labor to run their orchards, harvest and pack the fruit and ship it to the East Coast.
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Solano agriculture was fruitful in early 1900s / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [602] [WAYITWAS-2005-602]
Solano County has undergone vast changes over the last 100 years. At the turn of the 20th century, its economy centered on agriculture, with a focus on fresh fruit in the valleys around Vacaville and Suisun.
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Ex-Vacan recalls town's Japanese past / Delaplane, Kristin [417] [ECHOS-1999-417]
During the heyday of the fruit orchards in Solano County, the ethnic mix of orchardists and workers was astounding. The early arrivals were the original settlers, the Spanish and then the trailblazers from back East. Then came the Chinese.
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Choice of good land bears fruit / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [702] [WAYITWAS-2007-702]
In March of 1885, the Vacaville newspaper California Judicion investigated the reason for rising land values in the Vacaville area. A reporter set out to interview several prominent local orchardists.
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