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Title
Carl & Lucille Moore in their Backyard at Moore Camp, Wayland
Description
Carl Moore was the "crew leader" for Roy Gibson's farm near Wayland, NY. What this title meant is that he served as an intermediary between farmer and migrant farmworkers: he recruited them (from Florida) and bused them up to New York; their wages from Gibson passed through Moore. Most crew leaders were notorious for exploiting workers by overcharging them for groceries and liquor; often, they deployed a couple of enforcers to maintain their power. Moore had a reputation as an unusually fair crew leader. In a 1981 article, Donna Balanger, Director of the Wayland Migrant Day Care Center, was quoted as saying that "The camp is more tightly run and the crew boss is fair with his people. What they earn, they get" (Peg Gallagher, "Migrant Workers," Elmira Star-Gazette 25 Oct. 1981: 5B).
Creator
Boettger, Elizabeth
Publisher
Steuben County Historical Society
Date
Unknown
Contributor
Dunbar, Matthew
Format
jpeg, 732 KB
Type
Still Image
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 5 in.
Geolocation
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