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Potato harvest, Marquart Farm
During the time of the Geneseo Migrant Center, this farm located near Gainesville, NY was one of Wyoming County's group of major potato producers. The scale of that operation is suggested by this photograph showing rows of filled bags, at the time…
The Cherry Pickers Are Working
Radical organization of space turns this lush orchard into a social cross-section of American agriculture. Four migrant workers are on ladders picking cherries, the one at left positioned to appear behind bars. A farmer or crew chief drives a tractor…
"My Grandmom"
This poem showcases how much time migrant farmworkers spend apart from their families. Its circumstances were explained in an issue Real Talk, published by the Geneseo Migrant Center:"In honor of Mother's Day, Sunday May 14th, we would like to share…
Interview with Gonzalez Perez family
Anthropologist Jayne Howell spoke with two brothers and their cousin concerning apparently simple sculptures created with popsicle sticks. Their answers are much more involved. Diodoro explains how, "For my part, I made the figures with the objective…
