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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…
The Garcia Family Photos
This image incorporates a lot of life within an oddly cropped picture of the Garcia Family. This image gives a look inside of the living conditions of migrant farmworkers, but not through the eyes of someone who knows them as a worker, instead the…
The Garcia Family Photos
This image incorporates a lot of life within an oddly cropped picture of the Garcia Family. This image gives a look inside of the living conditions of migrant farmworkers, but not through the eyes of someone who knows them as a worker, instead the…
Johana's Mandala Drawing
This mandala drawing, while simple and unfinished, includes a lot of depth and nuance to it. Created by Johana, this mandala includes a heart at the center with vibrant flowers growing out of it. In the center of the heart is Johana's name in pencil…
"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…
Piece of wood
An oddly shaped piece of wood that was once connected to a well-carved wooden moose head. It is varnished and stained pine with a rusty nail sticking out of it. This piece of wood led to the discovery of its creator Jacob Wawatie (1956-2016), who was…
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…
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…
"Young Lady, Age Twenty-One" - Ophelia Bailey Poem
This poem, by Ophelia Bailey, shares her wishes that she could do more with her life like going to school to be a nurse or teacher. Bailey states that she wants to go into those occupations so that she can help people no matter their age or other…