Women cannery workers in the highly mechanized cannery of the 1930s. Workers take the fruit from the line, fill cans, and then put lids on the cans. Notice that the women wear white caps and uniforms, resembling nursing uniforms – part of the…
Valeriano and his wife, Giuseppina, arrived in California from Italy in 1921. Soon after their arrival, Valeriano joined his brothers at their Jacuzzi Brothers Inc factory and later purchased a 161-acre farm in Contra Costa County. During the…