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Picking Rogue River Pears

Ephemeral film · 8 min

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Running time
8 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives

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★★★★ · Danglers · Spuzz · 2023-06-29

Lovely little document detailing, yes, the picking of pears at the Rogue River... Where is that? Ah, in Oregon. No sign of the river here though. A team of what could be a family, or maybe an owner and some younger good looking white helpers (I say that because a lot of this work IS migtrant workers in these films). We seem to focus primarily on older couple, how they set up the dangerous looking ladder, climbing up, and filling their bags with the fruit. Seems to be a correct method in picking as well! Soon the bag is full, and emptied into a fruit box! Some scenes of what makes a pear…