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Alfred and Annie Lodge, Winfield

Alfred and Annie Lodge, Winfield

Alfred and Annie Lodge at Hanthorpe Ranch, Winfield, 1919. Alfred has just returned from the war.
Ikue Kitagawara

Ikue Kitagawara

Ikue Kitagawara at 19 years old, Nagano-ken, Japan, 1917
Square dancing party near the Woodsdale packinghouse, 1950s

Square dancing party near the Woodsdale packinghouse, 1950s

The packinghouses fostered this camaraderie by holding dances each harvest season for the workers and their families, and in later years, dinners.
Bernice Gunn, 2007

Bernice Gunn, 2007

Bernice Gunn demonstrates apple packing.
The floating picket line

The floating picket line

The floating picket line of Okanagan Centre packinghouse workers, 1955.
Apple Packing Championships, 1952

Apple Packing Championships, 1952

The fourth annual apple packing competition for the Canadian championship was held at Oliver, BC, November 3rd, 1952. Mrs. Anne Peterman of Oliver won the 1952 competition, with […]