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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.
Winfield packinghouse

Winfield packinghouse

The staff of the Vernon Fruit Union, Winfield, October 20th, 1955.
Okanagan Valley Land Company sorters, 1937

Okanagan Valley Land Company sorters, 1937

The sorters of the Okanagan Valley Land Company packinghouse, Okanagan Centre, 1937. Left to right: Back row: unknown, unknown, unknown, Ted Nuyens, unknown, Pam Wentworth Front row: Nellie […]
Staff of the Okanagan Valley Land Company packinghouse, Okanagan Centre, October 15th, 1948

Staff of the Okanagan Valley Land Company packinghouse, Okanagan Centre, October 15th, 1948

Staff of the Okanagan Valley Land Company packinghouse, Okanagan Centre, October 15th, 1948  
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.
The packinghouse crew of the Vernon Fruit Union, Oyama, 1920s

The packinghouse crew of the Vernon Fruit Union, Oyama, 1920s

The Vernon Fruit Union operated a packinghouse in Oyama from 1913 to 1974.
Vernon Fruit Union, Oyama, 1914

Vernon Fruit Union, Oyama, 1914

The Vernon Fruit Union packing crew and their families, 1914. Back Row: Winnie Brown, Mrs. Curfoot, Charlie Phillips, Alec Philips, Sam Tyndall Front Row: Floyd Whipple, Ted Fudge […]
Packinghouse crew at Okanagan Centre, October, 1928

Packinghouse crew at Okanagan Centre, October, 1928

Left to right: Unknown, Malcolm Douglas, unknown, unknown, Ivy Fallow, J. W. Cole, Charlie Draper, unknown, Cliff Fallow, Alice Crowder, Sadie Rutt, Mrs. Rutt  
Winoka Cooperative Exchange staff, 1946

Winoka Cooperative Exchange staff, 1946

Winoka Cooperative Exchange staff, Okanagan Centre, October 10th, 1946. Ann Cook, Curly McDonald, Edie Gibbons, Helen Lidstone, Mrs. French, Joyce Buckley, Bryan Cooney, Minnie Dehnke, Norm Simpson, Hiroshi […]
Vernon Fruit Union packinghouse, Oyama, 1931

Vernon Fruit Union packinghouse, Oyama, 1931

The first attempt to unionize packinghouse workers took place in the 1930s but was unsuccessful due to the surplus of available workers.
Kelowna Farmer’s Exchange packing school, 1914

Kelowna Farmer’s Exchange packing school, 1914

The first packing school available to local women ran a class in the winter of 1914 at the Kelowna Grower’s Exchange packinghouse. Packing schools operated in the Okanagan […]
The Okanagan Valley Land Company, 1910

The Okanagan Valley Land Company, 1910

The Okanagan Valley Land Company planted thousands of acres of orchards in Lake Country. The main office was located near the wharf in Okanagan Centre.