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GRANDDAUGHTER OF DELANO STRIKER, FELIX ZAPATA, TAKES UP HER FAVORITE POSITION WHENEVER SHE VISITED THE PICKET LINE.
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PHOTOGRAPHER JON LEWIS WAS NEVER MARRIED, NOR DID HE HAVE CHILDREN, BUT HIS PHOTOS OF THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT PRODUCED SOME OF THE MOST TENDER PHOTOS OF CHILDREN IMAGINABLE, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
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THIS PHOTO SHOT IS FROM ALMOST DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. JON LEWIS, A FORMER MARINE, HAD TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE TO HAVE CLIMBED UP A UTILITY POLE AND POSITION HIMSELF FOR THIS SHOT.
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PHOTOGRAPHER JON LEWIS NEVER MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOOT REFLECTIONS OF THE DELANO STRIKERS. HERE HE USES THE FIELD IRRIGATION WATER.
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FARMWORKER FELIPE CANTU WAS ONE OF THE DELANO STRIKERS AND LATER STARRED IN MANY OF THE ACTOS OF EL TEATRO CAMPESINO.
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DELANO STRIKERS SURROUND A CAR FULL OF STRIKEBREAKERS AS IT ENTERS THE STRUCK FIELD.
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BILINGUAL PICKET SIGN: HUELGA/STRIKE
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THIS HUELGA FLAG IS LARGE ENOUGH FOR TWO STRIKERS TO HOLD IT
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SMOKING DELANO STRIKER SHIELDS HIS FACE FROM THE GLARE
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A DELANO STRIKER STRAINS TO SEE WHERE THE STRIKEBREAKERS ARE WORKING
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THE BULLHORN WAS THE ONLY WAY FOR DELANO STRIKERS TO SEND THEIR MESSAGE TO STRIKEBREAKERS WORKING SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS AWAY FROM THE ROADSIDE PICKET LINES
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THE PICKET LINE MEGAPHONE OFFERED SOME POSSIBILITY THAT STRIKERBREAKERS FAR INSIDE THE FIELDS AWAY FROM THE ROADSIDE WOULD HEAR THE STRIKE MESSAGE.
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