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Listen: The Latin ProgramAfrican American family that worked for the Franklin Fish & Oyster Co. in Apalachicola.
Image Number
TD02771D
Photographer
Finch, Ellis.
Date
1967
Date Note
Photographed on February 24, 1967.
Rights
Collection
Tallahassee Democrat collection
, M87- 27, Box 17
, M87- 27, Box 17
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Unemployment
Employees--Dismissal of
Crab pickers (Persons)--Dismissal of
Plant shutdowns
Wages--Food industry and trade
Seafood industry--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Wages--Fish trade
Shellfish trade--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Crab industry--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Wages--Crab pickers (Persons)
Wages--Government policy
Labor costs
Minimum wage--Law and legislation
African Americans--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
African American families--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Costs, Industrial
Employees--Dismissal of
Crab pickers (Persons)--Dismissal of
Plant shutdowns
Wages--Food industry and trade
Seafood industry--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Wages--Fish trade
Shellfish trade--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Crab industry--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Wages--Crab pickers (Persons)
Wages--Government policy
Labor costs
Minimum wage--Law and legislation
African Americans--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
African American families--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Costs, Industrial
Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Additional Creator
Tallahassee Democrat (Firm)
Additional Creator
Tallahassee Democrat (Firm)
Physical Description
1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.
General Note
Young girl identified as Simonetta Katrina Simmons.
Accompanying note: "Expert crabmeat pickers live in these houses ...no work at the plant adds to their woes".
Federal government Wage and Hour Labor law forced the closing of crab picking plant operated by B.J. Tarantino.
African American family that worked for the Franklin Fish & Oyster Co. in Apalachicola.
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