A People’s History of the Inland Empire Digital Archive

Robert and Joe Venegas

Item

Title

Robert and Joe Venegas

Identifier

2017.003.007

Type

Image

Description

Pictured are Joe Venegas (father) and Robert "Junie" Venegas (son). Robert was the eldest son of Joe Venegas and began working with him at the age of thirteen. Robert continued working in the groves until 1945 when he joined the army. The photograph's location is described to be a citrus grove located between Victoria Avenue and Nelson Street in Riverside, California.

Subject

Citrus Fruit Industry

Spatial Coverage

Riverside (Calif.)

Temporal Coverage

1946

Creator

Unknown

Date

1946

Contributor

Image donated to the Relevancy & History Project by Yolanda and Manuel Venegas.

Format

Photograph

Rights

In Copyright