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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2023.
My dad always had a smile on his face so we named the company "Kruger & Sons, Home of the Happy Pickle." We are the most efficient pickle-packing plant on the West Coast, processing eight to ten million pounds of cucumbers each year. I started sorting pickles when I was ten years old. Dad would bring them home from work. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2023.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2023.

My dad always had a smile on his face so we named the company "Kruger & Sons, Home of the Happy Pickle." We are the most efficient pickle-packing plant on the West Coast, processing eight to ten million pounds of cucumbers each year. I started sorting pickles when I was ten years old. Dad would bring them home from work. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

Artist Bill Owens (American, born 1938)
CultureAmerican
Date1975
MediumGelatiin silver print
Dimensions8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Portfoliofrom the Working series
Credit LineGift of Susan and Neal Yanofsky
Object number2022.43.20
Not on view
Image Not Available for Like every body else, I am caught up in the rat race. I work eighty hours a week and with my real estate investments earn $100,000 a year. I just got divorced. In the insurance business, the public thinks we promise the moon but we can only deliver half a moon. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Bill Owens
Like every body else, I am caught up in the rat race. I work eighty hours a week and with my real estate investments earn $100,000 a year. I just got divorced. In the insurance business, the public thinks we promise the moon but we can only deliver half a moon. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
1975
Image Not Available for I’m a train conductor. I love railroading, it's exciting. Each trip is different and I never know where I'm going. My dad and his brothers my wife, her dad and her brothers were all railroaders. It runs in the family
Bill Owens
I’m a train conductor. I love railroading, it's exciting. Each trip is different and I never know where I'm going. My dad and his brothers my wife, her dad and her brothers were all railroaders. It runs in the family
1975, printed 2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2013.
John Miller
CB w/ L, T and pickles (The cheeseburger, curly fries, plate, coke, with ice and straw)
2011-2012
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2013.
John Miller
CB w/ L, T and pickles (The cheeseburger, curly fries, plate, coke, with ice and straw)
2011-2012
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2012.
John Miller
"EAT", from the installation "CB w/ L, T and pickles"
2005
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2013.
John Miller
CB w/ L, T and pickles (The cheeseburger, curly fries, plate, coke, with ice and straw) and EAT
2005-2012
Image Not Available for Mobil Home Communities are no longer just trailer parks. We have a sense of stableness. We get together for pot-luck dinners and for other activities. More important, you have a neighbor to count on if you need help. Sun Valley Mobile Homes. Livermore, California
Bill Owens
Mobil Home Communities are no longer just trailer parks. We have a sense of stableness. We get together for pot-luck dinners and for other activities. More important, you have a neighbor to count on if you need help. Sun Valley Mobile Homes. Livermore, California
1972
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
John Vachon
Men in their Room at Mrs. Jones' Boarding House; Six Men Live in this Room, Sleeping in Three Beds, and Paying from Eight to Ten Dollars per Week Rent; Most of Them Have Families They Left Behind in Bluefield, West Virginia; Bristol, Tennessee; or High Po
1940
Image Not Available for Pair of Worcester 'Pickle Leaf Vine' Pattern Vine Leaf-Shaped Pickle Dishes
Worcester Porcelain Company
Pair of Worcester 'Pickle Leaf Vine' Pattern Vine Leaf-Shaped Pickle Dishes
ca. 1765
Image Not Available for The summer review "Broadway's Best" was held at the ampitheater. Learning my dance routine, getting my costume ready, and learning my sons was a lot of work. It's too bad the community didn't support our efforts. Attendance was poor. I guess people have other things to do, but we still had a great time putting on the performance. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Bill Owens
The summer review "Broadway's Best" was held at the ampitheater. Learning my dance routine, getting my costume ready, and learning my sons was a lot of work. It's too bad the community didn't support our efforts. Attendance was poor. I guess people have other things to do, but we still had a great time putting on the performance. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
1969-1975
Image Not Available for The hotel clerk, the neighbors, his roommate of three years . . . no one knew a thing about the dead young man in the hotel room—not even his real name, or where he worked. The man lay fallen back on the bed, eyes fixed to the ceiling, a hypodermic needle in his arm. “How did this guy die?” I asked the cop. “Dirty drugs.” I learned later that he had been a police informer
Leonard Freed
The hotel clerk, the neighbors, his roommate of three years . . . no one knew a thing about the dead young man in the hotel room—not even his real name, or where he worked. The man lay fallen back on the bed, eyes fixed to the ceiling, a hypodermic needle in his arm. “How did this guy die?” I asked the cop. “Dirty drugs.” I learned later that he had been a police informer
1976
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2022.
Lewis Hine
Eight-year old Jack driving horse rake.
August 1915
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