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Winnie Draper and Alice Draper, Winfield, 1937

Black and white photo of two women standing outside a screen door. Both are wearing work trousers, white shirts, and large hats. The woman on the right is holding a cat.

Date: 1937

Location: Winfield, British Columbia

Credits: Photo courtesy of Gwen Roswell

“We used to get 3¢ a pack. Now they wouldn’t even put one apple in for 3¢. Well, in those days, they were the big apple boxes and they held about 40 lbs of apples. We had to wrap them all. A good packer would pack 150 boxes of apples a day if the fruit was running good and worked steady.”

Winnie Heyworth, audio interview November 7th, 2012