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Cannery Workers Shacks

Monterey


The trio of tiny original one-room cabins where cannery workers shacked up provides a sobering reminder of the hard lives led by Filipino, Japanese, Spanish and other immigrant laborers. If you peak through the blinded windows, you can see some of the furnishings.


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