DescriptionJohn Fuyuume, the man pictured in the straw hat, is inspecting samples of peas as they are gathered from the fields. This process was part of the raw material grading and quality assurance of produce...
DescriptionRichard Nishimura is supervising the scale located at the front platform. This was the area at Seabrook Farms where newly harvested crops were first delivered for inspection and cleaning, before...
DescriptionDoor 14 was the door to the sub-zero cold storage at Seabrook Farms. Finished products were kept there until it was time to sell them. Because the temperature was dangerous, the cord to open the...
DescriptionYohei Masatani, the man wearing the baseball cap, is waiting for a tub to fill with harvested peas. Once the tub is filled, it is rolled over to the beginning of the marathon line in the plant.
DescriptionOlan Conover was the plant manager at the Seabrook Farms factory during the 1950s. John Fuyuume describes the duties of shift plant managers, and the nature of the shift work, in his memoir, 'I...
DescriptionRuth Murray was a plant timekeeper at Seabrook Farms. She is affectionately remembered as the 'plant timekeeper with personality.' Plant timekeepers manned various stations around the Farms, and...
DescriptionJack Keefe, supervisor of Cumberland Warehouse, conducts a tour for visitors to Seabrook. In the photo, he points out the Amerio plate freezers.