types of work available. Many of them worked on the railroads, but a great many of them also found work by operating small business like barbershops, grocery stores, butcher shops and others. Many were farmers or laborers and still others became involved in growing grapes and making wine as they had done in their native lands. However, the Italians, like most immigrants, were often faced with some of the most difficult labor jobs and paid the lowest of wages. In 1913 many of them worked ten hour days at a r
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