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When the UC Merced Library acquired the Ernest Lowe collection of photographs last year, along with it came intimate portraits of labor leader, community organizer, businessman and Latino American civil rights activist Cesar Chavez.
The collection — which is available for free, public consumption through the UC Merced Library — includes a rich collection of images of the Central Valley. The collection comprises more than 2,700 digital images and roughly 5,000 additional film negatives, shedding light on the communities migrant workers built and lived in.