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J.V. Rhoades Employment Agency Records
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Title: J.V. Rhoades Employment Agency Records
Dates: 1924-1931
Collection Number: GC 1363
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 5 linear feet (Boxes: 1 legal; 11 letter)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
Abstract: Company records include correspondence, receipt books, loose receipts, and work order books; one photograph portrait of an
unidentified woman. English, with some documents in Spanish.
Language of Material: English
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[Identification of item]. J.V. Rhoades Employment Agency Records. Collection Number: GC 1363. Seaver Center for Western History
Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Biography/Administrative History
The Rhoades Employment Agency operated at three locations (Denver, Salt Lake City, and Los Angeles) from 1907 to about 1932.
It was co-owned primarily by two brothers, Joseph V. and Louis M. Rhoades, both of whom were based in Denver. Joseph Alfredo
Pacheco, whose name appeared on the Los Angeles letterhead, owned one-sixth share of the company and served as both Manager
and Interpreter at the Los Angeles Office at 606 N. Main Street. The agency specialized in the placement of Mexican laborers.
Scope and Content of Collection
Company records include correspondence, receipt books, loose receipts, and work order books; one photograph portrait of an
unidentified woman. English, with some documents in Spanish. The records provide primary labor data on Mexican casual workers
recruited from the Plaza area in Los Angeles, California. Many of the workers were placed in urban jobs, however client correspondence
also included the employer Los Alamitos Sugar Co. 1924-1931, undated.
Labor supply--California--Los Angeles County
Labor supply--California--Los Angeles Metropolitan Area