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Background imagePicking Collection: Pea pickers coming into the weigh master, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pea pickers coming into the weigh master, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pea pickers coming into the weigh master. Near Calipatria, California

Background imagePicking Collection: Pea fields, end of the day, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pea fields, end of the day, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
End of the day. Near Calipatria, California. Pea fields

Background imagePicking Collection: Migrant potato pickers, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant potato pickers, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant potato pickers. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Background imagePicking Collection: Outside of potato pickers camp, across from the... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Outside of potato pickers camp, across from the... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Outside of potato pickers camp, across from the packing shed. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. [Signs: Stew - Chili - Soup - Pie; Good Coffee 5 cents; Hot Cakes 10 cents; Pie 5 cents; Chili 10

Background imagePicking Collection: Tying carrots in Imperial Valley, near Meloland, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tying carrots in Imperial Valley, near Meloland, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tying carrots in Imperial Valley. Near Meloland, California

Background imagePicking Collection: Five hundred pea pickers in field of large-scale Sinclair Ranch, Near Calipatria, California, 1939

Five hundred pea pickers in field of large-scale Sinclair Ranch, Near Calipatria, California, 1939
Near Calipatria. Five hundred pea pickers in field of large-scale Sinclair Ranch newly planted to peas. California

Background imagePicking Collection: Pea pickers, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pea pickers, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pea pickers. California

Background imagePicking Collection: Paymaster on edge of pea fields... near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

Paymaster on edge of pea fields... near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Paymaster on edge of pea fields pays a quarter for every hamper of thirty pounds brought to the scale. Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

Background imagePicking Collection: Mexican girl who picks peas for the eastern market, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

Mexican girl who picks peas for the eastern market, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican girl who picks peas for the eastern market. Imperial Valley, California

Background imagePicking Collection: Row boss, formerly a pea picker, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Row boss, formerly a pea picker, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Row boss. Formerly a pea picker. Near Calipatria, California

Background imagePicking Collection: Lunchtime in the pea fields with camp in background, near Calipatria, California, 1939

Lunchtime in the pea fields with camp in background, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lunchtime in the field. Camp in background. Near Calipatria, California. Pea fields

Background imagePicking Collection: Pea pickers coming into weigh master, Sinclair Ranch, near Calipatria, California, 1939

Pea pickers coming into weigh master, Sinclair Ranch, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pea pickers coming into weigh master. 500 pea pickers in field of large-scale Sinclair Ranch, newly planted to peas. Near Calipatria, California

Background imagePicking Collection: Filipinos cutting lettuce, near Westmorland, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Filipinos cutting lettuce, near Westmorland, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Westmorland, Imperial Valley. Filipinos cutting lettuce

Background imagePicking Collection: Picking pears, Pleasant Hill Orchards, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Picking pears, Pleasant Hill Orchards, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Picking pears. Pleasant Hill Orchards. Washington, Yakima Valley. See general caption number 34

Background imagePicking Collection: Picker demonstrates how pears are ringed, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Picker demonstrates how pears are ringed, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Picker demonstrates how pears are ringed. Washington, Yakima Valley. See general caption number 34

Background imagePicking Collection: Picking pears, Pleasant Hill Orchard, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Picking pears, Pleasant Hill Orchard, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Picking pears. Pleasant Hill Orchard. Washington, Yakima Valley. See general caption number 34

Background imagePicking Collection: Possibly: Picking pears, Pleasant Hill Orchard, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939

Possibly: Picking pears, Pleasant Hill Orchard, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Picking pears. Pleasant Hill Orchard. Washington, Yakima Valley. See general caption number 34]

Background imagePicking Collection: Arnold children picking raspberries in the new berry patch, Michigan Hill, Western Washington, 1939

Arnold children picking raspberries in the new berry patch, Michigan Hill, Western Washington, 1939
Arnold children picking raspberries in the new berry patch. Western Washington, Thurston County, Michigan Hill. See general caption number 36

Background imagePicking Collection: Possibly: Arnold children picking raspberries in the new berry... Michigan Hill, Washington, 1939

Possibly: Arnold children picking raspberries in the new berry... Michigan Hill, Washington, 1939
[Untitled, possibly related to: Arnold children picking raspberries in the new berry patch. Western Washington, Thurston County, Michigan Hill. See general caption number 36]

Background imagePicking Collection: Fruit tramp, Yakima Valley, Wahington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Fruit tramp, Yakima Valley, Wahington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Fruit tramp. Note design of pear strap, to balance weight of the pears. Washington, Yakima Valley. See general caption 34

Background imagePicking Collection: Dumping full sack of picked pears to lug box... Yakima Valley, Wahington, 1939

Dumping full sack of picked pears to lug box... Yakima Valley, Wahington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dumping full sack of picked pears to lug box, which will be trucked to the packinghouse. Note design of picking sack which opens from bottom. Washington, Yakima Valley. See general caption number 34

Background imagePicking Collection: Migratory hop pickers, man and wife, work together, Oregon. Polk County, near Independence, 1939

Migratory hop pickers, man and wife, work together, Oregon. Polk County, near Independence, 1939
Oregon. Polk County, near Independence. Migratory hop pickers, man and wife, work together

Background imagePicking Collection: Wife of an ex-logger, now a migratory field... Independence (vicinity), Polk County, Oregon, 1939

Wife of an ex-logger, now a migratory field... Independence (vicinity), Polk County, Oregon, 1939
Independence (vicinity), Polk County, Oregon. Wife of an ex-logger, now a migratory field worker, resting in the shade of the hop vine at noon

Background imagePicking Collection: Hop picker, once Nebraska farm owner, Polk County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Hop picker, once Nebraska farm owner, Polk County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hop picker, once Nebraska farm owner. Polk County, Oregon

Background imagePicking Collection: Children work in the hops in Oregon often all day... Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939

Children work in the hops in Oregon often all day... Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children work in the hops in Oregon often all day and every day during the picking season. Oregon, Polk County, Independence

Background imagePicking Collection: Possibly: Hop picker, once Nebraska farm owner, near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939

Possibly: Hop picker, once Nebraska farm owner, near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Hop picker, once Nebraska farm owner. Near Independence, Polk County, Oregon

Background imagePicking Collection: Migratory boy, aged eleven, and his grandmother... near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939

Migratory boy, aged eleven, and his grandmother... near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939
Migratory boy, aged eleven, and his grandmother work side by side picking hops. Started work at five a.m. Photograph made at noon. Temperature 105 degrees. Oregon, Polk County, near Independence

Background imagePicking Collection: Local high school girl, who picks beans... near West Stayton, Marion County, Oregon, 1939

Local high school girl, who picks beans... near West Stayton, Marion County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oregon, Marion County, near West Stayton Local high school girl, who picks beans during vacation time

Background imagePicking Collection: Possibly: Harvesting pears, Pleasant Hill Orchards, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939

Possibly: Harvesting pears, Pleasant Hill Orchards, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Harvesting pears, Pleasant Hill Orchards. Washington, Yakima Valley. See general caption number 34]

Background imagePicking Collection: Harvesting pears requires agility and balance, Yakima Valley, Wahington, 1939

Harvesting pears requires agility and balance, Yakima Valley, Wahington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Harvesting pears requires agility and balance. Washington, Yakima Valley. See general caption number 34

Background imagePicking Collection: Possibly: Dumping full sack of picked pears to lug box... Yakima Valley, Wahington, 1939

Possibly: Dumping full sack of picked pears to lug box... Yakima Valley, Wahington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Dumping full sack of picked pears to lug box, which will be trucked to the packinghouse. Note design of picking sack which opens from bottom

Background imagePicking Collection: Head of young woman, migratory hop picker, near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939

Head of young woman, migratory hop picker, near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oregon. Polk County, near Independence. Head of young woman, migratory hop picker

Background imagePicking Collection: Possibly: Wife of an ex-logger, now a migrat... Independence (vicinity), Polk County, Oregon, 1939

Possibly: Wife of an ex-logger, now a migrat... Independence (vicinity), Polk County, Oregon, 1939
[Untitled, possibly related to: Independence (vicinity), Polk County, Oregon. Wife of an ex-logger, now a migratory field worker, resting in the shade of the hop vine at noon. ]

Background imagePicking Collection: Young wife of ex-logger, migratory field worker... near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939

Young wife of ex-logger, migratory field worker... near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939
Oregon, Polk County, near Independence. Young wife of ex-logger, migratory field worker, picking hops

Background imagePicking Collection: Eleven year old boy and his grandmother, migratory... near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939

Eleven year old boy and his grandmother, migratory... near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939
Eleven year old boy and his grandmother, migratory, pick hops side by side. Oregon, Polk County, near Independence

Background imagePicking Collection: Labor contractors truck with gang of pea pickers pulled up for gas, Westley, California, 1939

Labor contractors truck with gang of pea pickers pulled up for gas, Westley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Labor contractors truck with gang of pea pickers pulled up for gas. Gang recruited in Stockton, thirty-one miles away. Westley, California. [Sign: J.E

Background imagePicking Collection: Topping sugar beets after lifter has loosened them, near Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939

Topping sugar beets after lifter has loosened them, near Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Topping sugar beets after lifter has loosened them. Near Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon

Background imagePicking Collection: Pea pickers at work, San Luis Obispo County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pea pickers at work, San Luis Obispo County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pea pickers at work. San Luis Obispo County, California

Background imagePicking Collection: Pea pickers near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pea pickers near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pea pickers near Calipatria, California

Background imagePicking Collection: Pea harvest... industrialized agriculture on Sinclair Ranch, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939

Pea harvest... industrialized agriculture on Sinclair Ranch, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pea harvest. Large-scale industrialized agriculture on Sinclair Ranch. Imperial Valley, California

Background imagePicking Collection: 500 pea pickers in field of large-scale Sinclair Ranch, near Calipatria, California, 1939

500 pea pickers in field of large-scale Sinclair Ranch, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
500 pea pickers in field of large-scale Sinclair Ranch. Newly planted to peas. Near Calipatria, California

Background imagePicking Collection: Possibly: Large scale agriculture, near Meloland, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Possibly: Large scale agriculture, near Meloland, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Meloland, Imperial Valley. Large scale agriculture. Gang labor, Mexican and white, from the Southwest. Pull, clean, tie

Background imagePicking Collection: Large-scale agricultural gang labor, Mexicans and... near Meloland, Imperial Valley

Large-scale agricultural gang labor, Mexicans and... near Meloland, Imperial Valley, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Large-scale agricultural gang labor, Mexicans and whites from the Southwest pull, clean, tie and crate carrots for the eastern market for eleven cents per crate of forty-eight bunches

Background imagePicking Collection: Lunchtime in the field, camp in background, near Calipatria, California, 1939

Lunchtime in the field, camp in background, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lunchtime in the field. Camp in background. Near Calipatria, California. Pea fields

Background imagePicking Collection: Large scale agriculture, near Meloland, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Large scale agriculture, near Meloland, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Meloland, Imperial Valley. Large scale agriculture. Gang labor, Mexican and white, from the Southwest. Pull, clean, tie

Background imagePicking Collection: Gang of migratory carrot pullers in field, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

Gang of migratory carrot pullers in field, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Gang of migratory carrot pullers in field. Wages: fourteen cents per crate of forty eight bunches. Imperial Valley, California

Background imagePicking Collection: 8 a. m. migratory field workers pulling carrots in a field, near Meloland, Imperial County, CA

8 a. m. migratory field workers pulling carrots in a field, near Meloland, Imperial County, CA
8 a.m. Migratory field workers pulling carrots in a field. Note carrot digging tractor in background. " They ll sleep in the row (to hold a place in the field)

Background imagePicking Collection: Pea pickers, near Niland, Imperial County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pea pickers, near Niland, Imperial County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pea pickers. Wages (1939): one cent per pound. Hamper holds about twenty eight pounds. Near Niland, Imperial County, California



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