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Congress Of Industrial Organizations Collection

Background imageCongress Of Industrial Organizations Collection: Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California, 1938

Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California. Organizer for United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers of America (Congress of Industrial Organizations-CIO)

Background imageCongress Of Industrial Organizations Collection: Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers, Kern County, CA, 1938

Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers, Kern County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers. Kern County, California. The growers set price of cotton at seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds picked

Background imageCongress Of Industrial Organizations Collection: Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers, Kern County, CA, 1938

Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers, Kern County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers. Kern County, California. The growers set price of cotton at seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds picked

Background imageCongress Of Industrial Organizations Collection: Migratory field worker, leader of the cotton strike of October 1938, Kern County, California, 1938

Migratory field worker, leader of the cotton strike of October 1938, Kern County, California, 1938
Migratory field worker, leader of the cotton strike of October 1938, which took place just before the election. Kern County, California

Background imageCongress Of Industrial Organizations Collection: From Oklahoma farm (April 1938) to strike leader in California, Kern County, California, 1938

From Oklahoma farm (April 1938) to strike leader in California, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
From Oklahoma farm (April 1938) to strike leader in California. Cotton strike (Nov. 1938). He displays his union membership book. "Vote No on No

Background imageCongress Of Industrial Organizations Collection: Street meeting at night...outside of Shafter, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Street meeting at night...outside of Shafter, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California. Organizer for United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers of America (Congress of Industrial Organizations-CIO)

Background imageCongress Of Industrial Organizations Collection: Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California, 1938

Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California. Organizer for United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers of America (Congress of Industrial Organizations-CIO)

Background imageCongress Of Industrial Organizations Collection: Night street meeting of cotton strikers near end of defeated strike. Kern County, California, 1939

Night street meeting of cotton strikers near end of defeated strike. Kern County, California, 1939
Kern County, California. Night street meeting of cotton strikers near end of defeated strike. Strikers received seventy-five cents per 100 pounds; demanded one dollar


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