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Cotton Pickers Collection

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Sorting cotton, between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown

Sorting cotton, between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Sorting cotton, between 1900 and 1910

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton pickers emptying sacks, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton pickers emptying sacks, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County, California. Cotton pickers emptying sacks at eleven a.m. Stopped from further work for the day by rain

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton picking in south Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picking in south Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picking in south Texas

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Outside FSA 'grant' office during cotton pickers strike, Bakersfield, California, 1938

Outside FSA "grant" office during cotton pickers strike, Bakersfield, California, 1938
Bakersfield, California. Outside Farm Security Administration (FSA) "grant" office during cotton pickers strike

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Migrant cotton pickers, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant cotton pickers, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant cotton pickers. Texas

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Small cotton farmer, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Small cotton farmer, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Small cotton farmer stays at the wagon and keeps acocunt of the weight of each sack brought in by pickers from the field. Kern County, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton picker, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picker, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picker. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Emptying cotton after weighing, small cotton farm, Kern County, California, 1938

Emptying cotton after weighing, small cotton farm, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Emptying cotton after weighing. Small cotton farm. Kern County, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton checkers, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton checkers, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton checkers. San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton workers, outskirts of Firebaugh, west side of San Joaquin Valley, California, 1939

Cotton workers, outskirts of Firebaugh, west side of San Joaquin Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Outskirts of Firebaugh. West side of San Joaquin Valley, California. Six families with twenty-two children live in this house. Cotton workers: "He's good (the boss)

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Warehouse, used as distributing office for FSA relief grants... Bakersfield, California, 1938

Warehouse, used as distributing office for FSA relief grants... Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Warehouse, used as distributing office for Farm Security Administration (FSA) relief grants of commodities to destitute farm labor families during cotton strike of October 1938

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton workers, outskirts of Firebaugh, west side of San Joaquin Valley, California, 1939

Cotton workers, outskirts of Firebaugh, west side of San Joaquin Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Outskirts of Firebaugh, west side of San Joaquin Valley, California. Six families with twenty-two children live in this house. Cotton workers

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Migrant cotton pickers at lunchtime, near Radstown, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant cotton pickers at lunchtime, near Radstown, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant cotton pickers at lunchtime. Near Radstown, Texas

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton pickers lunchtime, near Corpus Christi, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton pickers lunchtime, near Corpus Christi, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton pickers lunchtime. Near Corpus Christi, Texas

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: During the cotton strike, a striking picker applies for an emergency food grant, Shafter, CA, 1938

During the cotton strike, a striking picker applies for an emergency food grant, Shafter, CA, 1938
During the cotton strike, the father, a striking picker, has left his wife and child in the car while he applies to the Farm Security Administration for an emergency food grant. Shafter, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton weigher, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton weigher, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton weigher. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Motherless migrant children - they work in the cotton, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Motherless migrant children - they work in the cotton, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Motherless migrant children. They work in the cotton

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Loading cotton, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Loading cotton, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading cotton. San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton picker, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picker, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picker. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Pickers in cotton field, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pickers in cotton field, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pickers in cotton field. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton pickers at work in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton pickers at work in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton pickers at work in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California. They receive one dollar and one dollar and twenty-five cents per hundred pounds

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Picking cotton, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Picking cotton, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Picking cotton. San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton weigher, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton weigher, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton weigher. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Loading cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Loading cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading cotton. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Loading cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Loading cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading cotton. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Weighing in cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Weighing in cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Weighing in cotton. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Weighing in cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Weighing in cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Weighing in cotton. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Weighing in and loading cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936

Weighing in and loading cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Weighing in and loading cotton. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Loading cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Loading cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading cotton. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton. San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Weighing in cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Weighing in cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Weighing in cotton. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Loading cotton, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Loading cotton, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading cotton. San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Loading cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Loading cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading cotton. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Weighing in cotton, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Weighing in cotton, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Weighing in cotton. San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton pickers bringing in their 'pick' to be weighed, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936

Cotton pickers bringing in their "pick" to be weighed, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936
Cotton pickers bringing in their "pick" to be weighed. They receive one dollar and one dollar and twenty-five cents per hundred pounds. San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Loading cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Loading cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading cotton. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton picker, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picker, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picker. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton pickers, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton pickers, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton pickers. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Picking cotton, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Picking cotton, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Picking cotton. San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton picker, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picker, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picker. San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton picker, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picker, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picker. San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton picker, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picker, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picker. San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton picker, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picker, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picker. San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton picker, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picker, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picker. San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton picker, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picker, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picker. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Migrant cotton picker on way to field, Kern migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant cotton picker on way to field, Kern migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant cotton picker on way to field. Kern migrant camp, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Cotton picker on her way to the cotton field, Kern migrant camp, California, 1936

Cotton picker on her way to the cotton field, Kern migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picker on her way to the cotton field. Kern migrant camp, California

Background imageCotton Pickers Collection: Along U.S. Highway 99, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Along U.S. Highway 99, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Along U.S. Highway 99. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California. ['Cotton Pickers Wanted']



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