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Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Mexico. Coachella Valley, California. "We come from all states and we can't make a dollar a day in this field noways
Filipino crew of fifty-five boys cutting and loading lettuce, Imperial Valley, California, 1937Filipino crew of fifty-five boys cutting and loading lettuce. Imperial Valley, California
Warehouse, used as distributing office for FSA... Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeWarehouse, used as distributing office for Farm Security Administration (FSA) relief grants of commodities to destitute farm labor families during cotton strike of October 1938
Filipino boy of a labor gang cutting cauliflower near Santa Maria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeFilipino boy of a labor gang cutting cauliflower near Santa Maria, California
Mexicans, field laborers, on strike in cotton picking season, Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeMexicans, field laborers, on strike in cotton picking season, apply to Farm Security Administration (FSA) for relief. Bakersfield, California
Filipino boy, one of a labor gang, cutting cauliflower near Santa Maria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeFilipino boy, one of a labor gang, cutting cauliflower near Santa Maria, California
Migrant potato pickers pitching... Near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigrant potato pickers pitching their tent. Often they are without water and sanitary conditions. Near Shafter, California
Filipino boys cutting cauliflower (gang labor) near Santa Maria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeFilipino boys cutting cauliflower (gang labor) near Santa Maria, California
Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937Some of the carrot pullers in the Coachella Valley. There are one hundred people in this field coming from Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. California
Cotton weigher, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeCotton weigher. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
Harvesting milo maize, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeHarvesting milo maize, Tulare County, California. Cost of harvesting by this method totals ten dollars per acre. Cost of harvesting by cooperative harvester bought by Farm Security Administration
Peach picker, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangePeach picker. Muscella, Georgia
Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, California. These cotton pickers are being paid seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds
Family of migratory cotton pickers, originally from Oklahoma, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeLiving conditions of workers in agriculture on whom depend the crops of California. Family of migratory cotton pickers, originally from Oklahoma, living in abandoned cow barn. Note bed in corner
Halloween party at Shafter migrant camp, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeHalloween party at Shafter migrant camp, California. [Sign: Bean Guessing']
Sharecropper cultivating cotton with team, Near Shreveport, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeSharecropper cultivating cotton with team. This is a step above the primitive method. Near Shreveport, Louisiana
Halloween party at Shafter migrant camp, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeHalloween party at Shafter migrant camp, California
During the cotton strike, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeDuring the cotton strike, the International Labor Defense distributes clothing and shoes to destitute families of striking cotton pickers. Kern County, California
Street meeting at night...outside of Shafter, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeStreet 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)
Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeStreet 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)
Sketch en route to Cherbourg, 1850. Creator: UnknownSketch en route to Cherbourg, 1850. Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, the first President of France, travels to Cherbourg for a naval review. Locals in traditional costume turn out to see him
Cotton hoers (day laborers) move from one field across... Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeCotton hoers (day laborers) move from one field across the highway to another. Mississippi Delta
Tenant family with six children who are rural rehabilitation clients, Greene County, Georgia, 1937Tenant family with six children who are rural rehabilitation clients of the Farm Security Administration. Greene County, Georgia
The cotton sharecropper's unit, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeThe cotton sharecropper's unit is one mule and the land he can cultivate with a one-horse plow. Greene County, Georgia
Farm Security clients during applications for aid... Stockton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeFarm Security clients during applications for aid under Tenant Purchase Act. Stockton, California
From Wyoming and Missouri eight years...working in lemons... near Strathmore, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNear Strathmore, California. From Wyoming and Missouri. Eight years in California. Working in lemons. "It's easy for us because we haven't got a bunch of kids to get drug around."
The Great Reaping Day - Oklahoma potato pickers, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeThe Great Reaping Day. Hymn singing, Sunday afternoon. The woman had been "saved" the week before. Oklahoma potato pickers. Kern County, California
The Bog of Allen, from the Canal Side, 1850. Creator: SmythThe Bog of Allen, from the Canal Side, 1850. The Irish Amelioration Society - Manufacture of Peat Charcoal...view of the bog...with Carbara Castle in the distance...the works...on the left
Cotton hoers from Memphis bound for the Wilson Plantation in Arkansas, forty-three miles away, 1937Cotton hoers from Memphis bound for the Wilson Plantation in Arkansas, forty-three miles away. [Farm workers going to work on large cotton plantations in Mississippi County, Arkansas
Carrot pullers from Texas in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeCarrot pullers from Texas. Texas farmer on edge of carrot field. In California for two weeks, migrating after three years of crop failures
Waiting for the trucks to bring them to the cotton fields, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeWaiting for the trucks to bring them to the cotton fields. Memphis, Tennessee
Cotton hoers loading at Memphis, Tennessee for the day's work in Arkansas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeCotton hoers loading at Memphis, Tennessee for the day's work in Arkansas
Cotton picking in south Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeCotton picking in south Texas
Tractor in cotton, near Corsicana, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeTractor in cotton. Near Corsicana, Texas
The tractor pulls a riding plow, near Centrae, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeMechanization proceeds by stages. Here the tractor pulls a riding plow. Next stages are two four-row cultivators cultivating more rows and eliminating the man on the cultivator, near Centrae, Texas
On the steps of the bank in the town square, Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeOn the steps of the bank in the town square. Memphis, Texas
Drought refugee families...supplanting Mexican field laborers... Near Chandler, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeDrought refugee families are now mingling with and supplanting Mexican field laborers in the Southwest. Near Chandler, Arizona
Farmer and son near Stanton, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeFarmer and son near Stanton, Texas. Haven't made a crop of cotton since 1932
The Annual Exhibition of the Smithfield Club - Bringing in Implements, 1850. Creator: UnknownThe Annual Exhibition of the Smithfield Club - Bringing in Implements, 1850. Agricultural show in London. Farming machinery on display included: Seed and Manure Drill, a Wheel Plough
Street and homes in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeStreet and homes in "Little Oklahoma." Forty families in this group. Tents, tent houses, shacks, freight cars converted into homes
Cotton hoers, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeThese cotton hoers work only seasonally on the plantations. The rest of the year they live on odd jobs and relief. Memphis, Tennessee
