Rockmelon Collection

Capped cantaloupe, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Capped cantaloupe. Imperial Valley, California

Capped cantaloupe, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Capped cantaloupe. Imperial Valley, California

Cantaloupe field, desert agriculture on the Mexican border, Imperial Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cantaloupe field, desert agriculture on the Mexican border. Large-scale corporation farming. Imperial Valley, California

Mexican migratory laborer thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
One of a Mexican gang of migratory laborers thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants at thirty cents an hour; the young plants are capped with wax paper spread over a wire wicket to protect against

Mexican gang of migratory laborers under a Japanese field boss, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Mexican gang of migratory laborers under a Japanese field boss. These men are thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants. Wages thirty cents an hour

Mexican gang of migratory laborers under a Japanese field boss, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Mexican gang of migratory laborers under a Japanese field boss. These men are thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants. Wages thirty cents an hour

Irrigator in brushed and capped cantaloupe field, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Irrigator in brushed and capped cantaloupe field. Imperial Valley, California

The kind of work drought refugees and Mexicans do in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The kind of work drought refugees and Mexicans do in the Imperial Valley, California. Planting cantaloupe

Center Market, Washington, D.C. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Center Market. Washington, D.C

Mexican cantaloupe worker at 5:00 am, Imperial Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican cantaloupe worker at 5:00 a.m. Imperial Valley, California

Cantaloupe field and ranch house, Imperial Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cantaloupe field and ranch house. Imperial Valley, California. Desert agriculture on the Mexican border. Large-scale corporation farming, Mexican labor

Mexican picking cantaloupes in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican picking cantaloupes in the Imperial Valley, California. This is highly skilled labor

Mexican picking melons in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican picking melons in the Imperial Valley, California

Mexican melon picker of the Imperial Valley, unloading his bag, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican melon picker of the Imperial Valley, unloading his bag. California

Mexicans picking cantaloupes one mile north of the Mexican border, Imperial Valley, Califoria, 1937
Mexicans picking cantaloupes one mile north of the Mexican border. Imperial Valley, Califoria. 6:00 a.m. This is highly skilled labor

Mexicans picking cantaloupes, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexicans picking cantaloupes one mile north of the Mexican border. Imperial Valley, California. 6:00 a.m. This is highly skilled labor

Washington, Yakima Valley, near Wapato, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Washington, Yakima Valley, near Wapato. Name of Borrower, Edgar Hardt. On Tenant Purchase farm. Forty acres, price six thousand fifty dollars, all stock and machinery included

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