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Housing for rapidly growing fringe of lettuce workers on edge of town, Salinas, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Housing for rapidly growing fringe of lettuce workers on edge of town, Salinas, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

2-899-291 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Housing for rapidly growing fringe of lettuce workers on edge of town. There houses are built by the occupants, most of them recent migrants from the Southwest. (Subject of BAE) Frequently tents and trailers are on the same lots where houses are under construction. Salinas, California. [Sign: '$25.00 Down £5.00 month - 6% - For Sale - About 1/2 Acre Lots - $250.00 and up - owner, A.G. Elkington 134 Willow St. Salinas'].

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People Information

Creator
  1. Dorothea Lange, attributed to: American: Photographer, artist, photojournalist
Medium
  1. Photograph
Picture Type
  1. Nitrate negatives. gmgpc
  2. Still image
Geographic Hierarchy

World North and Central America United States California

  1. 37 00 00 N , 119 00 00 W
Category Hierarchy

Trade & Industry Construction Industry

Locations & Buildings Other

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4111x4319
File Size : 17,340kb

Aliases

  1. 2017771797
  1. 1010002451
  1. 2-899-291
  1. 2017771797
  1. 2899291
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