Outside the FSA grant office during the pea harvest, Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Outside the FSA grant office during the pea harvest, Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

2-899-915 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Outside the Farm Security Administration (FSA) grant office during the pea harvest. Calipatria, California. During spring of 1938 for the first time, the labor surplus had grown so large that relief grants were necessary even during the peak of harvest. Colored migrants are becoming more numerous this year.


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Creator
  1. Dorothea Lange: 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

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Society & Culture Wealth & Poverty


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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4138x4349
File Size : 17,575kb


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  1. 2017771698
  1. 1010002379
  1. 2-899-915
  1. 2017771698
  1. 2899915

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