Large-scale agricultural gang labor, Mexicans and..., near Meloland, Imperial Valley, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Large-scale agricultural gang labor, Mexicans and..., near Meloland, Imperial Valley, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange.

2-899-987 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Large-scale agricultural gang labor, Mexicans and whites from the Southwest pull, clean, tie and crate carrots for the eastern market for eleven cents per crate of forty-eight bunches. Many can make barely one dollar a day. Heavy oversupply of labor and competition for jobs is keen. Near Meloland, Imperial Valley.


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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 Occupations

Trade & Industry Agriculture & Fishing

Society & Culture Issues & Causes

People Other

Society & Culture Wealth & Poverty


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4960x3810
File Size : 18,455kb


Aliases

  1. 2017825047
  1. 1010004495
  1. 2-899-987
  1. 2017825047
  1. 2899987

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