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

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

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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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Creator
  1. Dorothea Lange, attributed to: {American}: Photographer, artist, photojournalistSearch Wikipedia for Dorothea Lange

Medium
  1. Photograph

Picture Type
  1. Nitrate negatives. gmgpc
  2. Still image

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World North and Central America United States California

  1. 37 00 00 N , 119 00 00 W

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Trade & Industry Agriculture & Fishing

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Society & Culture Wealth & Poverty


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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4960x3776
File Size : 18,290kb


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  1. 2017771628
  1. 1010002314
  1. 2-899-901
  1. 2017771628
  1. 2899901

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