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A former tenant farmer from Texas now working in California as a pea picker. Nipomo, California

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Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California

A former tenant farmer from Texas now working in California as a pea picker. Nipomo, California

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Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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california nipomo san luis obispo county internal migrants dust bowl era 1931 1939 portraits the miriam and ira d wallach division of art prints and photographs photography collection farm security administration photographs tenant farmer pea picker united states farm security administration sponsor lange dorothea photographer ultra high resolution high resolution farm security administration great depression classic photography art photography new york public library farmers market vendors farmers agriculture
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01/03/1937 - 31/03/1937
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New York Public Library
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https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/
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Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")

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california nipomo san luis obispo county internal migrants dust bowl era 1931 1939 portraits the miriam and ira d wallach division of art prints and photographs photography collection farm security administration photographs tenant farmer pea picker united states farm security administration sponsor lange dorothea photographer ultra high resolution high resolution farm security administration great depression classic photography art photography new york public library farmers market vendors farmers agriculture