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Mexicans picking cantaloupes one mile north of the Mexican border. Imperial Valley, California. 6:00 a.m. This is highly skilled labor
Mexicans picking cantaloupes one mile north of the Mexican border. Imperial Valley, California. 6:00 a.m. This is highly skilled labor
Mexican cantaloupe pickers. Gang labor. Imperial Valley, California
One of a Mexican field gang of migratory laborers thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants. The young plants are "capped" with wax paper spread over a wire wicket to protect against cold and accelerate growth. The laborers' wages are thirty cents an hour. Imperial Valley, California
Mexican laborer's house and 1500 acre cantaloupe ranch adjacent to Mexican border. Imperial Valley, California
Mexican gang of migratory laborers under a Japanese field boss. These men are thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants. Wages thirty cents an hour...
Housing typical of that afforded Mexican field workers of the Imperial Valley. These people are not migrants, but live on the edge of the ranches and work in peas and melons
Mexican cantaloupe pickers. Gang labor. Imperial Valley, California
Mexican gang of migratory laborers under a Japanese field boss. These men are thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants. Wages thirty cents an hour...
Mexican cantaloupe pickers at 5:00 a.m. Imperial Valley, California. Gang labor. Harvests on contract by the crate. On these large ranches immediately adjacent to the border, Mexican pickers cross daily into the United States to work
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Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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california
imperial county
agricultural laborers
the miriam and ira d wallach division of art prints and photographs photography collection
farm security administration photographs
mexican cantaloupe pickers
mexican pickers
imperial valley
gang labor
united states farm security administration sponsor
lange dorothea photographer
ultra high resolution
high resolution
farm security administration
great depression
farming
classic photography
art photography
new york public library
Date
01/06/1938 - 30/06/1938
Source
New York Public Library
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Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")