Truck being loaded as it goes down the rows. The pickers pick the potatoes from the ground and put them in sack which is suspended from their waist between their knees after the machine has dug them from the ground

Near Shafter, California. Potatoes are dug by machines and strewn on the ground as the digger goes down the rows. The picker puts the potatoes into sacks suspended from their waist between their knees

Unloading cans from a boxcar is done by picking them up on a row of spikes placed on a T. Cans go directly to the sterilizer and canning machine. Grapefruit juice canning plant, Weslaco, Texas

Bulk wheat is only delivered from combine to truck in field. Combine and tractor didn't stop and the truck drove along by the side. Some wheat is sacked on the combine. Walla Walla County, Washington

Migrant pea pickers from many states line up with their filled hampers on the edge of the field. They wait their turn for weighing. Near Westley, California

Truck being loaded as it goes down the rows. The pickers pick the potatoes from the ground and put them in sack which is suspended from their waist between their knees after the machine has dug them from the ground

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Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s great depression, dust bowl era, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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california

shafter

kern county

agricultural laborers

the miriam and ira d wallach division of art prints and photographs photography collection

farm security administration photographs

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united states farm security administration sponsor

lange dorothea photographer

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high resolution

farm security administration

new york public library

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01/05/1937 - 31/05/1937

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35.50051, -119.27178

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New York Public Library

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https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/

Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")

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