Title

Grower's camp for pickers on large pea ranch..., near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Caption

Grower's camp for pickers on large pea ranch along ditch bank. Growers' camps in Imperial Valley and elsewhere have been much improved this year largely because of influence of Farm Security Administion (FSA) migrant camp program. Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California.

Date

1939

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A35_266

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,8Mb (1,6Mb) / 16,5in x 12,6in / 4960 x 3791 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature California agriculture library work job home landscape vegetables vegetable plant plants economics mountain mountains worker country bank agricultural occupation geography migration migrating ranch photography picker pickers poor poverty tent tents location century camp profession thirties concept imperial depression negative recession pea peas B&W ditch Library of Congress migrant United States of America black & white black and white B W 1930s migrant worker 20th century Great Depression workers migrant workers American America US USA geographical feature pea plant TGN photograph landscape united states Congressional Library Heritage Art Dorothea Lange Lange Dorothea Taylor Dorothea Lange Dorothea Lange Taylor Russell Lee Lee Russell Farm Security Administration FSA Office of War Information OWI Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn Nutzhorn Dorothea Margaretta nitrate negative Calipatria