Title

State border plant inspection between Mexico and the United States, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Caption

State border plant inspection maintained by the United States Department of Agriculture between Mexico and the United States. Shoppers returning from Mexico (Juarez) to the United States (El Paso) over the bridge which carries all the traffic are required to open their packages for inspection.

Date

1937

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A49_446

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

179,6Mb (4,8Mb) / 30,2in x 23,1in / 9074 x 6919 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature female women woman people male child children job man men government produce shopping fruit vegetables vegetable plant plants economics country crossing guy occupation Mexico Texas uniform photography dress Mexican uniforms goods location century inspecting checking profession thirties concept inspection depression negative recession border APPAREL B&W frontier Mexicans inspector quarantine checkpoint United States of America black & white black and white B W 1930s 20th century Great Depression customs American America USA border post TGN photograph united states El Paso Department of Agriculture Heritage Art Dorothea Lange Lange Dorothea Taylor Dorothea Lange Dorothea Lange Taylor Russell Lee Lee Russell clothing & dress fashion & clothing Farm Security Administration FSA Office of War Information OWI United States Office of War Information Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn Nutzhorn Dorothea Margaretta nitrate negative Bureau of Plant Quarantine