Title

Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Caption

Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California. Organizer for United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers of America (Congress of Industrial Organizations-CIO) talks to mixed crowd. The strike failed.

Date

1938

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A51_074

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52,1Mb (1,7Mb) / 16,5in x 12,2in / 4960 x 3674 (300dpi)

Keywords

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