Housing for rapidly growing fringe of lettuce workers on edge of town, Salinas, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.
Title

Housing for rapidly growing fringe of lettuce workers on edge of town, Salinas, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Caption

Housing for rapidly growing fringe of lettuce workers on edge of town. There houses are built by the occupants, most of them recent migrants from the Southwest. (Subject of BAE) Frequently tents and trailers are on the same lots where houses are under construction. Salinas, California. [Sign: '$25.00 Down £5.00 month - 6% - For Sale - About 1/2 Acre Lots - $250.00 and up - owner, A.G. Elkington 134 Willow St. Salinas'].

Date

1939

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A51_483

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