Title

Outside the FSA grant office during pea harvest, Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Caption

Outside the Farm Security Administration (FSA) grant office during pea harvest. Calipatria, California. During the spring of 1938 for the first time the labor surplus has grown so large that relief grants were necessary even during the peak of harvest. [Provisions include box of tinned evaporated milk, sacks of flour].

Date

1939

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A52_038

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,8Mb (1,6Mb) / 13,7in x 14,4in / 4113 x 4315 (300dpi)

Keywords

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