Title

Town pump of Tulelake at railroad yard, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Caption

Town pump of Tulelake at railroad yard. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. Over 1500 people depend on hauled water for drinking the year round. During potato harvest, this pump also serves the migratory pickers.

Date

1939

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A53_036

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (1,6Mb) / 13,7in x 14,1in / 4108 x 4244 (300dpi)

Keywords

water California agriculture people male library job technology man men communication communications farming economics country containers housing guy occupation migration migrating seasonal photography pump picker pickers poor poverty location century camp profession thirties utilities concept depression negative pumping recession telegraph pole B&W Library of Congress water supply drinking water telegraph poles United States of America water tank black & white black and white B W 1930s farm hand farmhand farm hands farmhands utility pole farm worker farm workers Utility poles 20th century farmworker farmworkers Great Depression American America USA agricultural worker farm labourer living conditions TGN photograph united states Congressional Library housing conditions Heritage Art agricultural workers farm labourers 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 still image Nitrate negatives. gmgpc potato pickers