Title

Gangs of single men, pea pickers, transported to fields..., Stanislaus County, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Caption

Gangs of single men, pea pickers, transported to fields by contractors. Stanislaus County, California. [Sign: 'J.E. McDonald & Charlie Green - Licensed Farm Labor Contractors - 406 W. Washington - Stockton'].

Date

1939

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A53_115

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51,3Mb (1,3Mb) / 13,7in x 14,5in / 4111 x 4364 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation California agriculture people black male library job man men farming economics country guy occupation photography truck trucks passengers passenger poor poverty location century profession lorry thirties concept depression negative recession African American African-American B&W afro-american Library of Congress African-Americans road Transport United States of America black & white black and white B W 1930s farm hand farmhand farm hands farmhands farm worker farm workers 20th century farmworker farmworkers Great Depression American America USA agricultural worker farm labourer TGN photograph united states Congressional Library Heritage Art agricultural workers African Americans 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