Title

Farmerette, Los Angeles, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service.

Caption

Farmerette, Los Angeles, between c1915 and 1918. Probably shows a "farmerette" member of the Woman's Land Army of America (later Women's Land Army), an organization which encouraged women to work in agriculture to replace men who were in military service during World War I.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A14_063

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42,8Mb (1022,8Kb) / 9,6in x 17,3in / 2880 x 5191 (300dpi)

Keywords

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