Sujet

Truck being loaded as it goes down the rows, Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Légende

Truck being loaded as it goes down the rows. The pickers pick the potatoes from the ground and put them in sack which is suspended from their waist between their knees after the machine has dug them from the ground. This work requires endurance but no special skill. 1937 wages: forty cents an hour. Shafter, California.

Date

1937

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM22A49_352

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

52,1Mo (1,8Mo) / 35,0cm x 37,3cm / 4133 x 4407 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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