Sujet

Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Légende

Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, California. These cotton pickers are being paid seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds. Strikers organizing under the Congress of Industrial Organizations union (CIO) demand one dollar. A good male picker, in good cotton, under favorable weather conditions, can pick about two hundred pounds in a day's work.

Date

1938

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM22A51_112

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54,0Mo (1,5Mo) / 42,0cm x 32,2cm / 4960 x 3808 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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