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| Keywords: labor u.s. national archives usnationalarchives nara:arcid=521710 labor contractor's camp laborcontractorscamp california washington idaho wyoming utah new mexico newmexico stanislaus county, san joaquin, california stanislauscountysanjoaquincalifornia field labor fieldlabor pea fields peafields seasonal labor seasonallabor tent camps tentcamps migratory labor migratorylabor blackandwhite monochrome outdoor black and white Original Caption: "Stanislaus County, San Joaquin, California. Labor contractor's camp for field labor during the pea harvests of California, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico. Many of these families move with him from state to state at their own expense. 477 adult pickers in this camp, all openings filled three days after work started. Season here lasts about one month. Toilets provided, no tent platforms, no showers, all water hauled from well. Note crowding. In order to get work under the contractor's system pea pickers must live in camps provided by the contractor. He employs no local labor." U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: NWDNS-83-G-41466 From: Series: Photographic Prints Documenting Programs and Activities of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics and Predecessor Agencies (Record Group 83) Created by: Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Division of Economic Information, (ca. 1922 - ca. 1953 ) Production Date: 4/9/1940 Photographer: Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965 Persistent URL: catalog.archives.gov/id/521710 Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. For information about ordering reproductions of photographs held by the Still Picture Unit, visit: www.archives.gov/research/order/still-pictures.html Reproductions may be ordered via an independent vendor. NARA maintains a list of vendors at www.archives.gov/research/order/vendors-photos-maps-dc.html Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted Original Caption: "Stanislaus County, San Joaquin, California. Labor contractor's camp for field labor during the pea harvests of California, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico. Many of these families move with him from state to state at their own expense. 477 adult pickers in this camp, all openings filled three days after work started. Season here lasts about one month. Toilets provided, no tent platforms, no showers, all water hauled from well. Note crowding. In order to get work under the contractor's system pea pickers must live in camps provided by the contractor. He employs no local labor." U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: NWDNS-83-G-41466 From: Series: Photographic Prints Documenting Programs and Activities of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics and Predecessor Agencies (Record Group 83) Created by: Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Division of Economic Information, (ca. 1922 - ca. 1953 ) Production Date: 4/9/1940 Photographer: Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965 Persistent URL: catalog.archives.gov/id/521710 Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. For information about ordering reproductions of photographs held by the Still Picture Unit, visit: www.archives.gov/research/order/still-pictures.html Reproductions may be ordered via an independent vendor. NARA maintains a list of vendors at www.archives.gov/research/order/vendors-photos-maps-dc.html Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted | ||||
