Keywords: Two and one-half miles S.E. of Westley, Stanislaus County, San Joaquin, California. Labor contractor . . . - NARA - 521709.jpg Scope and content Full caption reads as follows Two and one-half miles S E of Westley 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 General notes 521709 Local identifier 83-G-41465 Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics Division of Economic Information ca 1922 - ca 1953 NARA-Author Lange Dorothea 1895-1965 Photographer 1372774 <br /> Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 1940-04-09 Record group Record Group 83 Records of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics 1876 - 1959 Record group ARC 412 Photographic Prints Documenting Programs and Activities of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics and Predecessor Agencies compiled ca 1922 - ca 1947 documenting the period ca 1911 - ca 1947 Series ARC 521048 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWDNS-83-G-41465 Other versions <gallery> File Two_and_one-half_miles_S E _of_Westley _Stanislaus_County _San_Joaquin _California _Labor_contractor_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_521709 tif tif File Two_and_one-half_miles_S E _of_Westley _Stanislaus_County _San_Joaquin _California _Labor_contractor_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_521709 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Dorothea Lange Tent cities California Pea pickers California History of Stanislaus County California Pea pickers Populated places in Stanislaus County California Pea pickers April 1940 in the United States California 1940 in California Pea pickers NARA images of Stanislaus County California Pea pickers Black and white photographs of California Pea pickers Photographs taken on 1940-04-09 |