Sujet

Employment signs in Spanish and English, near Fresno, California, 1933. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Légende

Employment signs in Spanish and English. These ranches (1938) increasingly use Negro pickers. Near Fresno, California. [Spanish sign (painted out): 'Se Quieren Piscadores de Algodon - Hotchkiss Ranch - Renta Libre - Casas Buenas - Escuela y Tienda en el Rancho - Luz Electrica en todas las casas - 4 Millas - Diez Mil Acres en Cultivo - Tres Mil Acres en Algodon'. English: 'Cotton Pickers Wanted - Hotchkiss Ranch - Free Rent - Good Houses - School & Store on the Ranch - Electric Lights in all Houses - 3 Miles - 15,000 Acres in Cultivation - 10,000 acres in Cotton'].

Date

1938

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM22A48_115

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,4Mo (2,3Mo) / 34,6cm x 36,6cm / 4083 x 4318 (300dpi)

Mots clés

California agriculture library work employment farming economics worker country sign Spain Spanish housing ranch photography accommodation advertisement advertising race location century advert thirties concept depression negative recession cotton B&W ad Library of Congress United States of America black & white black and white B W 1930s migrant worker 20th century Great Depression workers migrant workers American America USA cotton picking TGN photograph united states Congressional Library Heritage Art Dorothea Lange Lange Dorothea Taylor Dorothea Lange Dorothea Lange Taylor Russell Lee Lee Russell Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn Nutzhorn Dorothea Margaretta nitrate negative