Sujet

California state quarantine inspection station at Yuma, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Légende

California state quarantine inspection station at Yuma, Arizona. The station is open twenty-four hours a day with one senior and three junior inspectors on duty each shift. ['Why Inspect Baggage? To prevent the entry of plant pests into California, which would endanger crops valued at $500,000,000 annually. Please co-operate - Thank you: Bureau of Plant Quarantine, California Department of Agriculture'].

Date

1937

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM22A49_391

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

178,0Mo (3,8Mo) / 76,6cm x 58,2cm / 9046 x 6877 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature California people male job man men government plant plants economics country sign guy occupation Arizona pest pests uniform photography dress location century inspecting checking profession baggage thirties concept inspection depression negative recession border APPAREL B&W contamination contaminated inspector quarantine checkpoint United States of America pith helmet black & white black and white B W 1930s 20th century federal agency Great Depression American America USA TGN topee photograph united states Department of Agriculture Heritage Art Dorothea Lange Lange Dorothea Taylor Dorothea Lange Dorothea Lange Taylor Russell Lee Lee Russell clothing & dress fashion & clothing Farm Security Administration FSA Office of War Information OWI United States Office of War Information Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn Nutzhorn Dorothea Margaretta nitrate negative Bureau of Plant Quarantine