Sujet

Small cotton farm, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Légende

Small cotton farm, Kern County, California. The farmer keeps accounts. Each picker weighs his sack of cotton. In this case the sack weighs approximately fifty pounds. Took three hours to pick, for which, on basis of seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds of picked cotton, he will be paid thirty-eight cents.

Date

1938

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM22A51_145

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54,1Mo (1,7Mo) / 32,3cm x 42,0cm / 3815 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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