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Destitute pea pickers in California March 1936 Dorothea Lange

By firstuser | Published April 5, 2014 | Full size is 756 × 978 pixels

Children of migrant cotton field workers from Sweetwater, Oklahoma in Front of Their Home Near Casa Grande, AZ May 1937 Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees from Oklahoma looking for work in the pea fields of California San Jose Mission CA March 1935 Dorothea Lange

Destitute pea pickers in California. March, 1936. Photo by Dorothea Lange.

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