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migrant laborers

Pahokee Hotel, Migrant Vegetable Pickers' Quarters, near Homestead, Florida

Pahokee Hotel, Migrant Vegetable Pickers' Quarters, near Homestead, Florida
ID number: 
99.74.1
Maker: 
Marion Post Wolcott
Date: 
1941
Credit line: 
Gift of Robin Lee Moore, On extended loan from Linda Wolcott Moore
Copyright: 
©The estate of Marion Post Wolcott, courtesy of Linda Wolcott Moore
Subject - proper nouns: 
Farm Security Administration (FSA)
Cultural associations: 
African-American
Keywords: 
agricultural laborers hotels migrant laborers people poverty

Child of migrant pear pickers, Lake County, California

Child of migrant pear pickers, Lake County, California
ID number: 
96.73.19
Maker: 
Ken Light
Date: 
1979
Credit line: 
Gift of Neil Folberg
Copyright: 
©1979 Ken Light
Keywords: 
agricultural laborers children clothing & dress equipment formal portraits girls laborers ladders migrant laborers orchards poor persons sleepwear toys

Migrant pickers and their quarters, near Lake Okeechobee, Fla.

Migrant pickers and their quarters, near Lake Okeechobee, Fla.
ID number: 
92.89.8
Maker: 
Marion Post Wolcott
Date: 
1939
Credit line: 
Gift of Michael D. Wolcott
Copyright: 
©The estate of Marion Post Wolcott, courtesy of Linda Wolcott Moore
Keywords: 
agricultural laborers chairs houses laborers men migrant laborers resting shadows
Subject - proper nouns: 
Farm Security Administration (FSA)

Migrant vegetable picker's shack near Belleglade, Florida. Land had to be cleared, no water or sanitation facilities, rent $5.00 per month. 1939

Migrant vegetable picker's shack near Belleglade, Florida. Land had to be cleared, no water or sanitation facilities, rent $5.00 per month. 1939
ID number: 
92.87.18
Maker: 
Marion Post Wolcott
Date: 
1939
Credit line: 
Gift of Gail Johnston
Copyright: 
©The estate of Marion Post Wolcott, courtesy of Linda Wolcott Moore
Keywords: 
agricultural laborers boys brooms & brushes dwellings economic & social conditions houses migrant laborers poverty
Subject - proper nouns: 
Farm Security Administration (FSA)

Mexican woman picking cotton on Knowlton Plantation, season labor brought from Texas, FSA project, Perthshire, Miss.

Mexican woman picking cotton on Knowlton Plantation, season labor brought from Texas, FSA project, Perthshire, Miss.
ID number: 
92.87.15
Maker: 
Marion Post Wolcott
Date: 
1939
Credit line: 
Gift of Gail Johnston
Copyright: 
©The estate of Marion Post Wolcott, courtesy of Linda Wolcott Moore
Subject - proper nouns: 
Farm Security Administration (FSA)
Cultural associations: 
Mexican
Keywords: 
activities agricultural laborers cotton cotton pickers cotton plantations crops harvesting migrant laborers women

Hot Lunch in Day-Care Center in New FSA Project Community Building, Okeechobee Migrant Labor Camp, Belle Glade, Florida

Hot Lunch in Day-Care Center in New FSA Project Community Building, Okeechobee Migrant Labor Camp, Belle Glade, Florida
ID number: 
88.5.1
Maker: 
Marion Post Wolcott
Date: 
1939, 1941
Credit line: 
Gift of Jack Welpott
Copyright: 
©The estate of Marion Post Wolcott, courtesy of Linda Wolcott Moore
Keywords: 
activities children day care depressions eating & drinking economic & social conditions migrant laborers school meals
Subject - proper nouns: 
Farm Security Administration (FSA)

Migrant Vegetable Pickers Waiting behind Truck in Field to Be Paid Off for Day's Labor, near Belle Glade, Homestead, Florida

Migrant Vegetable Pickers Waiting behind Truck in Field to Be Paid Off for Day's Labor, near Belle Glade, Homestead, Florida
ID number: 
83.97.9
Maker: 
Marion Post Wolcott
Date: 
1939
Credit line: 
Gift of Arthur Rothstein
Copyright: 
©The estate of Marion Post Wolcott, courtesy of Linda Wolcott Moore
Keywords: 
agricultural laborers depressions economic & social conditions employment human body laborers legs migrant agricultural laborers migrant laborers wages
Subject - proper nouns: 
Farm Security Administration (FSA)

Furniture Maker, Undocumented Worker, USA

Furniture Maker, Undocumented Worker, USA
ID number: 
82.77.92
Maker: 
Morrie Camhi
Date: 
1977
Credit line: 
Gift of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Copyright: 
©Morrie Camhi, Petaluma, CA
Cultural associations: 
Hispanic Mexican-American
Keywords: 
activities alien laborers emigration & immigration handicraft men migrant laborers occupations windows woodworking
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