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Migratory Mexican field worker's home on the edge of a frozen pea field. Imperial Valley, California.
During the Great Depression, migrant farmworkers from Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, and Mexico poured into California's rich, agricultural valleys in search of jobs. They worked long hours, were paid only a pittance, and lived in squalid conditions [...]
Tags: Dorothea Lange, farmworkers
Item Type: Photograph
Historical Era: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Analysis Worksheet: "Migratory Mexican Field Worker's Home"
This worksheet helps students to analyze a photograph taken by Dorothea Lange in 1937 for the federal government's Farm Security Administration.
Tags: Dorothea Lange, farmworkers
Item Type: Worksheet
Historical Era: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)