This boy and girl were the champion pea pickers in the contractor's camp. They travel with their families in the contractor's camps. They have picked as many as thirty-two hampers each a day. Pay thirty cents per hamper. It is normal to pick about twenty hampers a day. Canyon County, Idaho

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Pea pickers gathering to go to the fields. Canyon County, Idaho. This is a labor contractor's camp

Pea pickers waiting to start work. Canyon County, Idaho. These pickers travel with a labor contractor. The children who are shown are not necessarily pickers. Since the camp was near by the field and it seemed to be customary for the children to follow along. However there were some nine-year-old children picking in this field

Pea pickers talking in camp. Canyon County, Idaho. These pickers travel with the labor contractors. The contractor is responsible for getting the jobs for the pickers

Pea pickers getting slip as they check in hampers of peas. Canyon County, Idaho. This is part of the contractor's pea picking outfit

Pea pickers' camp, Canyon County, Idaho. These pickers travel with a labor contractor who secures jobs and provides the campgrounds

Pea pickers talking in camp. Canyon County, Idaho. These pickers travel with the labor contractors. The contractor is responsible for getting the jobs for the pickers

Trucks of high school boys and girls in front of produce warehouse. These boys and girls are going to pick peas. Canyon County, Idaho

High school boys and girls going out to pick peas. Canyon County, Idaho. There was a labor shortage in county and the growers advertized for pickers over the radio. They picked up the pickers in trucks. They hired none under fifteen years of age

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idaho canyon county safety film negatives riverside canyon county idaho boy girl champion pea pickers champion pea pickers contractor camp travel families thirty two thirty cents thirty cents canyon united states history library of congress

01/01/1941

Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

Riverside (Canyon County, Idaho) , 43.50194, -116.76667

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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html