Mexican migrant housing. Edcouch, Texas. These units are owned by a labor contractor who rents them for a nominal sum to his group of workers. They remain in the lower valley working in the vegetable and citrus fields for about nine months of the year. The contractor takes them in trucks to west Texas for cotton picking. The Mexicans have in some cases gone into Mississippi and Louisiana for the cotton picking
Summary
Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1939
Contributors
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
Location
edcouch
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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