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Chapin, Hon. Chester Wm. of Mass. (early mail contractor, running post coaches and steamboats) (Pres of Boston & Albany R.R.)

Chapin, Hon. Chester Wm. of Mass. (early mail contractor, running post...

The cruel secretary and the patriotic contractor / Zimmerman.

The cruel secretary and the patriotic contractor / Zimmerman.

Illustration shows William C. Whitney, Secretary of the Navy, insisting that John Roach, a contractor, accompany him on a test cruise before the Navy can sign off on the contract and accept delivery of the ship... More

Panama Canal in construction: Contractor's Hill, from Gold Hill looking north

Panama Canal in construction: Contractor's Hill, from Gold Hill looki...

[Show window of Thomas J. Williams, electrical contractor, Washington, D.C.(?)]

[Show window of Thomas J. Williams, electrical contractor, Washington,...

Photo by National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection.

Making hair-goods in the kitchen-living-room of H. Mowshowitz's, a contractor, 178 E. 2nd St., N.Y. The partly made puffs and switches were lying around on the floor. Apartment is small and three persons live there. They give out work also. See photo and label 2880. Location: New York, New York (State)

Making hair-goods in the kitchen-living-room of H. Mowshowitz's, a con...

Pea picker's children: case of malnutrition. Contractor's camp at Nipomo

Pea picker's children: case of malnutrition. Contractor's camp at Nipo...

2 children alongside of tent, California. Photoprint by Dorothea Lange. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Migrant labor; Cal. NIPOMO.

Migrant Mexican children in contractor's camp at time of early pea harvest. Nipomo, California

Migrant Mexican children in contractor's camp at time of early pea har...

This man is a labor contractor in the pea fields of California. "One-Eye" Charlie gives his views. "I'm making my living off of these people (migrant laborers) so I know the conditions." San Luis Obispo County, California

This man is a labor contractor in the pea fields of California. "One-E...

Calipatria (vicinity), California. Native of Indiana in a migratory labor contractor's camp. "It's root hog or die for us folks"

Calipatria (vicinity), California. Native of Indiana in a migratory la...

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

Cranberry scoopers with padrone (labor contractor) supervising their work, Burlington County, New Jersey

Cranberry scoopers with padrone (labor contractor) supervising their w...

Cranberry pickers from Philadelphia on labor contractor's truck, Burlington County, New Jersey

Cranberry pickers from Philadelphia on labor contractor's truck, Burli...

Padrone (labor contractor) directing cranberry scoopers, Burlington County, New Jersey

Padrone (labor contractor) directing cranberry scoopers, Burlington Co...

Philadelphia resorts to sings to heckle at small business conference. Washington, D.C., Feb. 3. A.G. Shafer, contractor of Philadelphia, has been like the proverbial "bull in a china closet" at the Small Business Conference since yesterday. Restrained by police from making a long-winded speech and later ejected from the meeting yesterday, shafer showed up this morning literally decorated with signs intended to heckle the delegates. He was again ejected after shouts of "throw him out" by the delegates, 2/3/38

Philadelphia resorts to sings to heckle at small business conference. ...

Labor contractor's truck, Burlington County, New Jersey

Labor contractor's truck, Burlington County, New Jersey

Old man picking cranberries. Padrone (labor contractor) in background. Burlington County, New Jersey

Old man picking cranberries. Padrone (labor contractor) in background....

The padrone (labor contractor), who also acts as foreman in the bogs, directing a boy picking cranberries. Burlington County, New Jersey

The padrone (labor contractor), who also acts as foreman in the bogs, ...

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

Tent belonging to Mexican labor from Texas, who was brought from Texas by contractor for the duration of cotton picking season. Hopson Plantation, near Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Tent belonging to Mexican labor from Texas, who was brought from Texas...

Migrant woman from Arkansas living in contractor's camp near Westley, California

Migrant woman from Arkansas living in contractor's camp near Westley, ...

Son of former labor contractor, now a migrant worker. Weslaco, Texas

Son of former labor contractor, now a migrant worker. Weslaco, Texas

Mexican labor contractor and worker cutting straw ties into proper length, near Santa Maria, Texas

Mexican labor contractor and worker cutting straw ties into proper len...

Labor contractor's truck with gang of pea pickers, pulled up for gas. Near Westley, California

Labor contractor's truck with gang of pea pickers, pulled up for gas. ...

Home of former white labor contractor, now general day laborer, Weslaco, Texas

Home of former white labor contractor, now general day laborer, Weslac...

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

Mexican migrant housing. Edcouch, Texas. These units are owned by a la...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

Checker of Mexican labor contractor talking to cutter, La Pryor, Texas

Checker of Mexican labor contractor talking to cutter, La Pryor, Texas

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

Tents for transient Mexican labor brought from Texas by contractor for the duration of cotton picking season. Hopson Plantation, near Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta

Tents for transient Mexican labor brought from Texas by contractor for...

Fixing truck in front of tents of Mexican labor brought from Texas by contractor for the duration of cotton picking season. Hopson Plantation, near Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Fixing truck in front of tents of Mexican labor brought from Texas by ...

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant camp. Westley, California. This migrant mother lives in a contractor's camp because of contractor's control of jobs. She comes to the Farm Security Administration camp with sick baby and agricultural workers medical association card (FSA)

Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant camp. Westley, California. ...

Mexican labor contractor working on his books. Robstown, Texas

Mexican labor contractor working on his books. Robstown, Texas

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

Mexican migrant housing. Edcouch, Texas. These units are owned by a la...

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

Mexican labor is brought in trucks by a contractor for the duration of the cotton picking season to the Mississippi Delta. This is on the Hopson Plantation

Mexican labor is brought in trucks by a contractor for the duration of...

Tents of Mexican labor brought from Texas by contractor for the duration of cotton picking season. Hopson Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Tents of Mexican labor brought from Texas by contractor for the durati...

Daughter of former white labor contractor, now migrant worker, in tent home. Weslaco, Texas

Daughter of former white labor contractor, now migrant worker, in tent...

Children of Mexican labor contractor in their home. Robstown, Texas. Note the shrine above the children. These shrines, many quite primitive, are found in practically all Mexican homes

Children of Mexican labor contractor in their home. Robstown, Texas. N...

Mexican labor contractor and child in their home. Notice that the doorway shows the construction of the house. Two houses have been joined together. Robstown, Texas

Mexican labor contractor and child in their home. Notice that the door...

Migrant woman from Arkansas living in contractor's camp near Westley, California. She would prefer to live in a government camp, but the contractor system prevents, because of control over allocations of work

Migrant woman from Arkansas living in contractor's camp near Westley, ...

A grandmother washing clothes in California. In a contractor's camp near Westley, California

A grandmother washing clothes in California. In a contractor's camp ne...

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

Decorations and insurance policies in home of Mexican labor contractor. Robstown, Texas

Decorations and insurance policies in home of Mexican labor contractor...

Labor contractor's truck with gang of pea pickers pulled up for gas. Gang recruited in Stockton, thirty-one miles away. Westley, California

Labor contractor's truck with gang of pea pickers pulled up for gas. G...

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

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

Mexican migrant housing. Edcouch, Texas. These units are owned by a la...

Tents for transient Mexican labor brought from Texas by contractor for the duration of cotton picking season. Hopson Plantation, near Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta

Tents for transient Mexican labor brought from Texas by contractor for...

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

Bulldozer contractor's car. Western Washington, Lewis County, near Vader. See general caption number 41

Bulldozer contractor's car. Western Washington, Lewis County, near Vad...

Mexican carrot workers around labor contractor's truck in field near Santa Maria, Texas

Mexican carrot workers around labor contractor's truck in field near S...

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

Mexican migrant housing. Edcouch, Texas. These units are owned by a la...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tent interior in a labor contractor's camp, showing household equipment. Near Westley, California

Tent interior in a labor contractor's camp, showing household equipmen...

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

Mexican labor contractor in carrot field near Santa Maria, Texas

Mexican labor contractor in carrot field near Santa Maria, Texas

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

Mexican labor contractor and inspectors in the fields, La Pryor, Texas

Mexican labor contractor and inspectors in the fields, La Pryor, Texas

Children of Mexican labor contractor. Robstown, Texas

Children of Mexican labor contractor. Robstown, Texas

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

Tents of Mexican labor brought from Texas by contractor for the duration of cotton picking season. Hopson Plantation, near Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Tents of Mexican labor brought from Texas by contractor for the durati...

Tulare County. Farm Security Administration camp (FSA) for migratory agricultural workers at Farmersville. Mother and child, come to California from Oklahoma. They have six children, aged two to nineteen years. The mother finished the eighth grade in school. They left their farming in Chicasha in the fall of 1936 to go to Arizona to pick cotton. They returned to Oklahoma to try again; failed and re-entered California February 27, 1938 to pick peas under a labor contractor. The father is chairman of camp council

Tulare County. Farm Security Administration camp (FSA) for migratory a...

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Construction contractor's camp. Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California

Construction contractor's camp. Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Dr. R.B. Fulks, county health officer, John E. Hale, contractor and builder of sanitary units, and B.H. Pitt, inspector of sanitary units, making a sanitation inspection on the farm of Hobert Hammons, FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower. Southern Appalachian Project, near Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky

Dr. R.B. Fulks, county health officer, John E. Hale, contractor and bu...

Dr. R.B. Fulks, county health officer, John E. Hale, contractor and builder of sanitary units, and B.H. Pitt, inspector of sanitary units, making a sanitation inspection on the farm of Hobert Hammons, FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower. Southern Appalachian Project, near Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky

Dr. R.B. Fulks, county health officer, John E. Hale, contractor and bu...

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Mr. Leatherman and his children and his burro-drawn cart. The man talking to Mr. Leatherman is a tie cutting contractor and wants Leatherman to use his burros to drag ties down from the mountains. Leatherman refused because while he could use the cash he wanted to terrace his farmland. Pie Town, New Mexico

Mr. Leatherman and his children and his burro-drawn cart. The man talk...

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Weighing hamper of peas. Nampa, Idaho. This is part of the labor contractor's crew. If you want to be paid on this job you pick a full hamper

Weighing hamper of peas. Nampa, Idaho. This is part of the labor contr...

Sign of contractor's pea workers camp. Canyon County, Idaho

Sign of contractor's pea workers camp. Canyon County, Idaho

Soft drink wagon in pea field picked by labor contractor's crew. Nampa, Idaho

Soft drink wagon in pea field picked by labor contractor's crew. Nampa...

New York, New York. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural, designed by the Farm Security Administration, to be installed in the Grand Central terminal, in the shop of a contractor. Cutting out plywood letters used for the text

New York, New York. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural, desig...

New York, New York. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural, designed by the Farm Security Administration, to be installed in the Grand Central terminal, in the shop of a contractor. Mounting one section of the industrial panel

New York, New York. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural, desig...

Workmen at Umatilla Ordnance Depot at beer party given by contractor in celebration of pouring concrete for twenty-four igloos in twenty-four hours. Hermiston, Oregon

Workmen at Umatilla Ordnance Depot at beer party given by contractor i...

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Tying crates of peas on truck at the farm for transporting to town where they will be packed for shipment. Nampa, Idaho. This is the part of the labor contractor's crew

Tying crates of peas on truck at the farm for transporting to town whe...

New York, New York. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural, designed by the Farm Security Administration, to be installed in the Grand Central terminal, in the shop of a contractor. Mounting central panel on the homosote board with flour paste

New York, New York. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural, desig...

Packing crates of peas onto truck. They will be taken into town and packed for shipment. Contractor's pea pickers camp. Nampa, Idaho

Packing crates of peas onto truck. They will be taken into town and pa...

Workmen at Umatilla Ordnance Depot at beer party given by contractor in celebration of pouring concrete for twenty-four igloos in twenty-four hours. Hermiston, Oregon

Workmen at Umatilla Ordnance Depot at beer party given by contractor i...

Privies at the contractor's pea pickers camp. Canyon County, Idaho. Contractors are responsible for renting campsite and providing water, sanitary facilities, etc.

Privies at the contractor's pea pickers camp. Canyon County, Idaho. Co...

Labor contractor's crew at work in pea fields. Truck which will carry the crates of peas in middle ground. Contractor's pea pickers camp in background. Nampa, Idaho

Labor contractor's crew at work in pea fields. Truck which will carry ...

New York, New York. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural, designed by the Farm Security Administration, to be installed in the Grand Central terminal, in the shop of a contractor. Electricians wiring the flourescent lights used to illuminate the finished mural

New York, New York. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural, desig...

Pea pickers' (labor contractor) camp. Canyon County, Idaho

Pea pickers' (labor contractor) camp. Canyon County, Idaho

Commissary in the labor contractor's pea pickers camp. Canyon County, Idaho

Commissary in the labor contractor's pea pickers camp. Canyon County, ...

Pea pickers (labor contractor's crew) spreading into the field for work. Canyon County, Idaho

Pea pickers (labor contractor's crew) spreading into the field for wor...

Soft drink wagon in pea field picked by labor contractor's crew. Nampa, Idaho

Soft drink wagon in pea field picked by labor contractor's crew. Nampa...

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Checker, labor contractor's pea pickers crew, Nampa, Idaho

Checker, labor contractor's pea pickers crew, Nampa, Idaho

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