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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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexican labor contractor in carrot field near Santa Maria, Texas

Mexican labor contractor in carrot field near Santa Maria, Texas

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of an old truck and a tent, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of an old truck and a tent, Mississippi. Farme...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a cow in a field, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a cow in a field, Mississippi. Farmers duri...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of men standing next to each other, Kenntucky. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A group of men standing next to each other, Kenntucky. Farm Security A...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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 the center panel on the homosote board with flour paste

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

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pea pickers (labor contractor's crew) waiting to start work in the fields. Canyon County, Idaho

Pea pickers (labor contractor's crew) waiting to start work in the fie...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Children in the pea fields, labor contractor crew, Nampa, Idaho. These children were not picking, they accompanied their parents to the fields

Children in the pea fields, labor contractor crew, Nampa, Idaho. These...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Home of Mrs. Rosina Schiaffo[?], 301 East 114th St. 3[rd] floor. She is a Contractor, getting lace from the home-workers in the neighborhood, (woman in black has just brought in some work), and the lace goes to M. Weber Co., a manufacturer, 230 E. 52[nd] Street. On the couch with Mrs. Schiaffo is seven-year-old Millie, who is learning to make lace. Father is a street-cleaner. Another little girl, about seven, was at work on the lave when I came in, but she fled. Location: New York, New York (State)

Home of Mrs. Rosina Schiaffo[?], 301 East 114th St. 3[rd] floor. She i...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, 18-19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Home of Mrs. Rosina Schiaffo[?], 301 East 114th St. 3[rd] floor. She is a Contractor, getting lace from the home-workers in the neighborhood, (woman in black has just brought in some work), and the lace goes to M. Weber Co., a manufacturer, 230 E. 52[nd] Street. On the couch with Mrs. Schiaffo is seven-year-old Millie, who is learning to make lace. Father is a street-cleaner. Another little girl, about seven, was at work on the lave when I came in, but she fled. Location: New York, New York (State)

Home of Mrs. Rosina Schiaffo[?], 301 East 114th St. 3[rd] floor. She i...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An old truck parked next to a tent, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

An old truck parked next to a tent, Mississippi. Farmers during Great ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Pea pickers' camp, Canyon County, Idaho. These pickers travel with a l...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Tents and trailers in pea pickers' (labor contractor) camp. Canyon County, Idaho

Tents and trailers in pea pickers' (labor contractor) camp. Canyon Cou...

Public domain photograph of American farm workers, countryside in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Privies at the contractor's pea pickers camp. Canyon County, Idaho. Contractor is responsible for renting camp site, sanitary facilities, etc.

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

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pea pickers going into the fields. This is the group which travels with a labor contractor. Canyon County, Idaho

Pea pickers going into the fields. This is the group which travels wit...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An Ohio manufacturer is looking for two and thirteen-sixteenths inch and three and three-sixteenths inch automatic screw machine facilities for the machining of large quantities of steel fuse parts. Item: inner can. Material: cold rolled steel tubing two and thirteen-sixteenths inch diameter by three inches. Tolerances: plus or minus --1. Quantity: five-hundred daily. Machines needed: automatic screw machine two and thirteen-sixteenths inch capacity, drill jig, single spindle tapper. Item: outer can. Material: cold rolled steel tubing three and three-sixteenths inch diameter by eight inches. Tolerances: plus .002 minus .000. Quantity: 500 daily. Machines needed: automatic screw machine, three and three-sixteenths inch capacity, drill jig, tapper, milling machine. A government procurement agency is seeking a contractor with facilities for forging heat treating and machining bulkheads. These parts are twenty-one inches in diamerter by eight inches. Material: steel, alloy CM. Dimensions: twenty-one inches in diameter by eight inches. Tolerances: close. Quantity: 500 to 6000 pieces per month

An Ohio manufacturer is looking for two and thirteen-sixteenths inch a...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Subcontracting (Braden and Van Fossen Works). These are lock nuts for Navy destroyer, cut from solid steel bars at the Braden and Van Fossen Works, Staunton, Virginia. A special set of dies, jigs and furring tools were built for this job, which was filled in half the time allotted by the prime contractor. The nuts in the center are already finished, the others await merely furring of the edges

Subcontracting (Braden and Van Fossen Works). These are lock nuts for ...

Public domain photograph of Virginia, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a woman in a field. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman in a field. Office of War Informati...

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

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...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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 ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Mississippi, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of people standing in front of a outhouse, Kenntucky. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A couple of people standing in front of a outhouse, Kenntucky. Farm Se...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of men standing next to a small outhouse, Kenntucky. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A couple of men standing next to a small outhouse, Kenntucky. Farm Sec...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

When you deliver a hamper of peas to the checker he gives you this check redeemable once a week. Labor contractor's pea pickers crew. Nampa, Idaho.

When you deliver a hamper of peas to the checker he gives you this che...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picking peas, labor contractor's crew. Nampa, Idaho

Picking peas, labor contractor's crew. Nampa, Idaho

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Checking in hamper of peas. Labor contractor's crew, Nampa, Idaho. These children were not picking peas. They accompanied their parents to the fields

Checking in hamper of peas. Labor contractor's crew, Nampa, Idaho. The...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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. Stripping out overlaps during the mounting of a section

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

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a tent, military, or refugee camp, temporary settlement, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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 waiting to start work. Canyon County, Idaho. These pickers...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Checker at labor contractor's pea picking outfit. Nampa, Idaho

Checker at labor contractor's pea picking outfit. Nampa, Idaho

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

De Land pool. Babcock airplane plant. Interior of the Babcock plant at De Land, Florida. When the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor, this was a dormant airplane plant. It was revived as a community project. Businessmen of De Land pooled their machines and resources, used this plant as a prime contractor to obtain war work, and now are producing over two-million dollars worth of war equipment in it. These motor repair racks, being turned out on a production schedule engineers termed "impossible" two months ago, are being built by former clerks, auto-mechanics and small shop operators who were caught by the impact of the war on their peacetime businesses

De Land pool. Babcock airplane plant. Interior of the Babcock plant at...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

First lady inspects war workers' homes. On an inspection tour of federal dormitories for war workers in Washington, D.C., on May 18, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt visited four projects erected for Negroes and expressed herself as highly pleased with the accomodations. At Wake and Midway Halls, she was greeted by Samuel Plato, building contractor, who had just turned the buildings over to the government. Mr. Plato is shown with Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss W. Gertrude Brown, resident manager of Wake Hall. The two buildings, opened last month for more than 800 Negro women war workers, were formally dedicated by Mrs. Roosevelt

First lady inspects war workers' homes. On an inspection tour of feder...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

R.T. Coverdale engineer & contractor for the erection of gas works, Cincinnati, O. / lith. of Strobridge & Co. Cin. O.

R.T. Coverdale engineer & contractor for the erection of gas works, Ci...

Sectional elevation of interior of gas works of R.T. Coverdale, showing rooms with retorts, condensers, and purifiers. Copyright by Robert T. Coverdale. "Generating & purifying capacity, 30,000 cubic feet per diem."

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of two men in a cotton field, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of two men in a cotton field, Mississippi. Far...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A man standing in a field of cotton, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A man standing in a field of cotton, Mississippi. Farmers during Great...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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. ...

Public domain image of infant, child, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mexican labor contractor working on his books. Robstown, Texas

Mexican labor contractor working on his books. Robstown, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain American History photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A couple of men standing next to a tent, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A couple of men standing next to a tent, Mississippi. Farmers during G...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

Public domain photograph of a history of California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a person kneeling in a field. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a person kneeling in a field. Office of War...

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 government bought this wheat from a farmer who had to move out of the Army camp area. It was then sold to a contractor. Contractor's combine harvesting wheat. Caroline County, Virginia

The government bought this wheat from a farmer who had to move out of ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

H.B. Fisher is a contractor's checker. Alabama farm folks, the Fishers have been traveling about since the construction boom began. Childersburg, Alabama

H.B. Fisher is a contractor's checker. Alabama farm folks, the Fishers...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

New York, New York. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural, designed by the Farm Security Administration Administration to be installed in the Grand Central terminal, in the shop of a contractor. Wetting photographic paper print strip preparatoryto mounting

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

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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. Applying glue to a frame which is to hold one of the sections mounted on homosote

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

Public domain photograph of a shop, shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. In a small plant working under subcontract, John Kerr operates a turret lathe for tapping and drilling valves for blood transfusion bottles prepared by the prime contractor, Baxter Laboratories Inc., Glenview, Illinois

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. In a small plant working under ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Washington, D.C. Contractor's office and tool house used during the construction of the United States Information Center on Pennsylvania Avenue, between 14th and 15th Streets

Washington, D.C. Contractor's office and tool house used during the co...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Kent, Maine. Jake Escovitz, contractor and speculator in potatoes, secondhand cars, new cars, bicycles, radios vacuum sweepers and "hot" and classical recorded music

Fort Kent, Maine. Jake Escovitz, contractor and speculator in potatoes...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1930s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of men standing next to each other, Texas, during Great Depression

A couple of men standing next to each other, Texas, during Great Depre...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man in a hat. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a man in a hat. Great Depression FFSA / OWI...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s great depression, dust bowl era, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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. Workman eating his lunch

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

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of men standing on top of a truck. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men standing on top of a truck. Office of War Information P...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Beer party given by contractor at the Umatilla Ordnance Depot for employees. Hermiston, Oregon

Beer party given by contractor at the Umatilla Ordnance Depot for empl...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Labor contractor's crew at work in pea fields. Nampa, Idaho

Labor contractor's crew at work in pea fields. Nampa, Idaho

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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. Drying painted cutout plywood letters used for the text

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Airplane displayed at the offices of BAE Systems, a leading defense contractor, Arlington, Virginia

Airplane displayed at the offices of BAE Systems, a leading defense co...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The company traces its lineage to the earlier British A... More

4:00 P.M. Making lace collars at home (usually in kitchen). Mrs. Vencique, 309 E. 110th St., working with baby asleep in lap. Her sister, Tessie Amendola, 15 years old, works all the time. Some days she says she makes over $1.00 a day. At times only $2.00 a week. Been working at it three years. One of them was making lace for a contractor, Marchina, 207 E. 109th St., top floor (in an old dwelling). The other was making lace for factory, P. Cappellino, 401 E. 116th St. Husband is plasterer and "works some." Location: New York, New York (State)

4:00 P.M. Making lace collars at home (usually in kitchen). Mrs. Venci...

Picryl description: Public domain image - 19th-century female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An old photo of a man picking cotton, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

An old photo of a man picking cotton, Mississippi. Farmers during Grea...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Trailer houses of pea pickers who travel with a labor contractor and live in camp rented and manage by the contractor. Canyon County, Idaho

Trailer houses of pea pickers who travel with a labor contractor and l...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Housing built by contractor at Umatilla ordnance depot for office workers. Hermiston, Oregon

Housing built by contractor at Umatilla ordnance depot for office work...

Public domain photograph of American farm workers, countryside in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of men sitting on top of a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men sitting on top of a boat. Office of War Information Pho...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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 getting slip as they check in hampers of peas. Canyon Coun...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picking peas. Nampa, Idaho. These people live in the contractor's pea pickers camp

Picking peas. Nampa, Idaho. These people live in the contractor's pea ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picking peas, labor contractor's crew. Nampa, Idaho

Picking peas, labor contractor's crew. Nampa, Idaho

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

4:00 P.M. Making lace collars at home (usually in kitchen). Mrs. Vencique, 309 E. 110th St., working with baby asleep in lap. Her sister, Tessie Amendola, 15 years old, works all the time. Some days she says she makes over $1.00 a day. At times only $2.00 a week. Been working at it three years. One of them was making lace for a contractor, Marchina, 207 E. 109th St., top floor (in an old dwelling). The other was making lace for factory, P. Cappellino, 401 E. 116th St. Husband is plasterer and "works some." Location: New York, New York (State)

4:00 P.M. Making lace collars at home (usually in kitchen). Mrs. Venci...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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. ...

A group of men sitting around a table with papers. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a group of men. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men. Office of War Information P...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Labor contractor's pea pickers camp. Canyon County, Idaho. The people are waiting to go to the fields

Labor contractor's pea pickers camp. Canyon County, Idaho. The people ...

Public domain photograph of American farm workers, countryside in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Latest addition to D.C. War Housing Program. To relieve the shortage of housing for Negro women war workers in Washington, the Federal Works Agency (FWA) is completing construction of Wake and Midway Halls, which will accommodate 1,000 women. The project was erected by Samuel Plato, Negro contractor, at a cost of $1,600,000. Photo shows front elevation of the dining room and recreation buildings attached to the structure

Latest addition to D.C. War Housing Program. To relieve the shortage o...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

De Land pool. Babcock airplane plant. Everyone pitches in to get out the work in the Babcock plant, prime contractor for the De Land, Florida pool. Above, Mary Babcock, daughter of V.C. Babcock, vice-president of the company, didn't dream when she studied art six month ago she would use it applying paint to the crates that carry the company's motor and repair racks to the war fronts

De Land pool. Babcock airplane plant. Everyone pitches in to get out t...

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"Cracker Castle," built by an army contractor who furnished the Army crackers

"Cracker Castle," built by an army contractor who furnished the Army c...

Photograph shows the home of Jonathan O. Pierce, who was a partner in the cracker making business that furnished hardtack for the Union Army, on Chouteau Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. The house was damaged bey... More

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

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

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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...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

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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...

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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...

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A couple of men standing next to each other, Kenntucky. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A couple of men standing next to each other, Kenntucky. Farm Security ...

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A group of men standing next to each other, Kenntucky. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A group of men standing next to each other, Kenntucky. Farm Security A...

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Weighing in a hamper of peas. Labor contractor's pea pickers crew, Nampa, Idaho.

Weighing in a hamper of peas. Labor contractor's pea pickers crew, Nam...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Office of War Informatio...

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

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

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

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Housing built by contractor for office workers at the Umatilla ordnance depot. Hermiston, Oregon

Housing built by contractor for office workers at the Umatilla ordnanc...

Public domain photograph of American farm workers, countryside in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

This boy and girl were the champion pea pickers in the contractor's ca...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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