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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

Chapin, Honorable Chester William of Massachusetts. (early mail contractor, running post coaches and steamboats) (Pres of Boston & Albany R.R.)

Chapin, Honorable Chester William of Massachusetts. (early mail contra...

An old photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a truck, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a truck, New Jersey....

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a truck, 1930s, Great Depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

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

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. ...

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

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

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

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

A couple of people standing in a field, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A couple of people standing in a field, Mississippi. Farmers during Gr...

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

An old black and white photo of a woman picking cotton, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

An old black and white photo of a woman picking cotton, Mississippi. F...

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

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

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

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

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...

Public domain photograph of loading, unloading, warehouse, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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 ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture 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

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...

Public domain photograph of a crowd, event, meeting, demonstration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, 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. Mounting central panel on the homosote board with flour paste

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

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, 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 photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[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. Public domain photograph - car advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

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...

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

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, ...

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

A black and white photo of a man holding a bucket of food. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man holding a bucket of food. Office of W...

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, to be installed in the Grand Central terminal, in the shop of a contractor. Carpenter working underneath the frames bolting them together. Print strips were mounted across sections and later sections were cut apart and unbolted for installation

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.

Labor contractor's crew picking peas. Nampa, Idaho

Labor contractor's crew picking peas. Nampa, Idaho

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, 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 Administration to be installed in the Grand Central terminal, in the shop of a contractor. Mounting a section on the industrial panel on homosote with flour paste

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

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

The workmen, five thousand of them, celebrate with a party at which the various foremen were introduced and all were congratulated by the contractor for fine cooperation. Hermiston, Oregon

The workmen, five thousand of them, celebrate with a party at which th...

Public domain photograph of a crowd, event, meeting, demonstration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

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

Subcontracting (Beery and Sons). Plant conversion means machine conversion. Here workers at the Harrisonburg, Virginia shop of Beery and Sons are converting a lathe to turn out parts for a war contractor. All the actual work of conversion and the new tools and jigs needed are made in the shop

Subcontracting (Beery and Sons). Plant conversion means machine conver...

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

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 a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of two men picking cotton. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two men picking cotton. Office of War Infor...

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

Bulletin board in labor contractor's camp (pea pickers). Canyon County, Idaho

Bulletin board in labor contractor's camp (pea pickers). Canyon County...

Public domain photograph of life in the USA during the 1930s-1940s, war, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

When workmen at the Umatilla ordnance depot broke a world record by pouring concrete for twenty-four igloos in twenty-four hours, the contractor threw a party for them. Hermiston, Oregon

When workmen at the Umatilla ordnance depot broke a world record by po...

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

Washington, D.C. Construction of temporary war emergency buildings on the Mall, near 16th and 17th Streets, N.W. Nail kegs in contractor's store house

Washington, D.C. Construction of temporary war emergency buildings on ...

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

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...

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

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

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

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

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, 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 one section of the industrial panel

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.

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...

Public domain photograph of a crowd, event, meeting, demonstration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man holding a pair of scissors. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man holding a pair of scissors. Office of...

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, 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

Latest addition to D.C. War Housing Program. Mechanics laying pipe at Wake and Midway Halls, latest addition to the housing for war workers in Washington, D.C. The new buildings will house 1,000 Negro women war workers and is being completed by Samuel Plato, contractor

Latest addition to D.C. War Housing Program. Mechanics laying pipe at ...

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

Mexican labor contractor in center with two carrot workers eating "second breakfast" near Santa Maria, Texas

Mexican labor contractor in center with two carrot workers eating "sec...

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

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."

An old black and white photo of a covered wagon, Texas, during Great Depression

An old black and white photo of a covered wagon, Texas, during Great D...

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

A couple of people that are standing in the grass, Texas, during Great Depression

A couple of people that are standing in the grass, Texas, during Great...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, 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 part of a large figure mounted on homosote board with a routing machine

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

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

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen months by John Randel, Jun., Esq., contractor for the eastern section of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, from Judge Wright, engineer in chief, and late majority of the Board of Directors ... whereby the contractor has been ruined, the completion of that great national work delayed one year at least, and the interests of the state and of the stockholders of course materially injured ...

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen ...

Ascribed to Matthew Carey. Cf. J.M. Finotti. Bibl. Cath. Amer. 1872. p. 285. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen months by John Randel, Jun., Esq., contractor for the eastern section of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, from Judge Wright, engineer in chief, and late majority of the Board of Directors ... whereby the contractor has been ruined, the completion of that great national work delayed one year at least, and the interests of the state and of the stockholders of course materially injured ...

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen ...

Ascribed to Matthew Carey. Cf. J.M. Finotti. Bibl. Cath. Amer. 1872. p. 285. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Labor contractor's truck, Burlington County, New Jersey

Labor contractor's truck, Burlington County, New Jersey

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

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, ...

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

Pea picker who travels with labor contractor. Nampa, Idaho

Pea picker who travels with labor contractor. Nampa, Idaho

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

Latest addition to D.C. War Housing Program. One of 600 skilled workers employed in the construction of Wake and Midway Halls, now being completed by Samuel Plato, contractor, for 1,000 Negro women war workers in Washington, D.C. Photo shows carpenter fitting window

Latest addition to D.C. War Housing Program. One of 600 skilled worker...

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

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen months by John Randel, Jun., Esq., contractor for the eastern section of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, from Judge Wright, engineer in chief, and late majority of the Board of Directors ... whereby the contractor has been ruined, the completion of that great national work delayed one year at least, and the interests of the state and of the stockholders of course materially injured ...

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen ...

Ascribed to Matthew Carey. Cf. J.M. Finotti. Bibl. Cath. Amer. 1872. p. 285. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen months by John Randel, Jun., Esq., contractor for the eastern section of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, from Judge Wright, engineer in chief, and late majority of the Board of Directors ... whereby the contractor has been ruined, the completion of that great national work delayed one year at least, and the interests of the state and of the stockholders of course materially injured ...

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen ...

Ascribed to Matthew Carey. Cf. J.M. Finotti. Bibl. Cath. Amer. 1872. p. 285. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

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...

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

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

A black and white photo of a man 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 related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information...

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, 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 industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Picking peas. Canyon County, Idaho. This is a field picked by labor supplied by a labor contractor

Picking peas. Canyon County, Idaho. This is a field picked by labor su...

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

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...

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

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen months by John Randel, Jun., Esq., contractor for the eastern section of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, from Judge Wright, engineer in chief, and late majority of the Board of Directors ... whereby the contractor has been ruined, the completion of that great national work delayed one year at least, and the interests of the state and of the stockholders of course materially injured ...

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen ...

Ascribed to Matthew Carey. Cf. J.M. Finotti. Bibl. Cath. Amer. 1872. p. 285. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen months by John Randel, Jun., Esq., contractor for the eastern section of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, from Judge Wright, engineer in chief, and late majority of the Board of Directors ... whereby the contractor has been ruined, the completion of that great national work delayed one year at least, and the interests of the state and of the stockholders of course materially injured ...

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen ...

Ascribed to Matthew Carey. Cf. J.M. Finotti. Bibl. Cath. Amer. 1872. p. 285. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

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

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

Pea pickers gathering to go to the fields. Canyon County, Idaho. This ...

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

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen months by John Randel, Jun., Esq., contractor for the eastern section of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, from Judge Wright, engineer in chief, and late majority of the Board of Directors ... whereby the contractor has been ruined, the completion of that great national work delayed one year at least, and the interests of the state and of the stockholders of course materially injured ...

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen ...

Ascribed to Matthew Carey. Cf. J.M. Finotti. Bibl. Cath. Amer. 1872. p. 285. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen months by John Randel, Jun., Esq., contractor for the eastern section of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, from Judge Wright, engineer in chief, and late majority of the Board of Directors ... whereby the contractor has been ruined, the completion of that great national work delayed one year at least, and the interests of the state and of the stockholders of course materially injured ...

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen ...

Ascribed to Matthew Carey. Cf. J.M. Finotti. Bibl. Cath. Amer. 1872. p. 285. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

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

A black and white photo of two men in a field, Mississippi. Farmers du...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, 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. Sections of one panel ready for installation

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

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of lumber, lumberjack workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen months by John Randel, Jun., Esq., contractor for the eastern section of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, from Judge Wright, engineer in chief, and late majority of the Board of Directors ... whereby the contractor has been ruined, the completion of that great national work delayed one year at least, and the interests of the state and of the stockholders of course materially injured ...

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen ...

Ascribed to Matthew Carey. Cf. J.M. Finotti. Bibl. Cath. Amer. 1872. p. 285. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen months by John Randel, Jun., Esq., contractor for the eastern section of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, from Judge Wright, engineer in chief, and late majority of the Board of Directors ... whereby the contractor has been ruined, the completion of that great national work delayed one year at least, and the interests of the state and of the stockholders of course materially injured ...

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen ...

Ascribed to Matthew Carey. Cf. J.M. Finotti. Bibl. Cath. Amer. 1872. p. 285. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen months by John Randel, Jun., Esq., contractor for the eastern section of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, from Judge Wright, engineer in chief, and late majority of the Board of Directors ... whereby the contractor has been ruined, the completion of that great national work delayed one year at least, and the interests of the state and of the stockholders of course materially injured ...

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen ...

Ascribed to Matthew Carey. Cf. J.M. Finotti. Bibl. Cath. Amer. 1872. p. 285. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

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

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

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Subcontracting (Beery and Sons). Plant conversion means machine conversion. This lathe at the Beery and Sons shop in Harrisonburg, Virginia, is being fitted for production of a small part needed by a war contractor. To the left of the lathe are some of the hurriedly constructed jigs and chucks turned out at the shop to speed delivery of various bits and pieces, often cutting the schedule as high as ninety-percent

Subcontracting (Beery and Sons). Plant conversion means machine conver...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Eggers & Higgins, 542 5th Ave., New York City. Contractor's room

Eggers & Higgins, 542 5th Ave., New York City. Contractor's room

Public domain photograph of New York City interiors, 1940s, 1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tying crates of peas on truck at the contractor's pea pickers outfit. Nampa, Idaho

Tying crates of peas on truck at the contractor's pea pickers outfit. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, 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 a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"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

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen months by John Randel, Jun., Esq., contractor for the eastern section of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, from Judge Wright, engineer in chief, and late majority of the Board of Directors ... whereby the contractor has been ruined, the completion of that great national work delayed one year at least, and the interests of the state and of the stockholders of course materially injured ...

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen ...

Ascribed to Matthew Carey. Cf. J.M. Finotti. Bibl. Cath. Amer. 1872. p. 285. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen months by John Randel, Jun., Esq., contractor for the eastern section of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, from Judge Wright, engineer in chief, and late majority of the Board of Directors ... whereby the contractor has been ruined, the completion of that great national work delayed one year at least, and the interests of the state and of the stockholders of course materially injured ...

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen ...

Ascribed to Matthew Carey. Cf. J.M. Finotti. Bibl. Cath. Amer. 1872. p. 285. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

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...

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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...

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Weighing hamper of peas, Nampa, Idaho. This is part of the labor contractor's crew

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

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. Spray painting cutout plywood letters used for the text

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

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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.

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 talking in camp. Canyon County, Idaho. These pickers trave...

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

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen months by John Randel, Jun., Esq., contractor for the eastern section of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, from Judge Wright, engineer in chief, and late majority of the Board of Directors ... whereby the contractor has been ruined, the completion of that great national work delayed one year at least, and the interests of the state and of the stockholders of course materially injured ...

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen ...

Ascribed to Matthew Carey. Cf. J.M. Finotti. Bibl. Cath. Amer. 1872. p. 285. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen months by John Randel, Jun., Esq., contractor for the eastern section of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, from Judge Wright, engineer in chief, and late majority of the Board of Directors ... whereby the contractor has been ruined, the completion of that great national work delayed one year at least, and the interests of the state and of the stockholders of course materially injured ...

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen ...

Ascribed to Matthew Carey. Cf. J.M. Finotti. Bibl. Cath. Amer. 1872. p. 285. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen months by John Randel, Jun., Esq., contractor for the eastern section of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, from Judge Wright, engineer in chief, and late majority of the Board of Directors ... whereby the contractor has been ruined, the completion of that great national work delayed one year at least, and the interests of the state and of the stockholders of course materially injured ...

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen ...

Ascribed to Matthew Carey. Cf. J.M. Finotti. Bibl. Cath. Amer. 1872. p. 285. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

A black and white photo of men loading a truck. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of men loading a truck. Great Depression FFSA ...

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Labor contractor's crew picking peas. Nampa, Idaho

Labor contractor's crew picking peas. 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. Spray painting cutout plywood letters used for the text

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.

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen months by John Randel, Jun., Esq., contractor for the eastern section of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, from Judge Wright, engineer in chief, and late majority of the Board of Directors ... whereby the contractor has been ruined, the completion of that great national work delayed one year at least, and the interests of the state and of the stockholders of course materially injured ...

Exhibit of the shocking oppression and injustice suffered for sixteen ...

Ascribed to Matthew Carey. Cf. J.M. Finotti. Bibl. Cath. Amer. 1872. p. 285. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Children of Mexican labor contractor. Robstown, Texas

Children of Mexican labor contractor. Robstown, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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