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Pigpen made on parts of old beds, near Harlingen, Texas, in white migrant camp

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

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Farm Security Administration Photographs

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Title
Pigpen made on parts of old beds, near Harlingen, Texas, in white migrant camp
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lee, Russell

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1939-02
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 012002-M4 c.3
Topics
Texas -- Harlingen
Texas -- Cameron County
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress.
Content: FSA Collection contains four copies of this photograph.
Content: "General Caption #6" is attached to print verso: "This family of migrant workers is composed of mother, father, and four children. The oldest girl is married and her husband is a member of the family group. Also accompanying them is a boy of 16 who has no other home. The mother, father, and two youngest children sleep in 1 bed and the two boys in the other bed. The daughter and her husband sleep in their car. The tent in which they were living is made of cotton sacks. They are ripped open to form tent and are resewed at cotton picking time. These people must carry water for 1/2 a mile. Their tent is in a small clearing in the mesquite and chapparel. The 2 pigs were in a pen made with an old bed."
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 60334
TMS Object Number: 012002-M4 c.3
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fa63e600-d6e9-0136-8ab0-0a92ad709730
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1939: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Pigpen made on parts of old beds, near Harlingen, Texas, in white migrant camp" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/196a8540-d6ec-0136-4039-5bdc1f2fe0bd

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Pigpen made on parts of old beds, near Harlingen, Texas, in white migrant camp" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 31, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/196a8540-d6ec-0136-4039-5bdc1f2fe0bd

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). Pigpen made on parts of old beds, near Harlingen, Texas, in white migrant camp Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/196a8540-d6ec-0136-4039-5bdc1f2fe0bd

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Pigpen made on parts of old beds, near Harlingen, Texas, in white migrant camp