Cotton picker's camp, Salt River Valley, Arizona. For many refugees from the Southwest, Arizona is a stopping point on the way to California, where money can be made during the cotton harvest with which to continue the journey

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Title
Cotton picker's camp, Salt River Valley, Arizona. For many refugees from the Southwest, Arizona is a stopping point on the way to California, where money can be made during the cotton harvest with which to continue the journey
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lange, Dorothea (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lange, Dorothea

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1938-06
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 018234-C
Topics
Arizona -- Salt River Valley (Gila County and Maricopa County, Ariz.)
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
Migrant agricultural laborers
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress.
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: 23789
TMS Object Number: 018234-C
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 08b595a0-8d02-0136-afe7-519b97ce197e
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  • 1938: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Cotton picker's camp, Salt River Valley, Arizona. For many refugees from the Southwest, Arizona is a stopping point on the way to California, where money can be made during the cotton harvest with which to continue the journey" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/876e71b0-8d04-0136-8e77-235a20374e92

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Cotton picker's camp, Salt River Valley, Arizona. For many refugees from the Southwest, Arizona is a stopping point on the way to California, where money can be made during the cotton harvest with which to continue the journey" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 29, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/876e71b0-8d04-0136-8e77-235a20374e92

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1938). Cotton picker's camp, Salt River Valley, Arizona. For many refugees from the Southwest, Arizona is a stopping point on the way to California, where money can be made during the cotton harvest with which to continue the journey Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/876e71b0-8d04-0136-8e77-235a20374e92

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Cotton picker's camp, Salt River Valley, Arizona. For many refugees from the Southwest, Arizona is a stopping point on the way to California, where money can be made during the cotton harvest with which to continue the journey