"Young migratory mother, originally from Texas.."

"Young migratory mother, originally from Texas. On the day before the photograph was made she and her husband traveled 35 miles each way to pick peas. They worked 5 hours each and together earned $2.25. They have two young children . . . Live in auto camp."

By Dorothea Lange, Edison, Kern County California, April 11, 1940

National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics
(83-G-41536) [VENDOR # 82]

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