Farm Workers, South of Tracy, California

Title: Farm Workers, South of Tracy, California
Rights: The J. Paul Getty Museum, California. Public Domain.
Creator: Lange, Dorothea (1895-1965)
Date: 1938 C.E.
Description: Two farm workers, a couple, carry produce on their shoulders in the hot California sun. The weight of their produce was then used to determine their payment as part of the migrant worker program. The Farm Security Administration commissioned Dorothea Lange in 1938 to visit such farms in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia, Missouri, and California. Lange used her photography to advocate for better working conditions for migrant workers after witnessing their plight in the workers’ camps.
Format: Gelatin silver print. 5 15/16 × 5 15/16 in.
Publisher: The J. Paul Getty Museum.
Contributor: Melissa Valenzuela.
Identifier: The J. Paul Getty Museum. 2000.43.4.
Subject: Farm workers; migrant workers; California; farmers; agriculture; farmworkers movement; Dorothea Lange.
Source: Jpg file. The J. Paul Getty Museum. 10/18/2021. http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/129303/dorothea-lange-farm-workers-south-of-tracy-california-american-1938/