Truckload of Mexican migrants returning to their homes in the Rio Grande Valley from Mississippi where they had been picking cotton. Neches, Texas

Item

Title
Truckload of Mexican migrants returning to their homes in the Rio Grande Valley from Mississippi where they had been picking cotton. Neches, Texas
Rights
The New York Public Library, New York. Public Domain.
Creator
Lee, Russell (1903-1986)
Date
1939 C.E.
Description
Mexican migrant workers frequently traveled long distances to work for very low wages on American Farms. While some workers were able to find temporary housing on the farms where they worked, others commuted hundreds of miles both ways to toil in the fields. In this photo, a family of Mexican migrant workers traveled over six hundred miles from Texas to Mississippi to pick cotton. Early migrant workers also had to find their own means of transportation, which meant that they spent a large portion of their earnings traveling to and from the fields.
Format
Gelatin silver print. 8 x 10 in.
Publisher
The New York Public Library Digital Collections.
Contributor
Melissa Valenzuela
Identifier
The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 012465-M2.
Subject
Farm workers; migrant workers; Mexican migrant workers; farmworkers movement; agriculture; labor history; Texas; Russell Lee.
Source
Jpg file. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 11/5/2021. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f5e7bd20-e1ef-0136-b7d9-087339011bf8
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