Unidentified family picking potatoes in the field
Title
Unidentified family picking potatoes in the field
Description
Black and white (overexposed) image of a woman with several small children sitting in a bare field. She kneels beside a wire basket and wears gloves and arm guards as she picks potatoes up from the ground. Small children stand with her, while one slightly older child kneels nearby, holding a potato ready to place in the bag behind her.
Date Created
circa 1959
Subject
Agricultural laborers
Agriculture
Migrant labor
Migrant agricultural laborers
Potatoes--Harvesting
Children of agricultural laborers
Child migrant agricultural laborers
Hispanic Americans
Economic History
Cultural Studies
Latino Interest
Human Migration
Place
Washington County, Oregon
Medium
gelatin silver negatives
Identifier
WCMpic_013692
Rights
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Source
Robert L. Benson Research Library, Five Oaks Museum
Type
Still Image