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

Collection