Housing for rapidly growing settlement of lettuce workers on fringe of town, Salinas, California. These houses are built by the occupants, most of them recent migrants from the Southwest
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Title
Housing for rapidly growing settlement of lettuce workers on fringe of town, Salinas, California. These houses are built by the occupants, most of them recent migrants from the Southwest
Collection
Farm Security Administration Photographs
Lange, Dorothea
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lange, Dorothea (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1939-04
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 019403-E
Subjects
California -- Salinas
California -- Monterey County
Migrant agricultural laborers
Housing
Genres
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Identifiers
TMS ID: 24542
TMS Object Number: 019403-E
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 33ab8690-94f8-0136-15a4-2fb443b9ae27
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Housing for rapidly growing settlement of lettuce workers on fringe of town, Salinas, California. These houses are built by the occupants, most of them recent migrants from the Southwest" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/33ab8690-94f8-0136-15a4-2fb443b9ae27
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