Near Santa Maria, California. Large-scale pea fields. These peas must be handpicked by gangs of laborers for fresh table use. Frozen food process is not used in marketing California peas, although it may be introduced

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Title
Near Santa Maria, California. Large-scale pea fields. These peas must be handpicked by gangs of laborers for fresh table use. Frozen food process is not used in marketing California peas, although it may be introduced
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lange, Dorothea (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lange, Dorothea

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1939-02
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 018906-E
Topics
California -- Santa Maria (Calif.)
California -- Santa Barbara County
Agriculture
Croplands
Farm produce
Crops
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Caption continues: ...Frozen peas in southern New Jersey and peas for canning in Wisconsin are machine-harvested.
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress. LC record identifies the original negative for this photograph as a size "C" negative (approximately 4 x 5 inches); NYPL prints are inscribed with negative number 018906-C on verso.
Content: FSA Collection contains three copies of this photograph.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 24196
TMS Object Number: 018906-E
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8b3e41b0-940b-0136-aa11-0fd4e6d8c19a
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Near Santa Maria, California. Large-scale pea fields. These peas must be handpicked by gangs of laborers for fresh table use. Frozen food process is not used in marketing California peas, although it may be introduced" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c927ea70-940d-0136-f34f-73efacb298a6

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Near Santa Maria, California. Large-scale pea fields. These peas must be handpicked by gangs of laborers for fresh table use. Frozen food process is not used in marketing California peas, although it may be introduced" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c927ea70-940d-0136-f34f-73efacb298a6

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). Near Santa Maria, California. Large-scale pea fields. These peas must be handpicked by gangs of laborers for fresh table use. Frozen food process is not used in marketing California peas, although it may be introduced Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c927ea70-940d-0136-f34f-73efacb298a6

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Near Santa Maria, California. Large-scale pea fields. These peas must be handpicked by gangs of laborers for fresh table use. Frozen food process is not used in marketing California peas, although it may be introduced