Cafe near Pinole, California
California, 1956
Dorothea Lange
Gelatin silver print
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
8.875 in x 12.375 in
A67.137.97920
© The Dorothea Lange Collection, the Oakland Museum of California.
Rapid development of a previously rural area was occurring. The man at the counter said ‘Dammit, it’s getting so a person can’t stand still in one of these here fields without you getting mowed down, raked up, or painted.’