Cotton Pickers and Cotton Weighing Wagon
Bakersfield, Circa 1938
Dorothea Lange
Film negative
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
2.25 in x 2.25 in
A67.137.9257
© The Dorothea Lange Collection, the Oakland Museum of California.
On Cotton. Commercial production of cotton in Calif began in 1909. In 1936, Calif. produced 3.3% of U.S. Cotton crop. Bakersfield, Calif - Fall '37. Cotton is a crop that always brings evil with it -- the rawest, crudest exploitation, brutalizing anyone & everyone involved in it.
Alternate Title and/or Date
During her lifetime Lange’s photographs appeared in a variety of exhibitions and publications, sometimes years after they were taken. This often resulted in multiple titles for the same image.
During her lifetime Lange’s photographs appeared in a variety of exhibitions and publications, sometimes years after they were taken. This often resulted in multiple titles for the same image.
Cotton Pickers and Cotton Weighing Station, Fall 1937
1937
