Cotton Pickers and Owners (Free Speech)
Bakersfield, 1938
Dorothea Lange
Film negative
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
4 in x 5 in
A67.137.38026.2
© The Dorothea Lange Collection, the Oakland Museum of California.
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.
A Back
Additional Information
Inscription: Cotton pickers & owners Calif 1938 "A back" (Also Cotton Contest) On Cotton Commercial production of cotton in Calif began in 1909. In 1936, Calif. produced 3.3% of U.S. Cotton crop. Bakersfield,
Inscription: Cotton pickers & owners Calif 1938 "A back" (Also Cotton Contest) 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.
