Workers Collection (page 21)

Background for Hightstown project photographs, Seventh Avenue and West 28th Street, New York, 1936
Background for Hightstown project photographs. Seventh Avenue and West 28th Street, New York. Garment workers leave the factories for noon hour. [Street vendor selling razor blades]

Filipinos waiting for the signal...cutting lettuce, near Westmorland, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939
Near Westmorland, Imperial Valley. Filipinos waiting for the signal to start cutting lettuce. California

Filipinos cutting lettuce, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Filipinos cutting lettuce. Near Westmorland, Imperial Valley, California]

One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California

Widtsoe land use adjustment project, Garfield County, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Widtsoe land use adjustment project. Garfield County, Utah. Excavating new spillway of Tropic Dam

Widtsoe land use adjustment project, Garfield County, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Widtsoe land use adjustment project. Garfield County, Utah. Loading boulder on stone boat, while excavating new spillway of Tropic Dam

Filipinos waiting for the signal... cutting lettuce, near Westmorland, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939
Filipinos waiting for the signal to start cutting lettuce. Near Westmorland, Imperial Valley, California

Migratory labor camp during pea harvest, FSA, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA). Migratory labor camp during pea harvest. Brawley, Imperial Valley, California

Grower's camp for pickers on large pea ranch... near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939
Grower's camp for pickers on large pea ranch along ditch bank. Growers camps in Imperial Valley and elsewhere have been much improved this year largely because of influence of Farm Security

Mexican picking cantaloupes in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican picking cantaloupes in the Imperial Valley, California. This is highly skilled labor

One of a row of tents, home of a pea picker, near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of a row of tents, home of a pea picker. Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

Cultivating potato-fields, west side of San Joaquin Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
West side of San Joaquin Valley, California. Caterpillar diesel type tractor is common in California. Only very large-scale operations can afford this type. Cultivating potato-fields

Migrant family from Oklahoma, first occupants of Westley camp, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma, first occupants of Westley camp. California

Cultivating potato field, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cultivating potato field. California

Cultivating potato-fields, west side of San Joaquin Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
West side of San Joaquin Valley, California. Caterpillar diesel type tractor is common in California. Only very large-scale operations can afford this type. Cultivating potato-fields

Mexicans picking cantaloupes one mile north of the Mexican border, Imperial Valley, Califoria, 1937
Mexicans picking cantaloupes one mile north of the Mexican border. Imperial Valley, Califoria. 6:00 a.m. This is highly skilled labor

Mexicans picking cantaloupes, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexicans picking cantaloupes one mile north of the Mexican border. Imperial Valley, California. 6:00 a.m. This is highly skilled labor

Mechanical potato digger in the field, Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mechanical potato digger in the field. Shafter, California

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of WPA workers protesting... San Francisco, California, 1939
Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers protesting congressional cut of relief appropriations. San Francisco, California

Potato field and pickers near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato field and pickers near Shafter, California

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of WPA workers protesting... San Francisco, California, 1939
Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers protesting congressional cut of relief appropriations. San Francisco, California

Migrant agricultural worker picking potatoes near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural worker picking potatoes near Shafter, California

Mass meeting of WPA workers parading up Market Street, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers parading up Market Street, San Francisco, California. The meeting was held in protest to cuts made by Congress in relief appropriations

Potato pickers, near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Shafter, California. Potatoes are dug by machines and strewn on the ground as the digger goes down the rows. The picker puts the potatoes into sacks suspended from their waist between their

Mass meeting of WPA workers parading up Market Street, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers parading up Market Street, San Francisco, California. The meeting was held in protest to cuts made by Congress in relief appropriations

Mass meeting of WPA workers parading up Market Street, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers parading up Market Street. San Francisco, California. The meeting was held in protest to cuts make by Congress in relief appropriations

Mechanical potato digger near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mechanical potato digger near Shafter, California

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of WPA workers... San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers protesting congressional cut of relief appropriations. San Francisco, California

Loading a potato truck as it goes down the rows, Near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading a potato truck as it goes down the rows, Near Shafter, California

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of WPA workers protesting... San Francisco, California, 1939
Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers protesting congressional cut of relief appropriations. San Francisco, California

Potato truck in the field near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato truck in the field near Shafter, California

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of WPA workers... San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers protesting congressional cut of relief appropriations. San Francisco, California]

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of WPA workers protesting... San Francisco, California, 1939
Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers protesting congressional cut of relief appropriations. San Francisco, California

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of WPA workers... San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers protesting congressional cut of relief appropriations. San Francisco, California

Potato picker in camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato picker in camp near Shafter, California

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of WPA workers protesting... San Francisco, California, 1939
Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers protesting congressional cut of relief appropriations. San Francisco, California

Potato picker in camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato picker in camp near Shafter, California

In front of city hall, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
In front of city hall, San Francisco, California. The Worker's Alliance, Works Progress Administration (WPA) organize simultaneous demonstrations in the large cities of the nation cut in

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of WPA workers... San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers protesting congressional cut of relief appropriations. San Francisco, California

Family of drought refugees on US 99 near Bakersfield, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family of drought refugees on U.S. 99 near Bakersfield, California

Migrant agricultural workers home, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural workers home. California. [Makeshift shelter built behind an advertising hoarding: Cyanogas - The Real Hopper Control']

En-route to pea harvest in Imperial Valley, U.S. 99, Tulare, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Entered California the fall of 1938. En-route to pea harvest in Imperial Valley. Car broke down. "Want to get back to Missouri if they ever get the money." U.S. 99. Tulare, California

Oklahoma migratory workers washing in a hot spring in the desert, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Oklahoma migratory workers washing in a hot spring in the desert. Imperial Valley, California

Slums of East El Centro, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Slums of East El Centro, California. Housing for Mexican field workers. They rent for eight dollars a month. Imperial Valley

Cotton picker near Firebaugh, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picker near Firebaugh, California

White section gang near King City, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
White section gang near King City, California. Before the depression this work was done entirely by Mexican labor

Jack Neill, "migratory fruit tramp, " on banks of Pulah Creek near Winters, California, 1935
Jack Neill, "migratory fruit tramp, " on banks of Pulah Creek near Winters, California. He owns one acre subsistence farm near Porterville

White section gang near King City, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
White section gang near King City, California. Before the depression this work was done entirely by Mexican labor

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"Workers: The Backbone of Nations, United by Labor" From the bustling streets of China during the Cultural Revolution to the coal miners in South Wales and Cornwall, they have always played a vital role in shaping societies. In Chairman Mao's China, a powerful cultural revolution poster depicted workers as heroes, inspiring unity and progress. Meanwhile, deep underground in shaft lifts and at Geevor Tin Mine, Pendeen and South Wales coal mines, brave miners risked their lives daily to fuel industrial growth. The Workers May-Pole design showcased solidarity among laborers striving for socialist ideals. In 1910 Britain, even political parties recognized the importance with colorful posters appealing for support. Swindon witnessed the dedication of builders constructing diesel locomotives while LNER promoted North East Coast Exhibition through an artistic poster celebrating hardworking individuals. Artists like Harold Harvey captured scenes from clay pits in Cornwall - be it Polkanuggo Quarry or Leswidden - highlighting arduous work that sustained local economies. Soviet propaganda also exalted workers' contributions under the sun of the motherland. Boris Parmeev's iconic poster from 1970s USSR symbolized strength gained through collective effort. Across continents and eras, these glimpses into worker's lives remind us that they are not just cogs within a system but essential pillars upon which nations stand tall. Their unwavering determination fuels progress and shapes our shared future.