Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms. The type that formed the backbone of the Industrial Workers of the World in California before the war. Subject of Carleton Parker's studies on Industrial Workers of the World
| Artist | Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965) |
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| Title | Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms. The type that formed the backbone of the Industrial Workers of the World in California before the war. Subject of Carleton Parker's studies on Industrial Workers of the World |
| Date | December 1938 |
| Medium | Gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 7 7/8 × 7 5/8 in. (20 × 19.4 cm) Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.7 cm) |
| Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.200.XX.8.11 |
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A vertical black-and-white photograph depicts a person walking on the side of a road carrying a large sack on their back. Short trees and telephone poles line either side of the road.
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"Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms. The type that formed the backbone of the Industrial Workers of the World in California before the war. Subject of Carleton Parker's studies on Industrial Workers of the World | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=79.200.XX.8.11