Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers. Kern County, California. The growers set price of cotton at seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds picked, and the pickers refused to enter the fields
| Artist | Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965) |
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| Title | Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers. Kern County, California. The growers set price of cotton at seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds picked, and the pickers refused to enter the fields |
| Date | November 1938 |
| Medium | Gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 9 9/16 × 7 11/16 in. (24.3 × 19.6 cm) Sheet: 10 1/16 × 8 1/8 in. (25.5 × 20.7 cm) |
| Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.200.XX.8.17 |
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