Eloy District, Pinal County, Arizona. Man and wife, migratory cotton pickers, at cotton wagon in the...
11/1940
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Full caption reads as follows: Eloy District, Pinal County, Arizona. Man and wife, migratory cotton pickers, at cotton wagon in the late afternoon. She is taking off her cotton sack which she has hauled in from the field on her back. It will be weighed, after which he will climb the ladder and dump the cotton into the wagon. Together they earn "not $3.00" per day. At this time of year (November) the working day is about 10 hours.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
National Archives Identifier: 522269
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