Speaker, migratory worker, leader in the cotton strike, at Conference to Aid Agricultural Organization (Steinbeck Committee), Bakersfield, California. Saying: "Brother, 'Hits pick seventy-five cent cotton or starve. Brother, 'hits pick seventy-five cent cotton or else"
Title
Speaker, migratory worker, leader in the cotton strike, at Conference to Aid Agricultural Organization (Steinbeck Committee), Bakersfield, California. Saying: "Brother, 'Hits pick seventy-five cent cotton or starve. Brother, 'hits pick seventy-five cent cotton or else"
Creator
Lange, Dorothea
Subject
United States--California--Kern County--Bakersfield
Description
Photograph showing leader in the cotton strike at a conference to aid agricultural workers.
Publisher
Library of Congress
Contributor
Lange, Dorothea, photographer
Date
1938-11
Type
Image
Format
1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.
Identifier
LC-USF34- 018774-D [P&P] LOT 346 (corresponding photographic print)
Source
https://www.loc.gov/item/2017771170/
Language
English
Relation
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Coverage
1938 Cotton Strike
Rights
No known restrictions
Files
Collection
Citation
Lange, Dorothea, “Speaker, migratory worker, leader in the cotton strike, at Conference to Aid Agricultural Organization (Steinbeck Committee), Bakersfield, California. Saying: "Brother, 'Hits pick seventy-five cent cotton or starve. Brother, 'hits pick seventy-five cent cotton or else",” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed May 12, 2026, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/5893.
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