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The kind of work drought refugees and Mexicans do in the Imperial Valley, California. Planting cantaloupe
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The kind of work drought refugees and Mexicans do in the Imperial Valley, California. Planting cantaloupe

Lange, Dorothea · 1937-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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imperial valleycaliforniacantaloupesnitrate negativesimperial countyunited states
Credit lineThe kind of work drought refugees and Mexicans do in the Imperial Valley, California. Planting cantaloupe. 1937-01-01. Lange, Dorothea. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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