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Slums of East El Centro, California. Housing for Mexican field workers. They rent for eight dollars a month. Imperial Valley
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Slums of East El Centro, California. Housing for Mexican field workers. They rent for eight dollars a month. Imperial Valley

Lange, Dorothea · 1937 · photo, print, drawing

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imperial countycaliforniamexicansstructuresautomobilesnitrate negativesel centrounited states
Credit lineSlums of East El Centro, California. Housing for Mexican field workers. They rent for eight dollars a month. Imperial Valley. 1937. Lange, Dorothea. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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