Gelatin silver contact sheet printed on Agfa photopaper. Lange number stamped on verso. Contact sheet shows negatives of the 4 by 5 inch format.
Content description:
Original description is "Commercial production of cotton in Calif. began in 1909. In 1936 Calif. produced 3.3% of U.S. cotton crop. ...Cotton is a crop that always brings evil with it- the rawest, crudest, exploitation, brutalizing anyone and everyone involved in it. (on cotton) see also Exodus." Three images of stacks of packed cotton.
Concepts:
Dorothea Lange Project: California in the Depression
Places:
Bakersfield, California; California
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