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Farm Hands Collection (page 8)

"Unsung Heroes: The Resilient Farm Hands of the Past" Step back in time to witness the unwavering dedication and hard work throughout history

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Filipino gang labor in pea fields near Pismo Beach, Nipomo, California, 1936

Filipino gang labor in pea fields near Pismo Beach, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Filipino gang labor in pea fields near Pismo Beach, Nipomo, California. Work for Japanese, live on Japanese ranches. Sixty men in this gang

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: One pea picker's home, one-half mile off Highway 101 at Nipomo, California, 1936

One pea picker's home, one-half mile off Highway 101 at Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One pea picker's home. One-half mile off Highway 101 at Nipomo, California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Pea pickers in California, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pea pickers in California, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pea pickers in California. "Mam, I've picked peas from Calipatria to Ukiah. This life is simplicity boiled down." California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Cotton weigher, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton weigher, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton weigher. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Migrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Aged woman from Oklahoma, Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Aged woman from Oklahoma, Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Aged woman from Oklahoma. Kern County migrant camp, California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Mexican townfolk sacking peppers near Stockton, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mexican townfolk sacking peppers near Stockton, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican townfolk sacking peppers near Stockton, California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt, California, Kern County, 1936

Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt, California, Kern County, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern County

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Shack in 'Little Oklahoma', California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Shack in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Shack in "Little Oklahoma." Lots 50 x 150, cost one hundred and twenty to two hundred dollars. Bought on hope and sold on promises. No work since last fall

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange

The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange
The threshing of oats. Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Freight car converted into house in 'Little Oklahoma, ' California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Freight car converted into house in "Little Oklahoma, " California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Freight car converted into house in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange

The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange
The threshing of oats. Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange

The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange
The threshing of oats. Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange

The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange
The threshing of oats. Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Harvesting oats, Clayton, Indiana, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Harvesting oats, Clayton, Indiana, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Harvesting oats. Clayton, Indiana

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange

The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange
The threshing of oats. Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange

The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange
The threshing of oats. Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange

The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange
The threshing of oats. Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: El Monte federal subsistence Homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

El Monte federal subsistence Homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
El Monte federal homesteads. One hundred occupied homes, each with nearly an acre. Average yearly income eight hundred dollars. California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange

The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange
The threshing of oats. Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange

The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange
The threshing of oats. Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: El Monte federal subsistence Homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

El Monte federal subsistence Homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Four-bedroom house. Eight in family, six boys, aged one to fourteen. Father is conductor (streetcar), one hundred dollars monthly

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: El Monte federal subsistence Homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

El Monte federal subsistence Homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
El Monte federal subsistence homesteads Four-bedroom house. Eight in family, six boys ages one to fourteen, California. Father is streetcar conductor, one hundred dollars a month

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: El Monte federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Four in family. Three-room house, seventeen dollars and seventy cents rent to apply on purchase. Father's occupation: carpenter

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Peach pickers, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Peach pickers, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Muscella, Georgia. Peach pickers

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: El Monte federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Three-room house seventy dollars and seventy cents monthly. Rent to apply on purchase. Four in family. Father, carpenter, earns seventy dollars monthly

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: El Monte federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Seventeen dollars and seventy cents rent to apply on purchase of three-room house. California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Hunters and Herd of Cattle Outside Country Estate, 18th century. Creator: Ralph Bullock

Hunters and Herd of Cattle Outside Country Estate, 18th century. Creator: Ralph Bullock
Hunters and Herd of Cattle Outside Country Estate, 18th century

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Motherless migrant children - they work in the cotton, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Motherless migrant children - they work in the cotton, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Motherless migrant children. They work in the cotton

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Off for the melon fields (Mexican labor), 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Off for the melon fields (Mexican labor), 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Off for the melon fields (Mexican labor). Imperial Valley, California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Mexican field worker, father of six, Imperial Valley, Riverside County, California, 1935

Mexican field worker, father of six, Imperial Valley, Riverside County, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican field worker, father of six. Imperial Valley, Riverside County, California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Date picker's home, Coachella Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Date picker's home, Coachella Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Date picker's home. Coachella Valley, California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Filipinos cutting lettuce. Salinas, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Filipinos cutting lettuce. Salinas, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Filipinos cutting lettuce. Salinas, California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Loading cotton, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Loading cotton, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading cotton. San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Cotton picker, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picker, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picker. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Pickers in cotton field, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pickers in cotton field, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pickers in cotton field. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Cotton pickers at work in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton pickers at work in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton pickers at work in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California. They receive one dollar and one dollar and twenty-five cents per hundred pounds

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Picking cotton, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Picking cotton, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Picking cotton. San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Cotton weigher, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton weigher, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton weigher. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Loading cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Loading cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading cotton. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Loading cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Loading cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading cotton. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Weighing in cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Weighing in cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Weighing in cotton. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Weighing in cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Weighing in cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Weighing in cotton. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Weighing in and loading cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936

Weighing in and loading cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Weighing in and loading cotton. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageFarm Hands Collection: Loading cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Loading cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading cotton. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California



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"Unsung Heroes: The Resilient Farm Hands of the Past" Step back in time to witness the unwavering dedication and hard work throughout history. From Lealholm Hall Farm in Whitby, c. 1889, where farmers ploughed fields with determination, to Allart van Everdingen's depiction of peasants defending themselves against a bear assault in 17th century Europe. Travel across continents and eras as we explore the lives of these unsung heroes. Thomas Woodbine Hinchliff takes us to Rio De Janeiro in 1875, capturing the laborious cotton harvest against the majestic backdrop of Organ Mountains. Gustave Doré transports us to Andalusia, Spain, where peasants diligently tend to vineyards during autumn. In another corner of the world, Frank Usher introduces us to Norwegian peasants on their northern wanderings in 1875. Their resilience and resourcefulness shine through as they navigate challenging landscapes. Closer to home, Marion Post Wolcott's lens captures poignant moments from American farms during the mid-20th century. We witness tobacco being cut and hung on sticks for wilting on Russell Spears' Kentucky farm in 1940. Fields filled with cotton sway gently between 1941 and 1942 while day laborers pick tirelessly near Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1939. The spirit of hard work extends beyond borders as we glimpse into Natchitoches, Louisiana's Bayou Bourbeau plantation operated by Bayou Bourbeau Farmstead Association - a testament to collective effort even amidst difficult times. Let us honor these forgotten faces who labored under scorching suns or freezing winters; their sweat nourishing our lands and sustaining communities for generations past. Today we remember them as true guardians of nature's bounty – farm hands whose legacy lives on through their tireless devotion and unyielding spirit.