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Warehouse used as distributing office for FSA relief grants, Bakersfield, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Warehouse used as distributing office for Farm Security Administration (FSA) relief grants of commodities to destitute farm labor families. Bakersfield, California

Rehabilitation family, near Visalia, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Visalia, California. Rehabilitation family. Farm operations changed from failure to success by following plan devised by Rural Rehabilitation supervisor

Sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, near Hartsville, South Carolina, 1938
Near Hartsville, South Carolina, sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, preparatory to curing. Note sled by which tobacco is brought to the barn from the field

Tobacco sharecropper's home near Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tobacco sharecropper's home near Douglas, Georgia

The "golden leaf, " already graded by the farmers, sorted and wrapped... Douglas, Georgia, 1938
Douglas, Georgia. The "golden leaf, " already graded by the farmers, sorted and wrapped in "tobacco sheets

Waiting for the semi-monthly relief checks at Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Waiting for the semi-monthly relief checks at Calipatria, California

Sharecroppers grade the cured leaves on the porches...tobacco auction, near Douglas, Georgia, 1938
Near Douglas, Georgia. Sharecroppers grade the cured leaves on the porches and sort them to go to the tobacco auction

Waiting for the semi-monthly relief checks at Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Waiting for the semi-monthly relief checks at Calipatria, California

As the auctioneer knocks down the last bid on each basket of tobacco... Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
As the auctioneer knocks down the last bid on each basket of tobacco in the warehouse, the price is immediately recorded, and the farmers go to the "money box" to get their money

Near Douglas, Georgia. Sharecroppers grade the cured leaves, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Douglas, Georgia. Sharecroppers grade the cured leaves on the porches and sort them to go to the tobacco auction

Waiting for the semimonthly relief checks at Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Waiting for the semimonthly relief checks at Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. Typical story: fifteen years ago they owned farms in Oklahoma

Near Douglas, Georgia. Sharecroppers grade the cured leaves, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Douglas, Georgia. Sharecroppers grade the cured leaves on the porches and sort them to go to the tobacco auction]

Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant

Farmers at tobacco auction, Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Douglas, Georgia. Farmers at tobacco auction. Common question is "What will it bring this year?"

Tobacco farms, like Southern cotton farms, carry a heavy surplus... near Tifton, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Tifton, Georgia. Tobacco farms, like Southern cotton farms, carry a heavy surplus which they employ at seasonal peaks

Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant

South Georgia tobacco sharecropper in town for auction, Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Douglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecropper in town for auction. Note tobacco sheets in which he brought tobacco from the farm

South Georgia tobacco sharecropper during the tobacco auction, Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Douglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecropper during the tobacco auction. In order to eke out a living members of the sharecropper families in recent years have begun to migrate to Florida

South Georgia tobacco sharecroppers, Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Douglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecroppers. Fords are beginning to appear among the tobacco sharecroppers. They can bring the crop to the auction at the warehouse

A mother in California who with her family will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief... 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A mother in California who with her husband and her two children will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration

Tartar Peasants Homes in the Village of Déré-Koui, near Yalta, Crimea, August 31, 1837, 1841. Creator: Auguste Raffet
Tartar Peasants Homes in the Village of Dere-Koui, near Yalta, Crimea, August 31, 1837, 1841

Wife of sharecropper in town to sell their crop at the tobacco auction, Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Douglas, Georgia. Wife of sharecropper in town to sell their crop at the tobacco auction

Near Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Douglas, Georgia. "You don't have to worriate so much and you've got time to raise somp'n to eat." The program to eliminate the risk

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937
Coachella Valley, California. Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Mexico. "We come from all states, and we can't make a dollar a day in this field noways

Near Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Douglas, Georgia. "You don't have to worriate so much and you've got time to raise somp'n to eat." The program to eliminate the risk

Former tenant farmer from Texas now working in California as a pea picker, Nipomo, California, 1937
A former tenant farmer from Texas now working in California as a pea picker. Nipomo, California

Rural rehabilitation client talking with county supervisor, FSA, Tulare County, California, 1938
Rural rehabilitation client talking with county supervisor, Farm Security Administration (FSA), Tulare County, California. She says: "Someday I'm going to build my house

Arkansas mother, Tulare County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Arkansas mother come to California for a new start, with husband and eleven children. Now a rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California

Former tenant farmer from Texas now working in California as a pea picker, Nipomo, California, 1937
A former tenant farmer from Texas now working in California as a pea picker. Nipomo, California

Arkansas mother, now a rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Arkansas mother come to California for a new start, with husband and eleven children. Now a rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California

Arkansas mother, now a rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Arkansas mother come to California for a new start, with husband and eleven children. Now a rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California

Arkansas mother, now a rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Arkansas mother come to California for a new start, with husband and eleven children. Now a rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California

Rural rehabilitation, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Rural rehabilitation. Tulare County, California. Arkansas mother come to California for a new start

Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Visalia (vicinity), Tulare County, California. The Farm Security Administration. Miners's cooperative farm. Ten families have been established on the old ranch of 500 acres

Board of directors of the Mineral King Farm Association, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
These three men comprise the board of directors of the Mineral King Farm Association, Tulare County, California. They were elected by their own group to direct this farm unit

Ten families established by the FSA on the... Tulare County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ten families have been established by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, an old ranch of 500 acres, which they will operate as a farm unit, raising cotton

Ten families established by the FSA on the... Tulare County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ten families have been established by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, an old ranch of 500 acres, which they will operate as a farm unit, raising cotton

Ex-tenants, now day laborers, Ellis County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ex-tenants, now day laborers. Ellis County, Texas

Ten families established by the FSA on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, Tulare County, CA, 1938
Visalia (vicinity), Tulare County, California. The Farm Security Administration. Miners's cooperative farm. Ten families have been established on the old ranch of 500 acres

This man was a tenant on the same farm for eighteen years... Ellis County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This man was a tenant on the same farm for eighteen years. He has six children. This year he was forced into status of day laborer on the same farm

Ten families established by the FSA on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, Tulare County, CA, 1938
Ten families have been established by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, an old ranch of 500 acres, which they will operate as a farm unit, raising cotton

Ten families established by the FSA on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, Tulare County, CA, 1938
Ten families have been established by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, an old ranch of 500 acres, which they will operate as a farm unit, raising cotton

Ten families established by the FSA on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, Tulare County, CA, 1938
Ten families have been established by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, an old ranch of 500 acres, which they will operate as a farm unit, raising cotton

Thirteen-year old sharecropper boy near Americus, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Thirteen-year old sharecropper boy near Americus, Georgia

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937
Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Mexico. Coachella Valley, California. "We come from all states and we can't make a dollar a day in this field noways

Filipino crew of fifty-five boys cutting and loading lettuce, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Filipino crew of fifty-five boys cutting and loading lettuce. Imperial Valley, California

Cotton hoers from Memphis, Tennessee are carried by trucks to the Arkansas plantations, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton hoers from Memphis, Tennessee are carried by trucks to the Arkansas plantations

Filipino crew of fifty-five boys cutting and loading lettuce, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Filipino crew of fifty-five boys cutting and loading lettuce. Imperial Valley, California

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"Farmhand: A Journey Through the Artistic Depiction of Rural Labor" Step into the world of hardworking farmhands as we explore various artworks that beautifully capture their daily lives and struggles. From Pieter Bruegel the Elder's iconic painting "The Harvesters, 1565" to Vincent van Gogh's powerful portrayal in "The Sower, October 1888, " these masterpieces offer glimpses into the timeless role of farm labor. In Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow's "Galway Gossips, c1887, " we witness a moment of respite for farmhands as they engage in friendly conversation amidst their toil. Jean-Francois Millet's renowned piece, "The Gleaners (1856), " showcases the dignity and resilience of those who gather leftover crops after harvest. Henry Herbert la Thangue's "Gathering Plums, 1901" transports us to an idyllic scene where farmhands carefully collect ripe fruits from bountiful orchards. Meanwhile, Louis Leopold Boilly's intriguing work titled "The Movings, 1822" portrays a group of workers engaged in transporting goods on a rural road. Allart van Everdingen captures a different aspect with his painting "The Bear Assaulted by the Peasants. " This dramatic artwork depicts brave peasants defending themselves against an attacking bear—a reminder that farming life is not without its dangers. Johann Christian Erhard invites us to experience tranquility in his piece "In Buchberg, 1817, " where a solitary farmer tends to his land under vast open skies. Winslow Homer’s masterpiece “The Veteran in a New Field” pays tribute to farmers returning home from war and finding solace through agricultural work. Vincent van Gogh reappears with “The Potato Peeler, ” showcasing both laborious tasks and self-reflection within one canvas.