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Farmhands Collection (#9)

Farmhands, also known as country estate workers and gardeners, have played a vital role in the agricultural industry throughout history

Background imageFarmhands 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 imageFarmhands 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 imageFarmhands 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 imageFarmhands 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 imageFarmhands 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 imageFarmhands 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 imageFarmhands 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 imageFarmhands 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 imageFarmhands 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 imageFarmhands 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 imageFarmhands 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 imageFarmhands 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 imageFarmhands 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 imageFarmhands 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 imageFarmhands Collection: Cotton, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

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

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

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Cotton pickers bringing in their 'pick' to be weighed, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936

Cotton pickers bringing in their "pick" to be weighed, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936
Cotton pickers bringing in their "pick" to be weighed. They receive one dollar and one dollar and twenty-five cents per hundred pounds. San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageFarmhands 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 imageFarmhands 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 imageFarmhands Collection: Cotton pickers, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageFarmhands 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 imageFarmhands Collection: Mexican cotton picker, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Cotton picker, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Cotton picker, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Cotton picker, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Cotton picker, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Cotton picker, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageFarmhands 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 imageFarmhands Collection: Tubercular mother from Oklahoma now living in the Kern migrant camp (resettlement), CA, 1936

Tubercular mother from Oklahoma now living in the Kern migrant camp (resettlement), CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tubercular mother from Oklahoma now living in the Kern migrant camp (resettlement), California. She receives daily visits from the county nurse

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Migrant cotton picker on way to field, Kern migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant cotton picker on way to field, Kern migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant cotton picker on way to field. Kern migrant camp, California

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Cotton picker on her way to the cotton field, Kern migrant camp, California, 1936

Cotton picker on her way to the cotton field, Kern migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picker on her way to the cotton field. Kern migrant camp, California

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Depression refugee family from Tulsa, Oklahoma, arrived in California June 1936, 1936

Depression refugee family from Tulsa, Oklahoma, arrived in California June 1936, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Depression refugee family from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Arrived in California June 1936. Mother and three half-grown children; no father. "Anybody as wants to work can get by

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Mexicans bound for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas, near Bakersfield, California, 1936

Mexicans bound for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas, near Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexicans bound for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas. Near Bakersfield, California

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Three carloads of Mexicans headed for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas, near Bakersfield, CA

Three carloads of Mexicans headed for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas, near Bakersfield, CA
Three carloads of Mexicans headed for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas. Near Bakersfield, California

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Grandmother of twenty-two children from farm in Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Grandmother of twenty-two children from farm in Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grandmother of twenty-two children from farm in Oklahoma. Now living in Kern migrant camp, California

Background imageFarmhands 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 imageFarmhands Collection: Bean thresher, mechanized agriculture between Turlock and Merced, California, 1936

Bean thresher, mechanized agriculture between Turlock and Merced, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Bean thresher. Mechanized agriculture between Turlock and Merced, California

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Bean thresher, mechanized agriculture between Turlock and Merced, California, 1936

Bean thresher, mechanized agriculture between Turlock and Merced, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Bean thresher. Mechanized agriculture between Turlock and Merced, California

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Oklahoma mother of five children, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno, 1936

Oklahoma mother of five children, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma mother of five children, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Mother of five children from Oklahoma, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno, 1936

Mother of five children from Oklahoma, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mother of five children from Oklahoma, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Cotton picking in south Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picking in south Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picking in south Texas

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Cotton picking in south Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picking in south Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picking in south Texas

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Cotton hoers on the Aldridge Plantation near Leland, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton hoers on the Aldridge Plantation near Leland, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton hoers on the Aldridge Plantation near Leland, Mississippi. Hoers in groups of two hundred or more are hauled over daily from Greenville

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Housing for cotton pickers, South Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Housing for cotton pickers, South Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing for cotton pickers. South Texas

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Tally, Cotton field in South Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tally, Cotton field in South Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tally. Cotton field in South Texas



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Farmhands, also known as country estate workers and gardeners, have played a vital role in the agricultural industry throughout history. From tending to crops and livestock to maintaining farm buildings, these hardworking individuals have been the backbone of rural communities. In the painting "The Bear Assaulted by the Peasants, " created by Allart van Everdingen in the mid-17th century, we catch a glimpse defending their land against wild animals. This depiction highlights their bravery and dedication to protecting their livelihoods. Moving forward in time, Thomas Woodbine Hinchliff's artwork "The Cotton Harvest; Rio De Janeiro and the Organ Mountains" transports us to 1875 Brazil. Here, we witness farmhands diligently gathering cotton under scorching sunrays. Their sweat-soaked brows reveal their tireless efforts to bring forth bountiful harvests. Similarly, Gustave Doré's masterpiece "Peasants in the Vineyards of Val De Penas; An Autumn Tour in Andalusia" captures farmhands amidst picturesque vineyards during autumn. These workers meticulously tend to each grapevine with care and precision—a testament to their expertise passed down through generations. As we journey across continents, Thomas Woodbine Hinchliff's painting "Coffee Gathering; Rio De Janeiro and the Organ Mountains" takes us back to Brazil—this time witnessing farmhands collecting coffee beans from lush plantations. Their nimble fingers pluck ripe cherries from branches while ensuring only the finest quality beans make it into our morning cups. Venturing further south into Africa, an unknown artist depicts life on a South African colony in 1875 with "Farm in Tugela Thorns. " Farmhands navigate thorny landscapes as they cultivate crops amidst challenging conditions—a true reflection of their resilience and adaptability. Frank Usher's portrayal of Norwegian peasants titled "Northern Wanderings" showcases farmers working harmoniously with nature.