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Photographs
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Braceros in Oregon Photograph Collection 
 A collection of about 100 photographs of the braceros, or Mexican farm workers, who worked in the Oregon fields and orchards from 1942 through 1947. Searchable and browsable. From the Oregon State University Libraries; "most of the photographs were taken by Oregon State College Extension staff members." http://digitalcollections.library.oregonstate.edu/cdm4/client/bracero/ Topics: Agriculture, Labor, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Jan 2, 2009 Centralia Massacre Collection
"This collection of pamphlets, leaflets and letters, originally held by the now defunct I.W.W. [Industrial Workers of the World] Seattle Office, focuses on the Centralia Massacre of 1919 in Centralia, Washington." Accompanied by essays about the massacre and about the I.W.W., "sometimes known as the Wobblies ... a radical labor organization that was most active from 1900 to the 1930's." From the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections. http://content.lib.washington.edu/iwwweb/ Topics: Labor Last updated Aug 14, 2006 HSPH Gallery: Stolen Dreams
About two dozen black and white photographs and brief narratives partially document the plight of "over 150 million children worldwide." The author photographed "children working in a variety of occupations in the United States, Mexico, Thailand, Nepal, Bangladesh, Turkey, Morocco, Indonesia, and India." Brief text describes abuses and illnesses to which exploited children are susceptible. Resource Links has contact information for advocacy and welfare organizations. An exhibit from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/gallery/ Topics: Jobs & Work, Labor, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Oct 2, 2002 Lost Labor: Images of Vanished American Workers 1900-1980
A browsable "selection of 155 photographs excerpted from a collection of more than 1100 company histories, pamphlets, and technical brochures....Many of the images document factories and jobs that no longer exist." Images may be browsed by category such as textile or automotive. Presented by "a visual artist interested in images of labor." http://www.lostlabor.com/ Topics: Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, Photography, Technology, United States History Last updated Apr 16, 2003 Migrant Labor Camp Photographs From the Harry Everett Drobish Papers, 1935-1936
"This collection of 63 photographic prints of various sizes documents migrant labor camps in California. ... Included are photographs of groups and buildings at the Arvin Migratory Labor Camp and other camps in Kern County, California. Also included are photographs of Hooverville in Sacramento, some taken by the California State Emergency Relief Administration." Searchable and browsable. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. A part of the Online Archive of California (OAC). http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf738nb5fr Topics: Agriculture, Emigration & Immigration, History, Labor, United States History Last updated Sep 5, 2006 Migrant Labor Camps (Texas, Date Unknown)
Digitized photographs, with annotations, documenting conditions in Texas migrant labor camps in the 1930s. From The George I. Sánchez Papers, Benson Latin American Collection of The University of Texas at Austin. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/photodraw/sanchez/migrant_camps.html Topics: Agriculture, Labor, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Apr 23, 2002 Migrant Workers Photographer: Dorothea Lange
Photographs documenting conditions in migrant labor camps in California's Imperial Valley, taken in February and March of 1937 under the auspices of the Resettlement Administration. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fachap03.html Topics: Agriculture, Labor, Photograph Collections: History, Photography Last updated Dec 19, 2008 Photographs of Agricultural Laborers in California, ca. 1906-1911
Ethnic groups in this collection include Japanese farm laborers; urban Chinese; and Mexican, Italian, and East Indian workers and communities. The rural and urban locations include Fresno, Gilroy, Los Angeles, Merced, Palo Alto, Ryde, San Francisco, the San Joaquin River area, San Jose, the Stockton area, Visalia, and Woodland. Searchable and browsable. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. A part of the Online Archive of California (OAC). http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf200007qw Topics: Agriculture, History, Labor, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, United States History Last updated Nov 6, 2009 Picturing California's Migrant Children: Orville Goldner's Photographic Trek of 1940
An online photography exhibit with an accompanying essay about the "children, their schools, and the living conditions [of] the 350,000 impoverished migrant workers who came to California during the mid to late 1930's." From Meriam Library, California State University, Chico. http://www.csuchico.edu/lspr/migrant/splash.html Topics: Agriculture, Emigration & Immigration, Labor, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, United States History Last updated Nov 17, 2004 Sam Reiss: An Eyewitness to Labor History, 1948-1975
"Often referred to as 'labor's photographer,' Sam Reiss used his camera to capture historic events that shaped American labor." This online exhibit presents Reiss's photos of labor unions, demonstrations and rallies, labor and civil rights leaders, and related subjects. Browse by year or subject. From the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University. http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/collections/exhibits/tam/reiss/ Topics: Labor, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, United States History Last updated Aug 18, 2003 Trabajadores Inmigrantes/ Immigrant Workers
An exhibit of over 30 photographs of Latino immigrant workers on strike in the United States, taken by David Bacon. Includes commentary from Bacon, and background information on the photographer. From the Center for Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.clas.berkeley.edu:7001/Gallery/dbacon/ Topics: Activism, Labor, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Aug 24, 2003 |
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