Oklahoma Family Cotton Picking in 1939 Labor Strike

A family from Oklahoma works in a cow barn near Shafter, California in November 1939. They pick cotton during a labor strike, earning seventy-five cents for every hundred pounds. This image is part of the FSA/OWI collection, which documents the lives of migrant workers in Kern County, reflecting their economic struggles in agricultural labor.

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