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Labor and Civil Rights Projects Great Depression in Washington State Project Dorothea Lange in Yakima Valley Champion hop picker in squatter camp before the season opens. Earned five dollars a day in the 1938 season.
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Champion hop picker in squatter camp before the season opens. Earned five dollars a day in the 1938 season.

Champion hop picker in squatter camp before the season opens. Earned five dollars a day in the 1938 season. Age twenty three, been on the road seven years. Married. "I think I did pretty well, only have one baby. Want to get out of this living like a dog." Washington, Yakima Valley. Photograph from the Library of Congress American Memory collection for the Great Depression in Washington State Project.

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Champion hop picker in squatter camp before the season opens. Earned five dollars a day in the 1938 season.
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