Fruit farmer and his wife in their living room. Placer County, California. These people have raised fruit on four hundred acres for twenty-five years but because of changed market conditions are now heavily in debt to the Federal Land Bank

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Title
Fruit farmer and his wife in their living room. Placer County, California. These people have raised fruit on four hundred acres for twenty-five years but because of changed market conditions are now heavily in debt to the Federal Land Bank
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lee, Russell

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1940-12
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 038471-D
Topics
California -- Placer County
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 76072
TMS Object Number: 038471-D
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9b915770-70fa-0137-655d-1b2dece05d4e
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1940: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Fruit farmer and his wife in their living room. Placer County, California. These people have raised fruit on four hundred acres for twenty-five years but because of changed market conditions are now heavily in debt to the Federal Land Bank" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6fdc3b40-710b-0137-6f45-0005224968e4

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Fruit farmer and his wife in their living room. Placer County, California. These people have raised fruit on four hundred acres for twenty-five years but because of changed market conditions are now heavily in debt to the Federal Land Bank" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 9, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6fdc3b40-710b-0137-6f45-0005224968e4

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1940). Fruit farmer and his wife in their living room. Placer County, California. These people have raised fruit on four hundred acres for twenty-five years but because of changed market conditions are now heavily in debt to the Federal Land Bank Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6fdc3b40-710b-0137-6f45-0005224968e4

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Fruit farmer and his wife in their living room. Placer County, California. These people have raised fruit on four hundred acres for twenty-five years but because of changed market conditions are now heavily in debt to the Federal Land Bank