"Unemployed lumber worker goes with his wife to the bean harvest. Note Social Security number tattooed on his arm." (And now a bit of Shorpy scholarship/detective work. A public records search shows that 535-07-5248 belonged to one Thomas Cave, born July 1912, died in 1980 in Portland. Which would make him 27 years old when this picture was taken.) Medium format safety negative by Dorothea Lange.
(via Shorpy)
If you're not familiar with Shorpy, it's an online archive of high-resolution photos from the 1850's to 1950's. It's really an amazing resource.
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