California June 22, 1935. A Mexican family of apricot pickers taking a break from working in the apricot fields. The whole family would be there working men, women, and children. They all had to work in order to make enough money to buy food and clothes for their family. They were being paid a wage that was not enough to support a family. During the Great Depression the wages that they were being paid were lowered even more, as if it was not low enough already. It made life even harder for Mexican Americans to survive in this country during this time.
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