Salinas on strike: news photographers and the Salinas lettuce packers' strike of 1936: the first photo essay on a California farm labour dispute

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Street, Richard Steven (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1988-04
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26509
    Journal Title:
    History of Photography
    Journal Title Details:
    12(2) : 165-174
    Subject Term:
    conflict, coverage, farm workers, history, journalism, journalists, media effectiveness, photographs, photography, reporting, roles, and vegetables
    Notes:
    Author examines the way press photographers recorded the strike, "stating that the impact of the photographs was in the way they emphasized the importance of on-the-spot news photography. For the first time in California press photography, a 35mm camera was used."

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