Employment signs in Spanish and English. These ranches (1938) increasingly use Negro pickers. Near Fresno, California. [Spanish sign (painted out): 'Se Quieren Piscadores de Algodon - Hotchkiss Ranch - Renta Libre - Casas Buenas - Escuela y Tienda en el Rancho - Luz Electrica en todas las casas - 4 Millas - Diez Mil Acres en Cultivo - Tres Mil Acres en Algodon'. English: 'Cotton Pickers Wanted - Hotchkiss Ranch - Free Rent - Good Houses - School & Store on the Ranch - Electric Lights in all Houses - 3 Miles - 15,000 Acres in Cultivation - 10,000 acres in Cotton'].

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