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In a carrot pullers' camp near Holtville, California

House in camp of carrot pullers. Near Holtville. Imperial Valley, California

Potato field and pickers near Shafter, California

Carrot workers tying carrots into bunches in field near Santa Maria, Texas

A couple of men standing in a field, Weeding carrots. Imperial County, California

Potato field and pickers near Shafter, California

Sanitary facilities in camp of carrot pullers. Near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California

Potato field and pickers near Shafter, California

In a carrot pullers' camp near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. Woman from Broken Bow, Oklahoma

Loading carrots in the field near Holtville, California

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Picryl description: Public domain photograph of migrant workers, 1930s car, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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california holtville imperial county agriculture agricultural laborers crops the miriam and ira d wallach division of art prints and photographs photography collection farm security administration photographs united states farm security administration sponsor lange dorothea photographer ultra high resolution high resolution farm security administration great depression farming classic photography art photography new york public library
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01/02/1939 - 28/02/1939
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New York Public Library
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https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/
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Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")

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Migrant workers' camp, outskirts of Marysville, California. The new migratory camps now being built by the Resettlement Administration will remove people from unsatisfactory living conditions such as these and substitute at least the minimum of comfort and sanitation. April 1936

Calipatria, Imperial Valley. Feb. 1939. F.S.A. migratory labor camp (emergency)

Separating goats to be shown from these which will wait until later, ranch of rehabilitation borrower in Kimble County, Texas

Mexican girl, carrot worker, near Edinburg, Texas

A black and white photo of two men, Unemployed trappers, Louisiana

Pea harvest. Large-scale industrialized agriculture on Sinclair Ranch. Imperial Valley, California

A black and white photo of people picking cotton, Pea pickers near Calipatria, California

A twenty-acre alfalfa demonstration on J.B. Andrews' farm, Roanoke County, Va. The yield was from four and one half to five tons per acre.

Pea pickers coming into weigh master. 500 pea pickers in field of large-scale Sinclair Ranch, newly planted to peas. Near Calipatria, California

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california holtville imperial county agriculture agricultural laborers crops the miriam and ira d wallach division of art prints and photographs photography collection farm security administration photographs united states farm security administration sponsor lange dorothea photographer ultra high resolution high resolution farm security administration great depression farming classic photography art photography new york public library