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Pea picker's home. The condition of these people warrant resettlement camps for migrant agricultural workers. Nipomo, California

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Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a tent, camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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california dust bowl era 1931 1939 migrant laborers families migrant agricultural laborers internal migrants the miriam and ira d wallach division of art prints and photographs photography collection farm security administration photographs pea fields united states farm security administration sponsor lange dorothea photographer ultra high resolution high resolution farm security administration great depression dust bowl classic photography art photography new york public library
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01/02/1936 - 29/02/1936
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california dust bowl era 1931 1939 migrant laborers families migrant agricultural laborers internal migrants the miriam and ira d wallach division of art prints and photographs photography collection farm security administration photographs pea fields united states farm security administration sponsor lange dorothea photographer ultra high resolution high resolution farm security administration great depression dust bowl classic photography art photography new york public library