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Camp of California "fruit tramp." The car has done duty on the fruit route for 16 years. Outskirts of Marysville, California.

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Mrs. Howard shows the beginning of a garden to a neighbor.

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Squatters' camp on highway. Characters in scene from Resettlement film. Near Bakersfield, Calif. 1935.

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Surveying gang. WPA workers. Bosque Farms Project.

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Supper time. Drought refugee from Oklahoma, shelterless, hoping to work in the peach harvest. Marysville, California.

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Pare Lorentz and Paul Ivano making Resettlement film near Bakersfield, Calif. 1935.

Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for More

Icon Mrs. Howard and the baby., public domain photograph

Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for More

Making the roads. The roads will be dirt roads with 18 foot gravel surface. Bosque Farms Project.

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An old black and white photo of a woman holding a baby, Migrants' camp, California. 1935.

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Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for More

Along the highway near Bakersfield, California. Dust bowl refugees.

Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for More

Squatters' camp on highway. Characters in scene from Resettlement film. Near Bakersfield, Calif. 1935.

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Mrs. Howard shows the beginning of a garden to a neighbor.

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Mrs. Howard shows the beginning of a garden to a neighbor.

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H - An old black and white photo of a road

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Adobe school house. Bosque Farms Project, New Mexico. 1935.

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From Texas tenant farmer to California fruit tramp. Marysville, Calif. His story: "1927 made $7000 in cotton. 1928 broke even. 1929 went in the hole. 1930 went in still deeper. 1931 lost everything. 1932 hit the road."

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A black and white photo of a woman standing outside of a hut, Migrant workers' shack. California. 1935.

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Bosque Farms project. Making adobe brick. These bricks made on the project for use in construction of school and permanent homes.

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Adobe school house. Bosque Farms Project, New Mexico. 1935.

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A black and white photo of a woman standing outside of a hut, Migrant workers' shack. California. 1935.

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Bosque Farms Project. Resettled families temporary home. Each settler is alotted a plot of 40 acres.

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A black and white photo of a baby sitting on the ground, In a migratory camp. California.

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An old black and white photo of a farm, Migrant camp. California.

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An old black and white photo of a shack, California housing for Oklahoma refugees.

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The present home of the Howard family. This family was photographed in April 1935. At that time they were on their way from Okla. to Calif. Camped in an open field. Mother pregnant with five starving children. Raw green onions were all that they had to eat. They were again photographed during the potato harvest. The baby was born then, and they had food. Now there is some prospect of a fairly decent home. A pile of odds and ends of lumber will eventually be a house. A truck garden is planted.

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a dirt road, Migrant's camp. California.

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A couple of men standing in front of a shack, Migrant's shack. California.

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Migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento on the American River. Approximately 30 families lived in this camp in November 1936.

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A black and white photo of a trailer and horse trailer, Migrants camped. So. Calif. 1936.

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A black and white photo of a group of horses, Migrants' camp. California.

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A black and white photo of a street, Migrants' camp. California.

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Migrants. California. - An old photo of a man holding a child

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An old black and white photo of a shack, Migrant's home, California.

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A black and white photo of a baby laying on the ground, In a migratory camp. California.

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Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for More

A group of people standing in front of a tent, Migrant family in Kern County.

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Okla. drought refugees in Calif. 1936.

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An old black and white photo of a shack, Migrant's home, California.

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Home of a migrant family. Calif.

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An old black and white photo of a construction site, Migrant's camp. California.

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A black and white photo of trees in a field, U.S. resettlement camp. California, Marysville.

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A black and white photo of an old building, Migratory camp, California.

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The mecca of hundreds of drought refugees seeking work and resettlement. Cotton and potatoes provide employment. Squatter camp in Kern County, California.

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California migratory farm laborers-drought refugees from Oklahoma-camped in the brush on the river bottom with no water or sanitation. On the outskirts of Brawley, Imperial Valley, Calif.

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Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma. Arrived in California October 1936 to join the cotton harvest. Near Tulare, California

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

Between Tulare and Fresno. Migrants on the road. California. See general caption

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Measuring the velocity of the wind at the U.S. Weather Bureau station at Dodge City, Kansas. Weather predictions are highly important to the dust bowl farmer.

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Weather predictions are highly important to the dust bowl farmer. Measuring the velocity of the wind at the U.S. Weather Bureau, Dodge City, Kansas.

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Farm machinery almost buried by sand. Cimarron County, Oklahoma.

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Squatters' camp on highway. Characters in scene from Resettlement film. Near Bakersfield, Calif. 1935

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Squatters' camp on highway. Characters in scene from Resettlement film. Near Bakersfield, Calif. 1935

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Pare Lorentz and Paul Ivano making Resettlement film near Bakersfield, Calif. 1935

Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for More

Along the highway near Bakersfield, California. Dust bowl refugees

Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for More

Supper time. Drought refugee from Oklahoma, shelterless, hoping to work in the peach harvest. Marysville, California

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Camp of California "fruit tramp." The car has done duty on the fruit route for 16 years. Outskirts of Marysville, California

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Surveying gang. WPA workers. Bosque Farms Project

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Making the roads. The roads will be dirt roads with 18 foot gravel surface. Bosque Farms Project

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer worker, 20th-century dust bowl, great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Icon Mrs. Howard and the baby, public domain photograph

Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for More

Icon Mrs. Howard and the baby, public domain photograph

Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for More

An old black and white photo of a woman holding a baby, Migrants' camp, California. 1935

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Mrs. Howard shows the beginning of a garden to a neighbor

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Mrs. Howard shows the beginning of a garden to a neighbor

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Mrs. Howard shows the beginning of a garden to a neighbor

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Mrs. Howard shows the beginning of a garden to a neighbor

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Highway U.S. 101 which runs the full length of California. A main artery on which all travel [California, near King City]

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Highway U.S. 101 which runs the full length of California. A main artery on which all travel [California, near King City]

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

An old black and white photo of a farm, Migrant camp. California

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A couple of men standing in front of a shack, Migrant's shack. California

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A black and white photo of a dirt road, Migrant's camp. California

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An old black and white photo of a construction site, Migrant's camp. California

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The present home of the Howard family. This family was photographed in April 1935. At that time they were on their way from Okla. to Calif. Camped in an open field. Mother pregnant with five starving children. Raw green onions were all that they had to eat. They were again photographed during the potato harvest. The baby was born then, and they had food. Now there is some prospect of a fairly decent home. A pile of odds and ends of lumber will eventually be a house. A truck garden is planted

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The present home of the Howard family. This family was photographed in April 1935. At that time they were on their way from Okla. to Calif. Camped in an open field. Mother pregnant with five starving children. Raw green onions were all that they had to eat. They were again photographed during the potato harvest. The baby was born then, and they had food. Now there is some prospect of a fairly decent home. A pile of odds and ends of lumber will eventually be a house. A truck garden is planted

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a street, Migrants' camp. California

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A black and white photo of a group of tents, Migrants' camp. California

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Home of a migrant family. Calif.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a tent, military, or refugee camp, temporary settlement, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migrants. California - An old photo of a man holding a child

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Icon Migrants. California, public domain photograph

Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for More

Okla. drought refugees in Calif. 1936

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An old black and white photo of a shack, Migrant's home, California

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An old black and white photo of a shack, California housing for Oklahoma refugees

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

An old black and white photo of a shack, Migrant's home, California

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A group of people standing in front of a tent, Migrant family in Kern County

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A black and white photo of trees in a field, U.S. resettlement camp. California, Marysville

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A black and white photo of a group of horses, Migrants' camp. California

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A black and white photo of a woman standing outside of a hut, Migrant workers' shack. California. 1935

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a woman standing outside of a hut, Migrant workers' shack. California. 1935

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a trailer and horse trailer, Migrants camped. So. Calif. 1936

Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for More

A black and white photo of an old building, Migratory camp, California

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A black and white photo of a baby sitting on the ground, In a migratory camp. California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tractor, farming equipment, agriculture, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a baby laying on the ground, In a migratory camp. California

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

From Texas tenant farmer to California fruit tramp. Marysville, Calif. His story: "1927 made $7000 in cotton. 1928 broke even. 1929 went in the hole. 1930 went in still deeper. 1931 lost everything. 1932 hit the road"

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tractor, farming equipment, agriculture, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Adobe school house. Bosque Farms Project, New Mexico. 1935

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Adobe school house. Bosque Farms Project, New Mexico. 1935

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Bosque Farms Project. Resettled families temporary home. Each settler is alotted a plot of 40 acres

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Bosque Farms project. Making adobe brick. These bricks made on the project for use in construction of school and permanent homes

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Migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento on the American River. Approximately 30 families lived in this camp in November 1936

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

California migratory farm laborers-drought refugees from Oklahoma-camped in the brush on the river bottom with no water or sanitation. On the outskirts of Brawley, Imperial Valley, Calif.

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The mecca of hundreds of drought refugees seeking work and resettlement. Cotton and potatoes provide employment. Squatter camp in Kern County, California

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Farm child. This family is now resettled on the Bosque Farms project. New Mexico

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