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Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99, California. The father, twenty-four, and the mother, seventeen, came from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, early in 1935. Their baby was born in the Imperial Valley, California, where they were working as field laborers.

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Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99, California. The father, twenty-four, and the mother, seventeen, came from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, early in 1935. Their baby was born in the Imperial Valley, California, where they were working as field laborers.

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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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1936

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United States. Farm Security Administration, Sponsor

Lange, Dorothea, Photographer

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New York Public Library

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Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")