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Taos, New Mexico. - An old black and white photo of a town

Taos, New Mexico. - An old black and white photo of a town

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 two men standing in front of a bus, Coal miners, Jenkins, Kentucky

A black and white photo of two men standing in front of a bus, Coal mi...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wheat harvest. Into the field for sheaves of wheat, Central Ohio

Wheat harvest. Into the field for sheaves of wheat, Central Ohio

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Post office on land use project at Las Cruces, New Mexico

Post office on land use project at Las Cruces, New Mexico

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

An old photo of two men standing in front of a bus, Coal miners, Jenkins, Kentucky

An old photo of two men standing in front of a bus, Coal miners, Jenki...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wife of fruit vendor having shoes shined at market in San Antonio, Texas

Wife of fruit vendor having shoes shined at market in San Antonio, Tex...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, car, the 1920s or 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The family of a migratory fruit worker from Tennessee now camped in a field near the packinghouse at Winter Haven, Florida

The family of a migratory fruit worker from Tennessee now camped in a ...

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

Automobiles in snow drifts, Chillicothe, Ohio

Automobiles in snow drifts, Chillicothe, Ohio

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

The Eargle family moving out of their old home at Fairfield, Alabama to a new one at Gardendale, Alabama.

The Eargle family moving out of their old home at Fairfield, Alabama t...

Public domain photograph of car garage, repair shop, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a snowy street, Hanover, New Hampshire. 1936.

A black and white photo of a snowy street, Hanover, New Hampshire. 193...

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

Vernon Evans leaving South Dakota for a new start in the Pacific Northwest. Near Missoula, Montana.

Vernon Evans leaving South Dakota for a new start in the Pacific North...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Visiting World War Veterans' homecoming and carnival. London, Ohio

Visiting World War Veterans' homecoming and carnival. London, Ohio

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington Arch, one of the outstanding achievements of the late Stanford White, New York City.

Washington Arch, one of the outstanding achievements of the late Stanf...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway

Migrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway

Public domain photograph of an automobile, car, the 1920s or 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Used car lot in Columbus, Ohio

Used car lot in Columbus, Ohio

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

Car and homemade trailer on U.S. 101 near King City, California. Man and wife middle-aged, from Wisconsin. "Old Man Depression sent us out on the road ... You don't know anything about how many people are living in trailers till you 'hit' Florida"

Car and homemade trailer on U.S. 101 near King City, California. Man a...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Car and homemade trailer on U.S. 101 near King City, California. Man and wife middle-aged, from Wisconsin. "Old Man Depression sent us out on the road ... You don't know anything about how many people are living in trailers till you 'hit' Florida"

Car and homemade trailer on U.S. 101 near King City, California. Man a...

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

Typical of thousands of migrating agricultural laborers. California

Typical of thousands of migrating agricultural laborers. California

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Once a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Coast. California

Once a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Co...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s great depression, dust bowl era, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Part of family come for work in potatoes. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. Left their home in Turkey, Texas, November, 1938. Picked cotton in Arizona till March. Picked fruit in Oregon till June. Picked prunes in Idaho till September 15th

Part of family come for work in potatoes. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, C...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Autos have to turn on lights to penetrate gloom of dust storm. Amarillo, Texas

Autos have to turn on lights to penetrate gloom of dust storm. Amarill...

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

Depression refugee family from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Arrived in California June 1936. Mother and three half-grown children; no father ...

Depression refugee family from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Arrived in California ...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of kids sitting in the back of a car, Oklahoma refugees. California

A couple of kids sitting in the back of a car, Oklahoma refugees. Cali...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Main Street. Lancaster, New Hampshire. 1936.

Main Street. Lancaster, New Hampshire. 1936.

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 city street, Snowstorm, Parkersburg, West Virginia

A black and white photo of a city street, Snowstorm, Parkersburg, West...

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

Indians on way to the berry fields near Little Fork [i.e. Littlefork], Minnesota

Indians on way to the berry fields near Little Fork [i.e. Littlefork],...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Taos, New Mexico. - An old black and white photo of a town

Taos, New Mexico. - An old black and white photo of a town

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

A couple relaxing on logs in Watkins Glen.

A couple relaxing on logs in Watkins Glen.

New York State stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker w... More

Loading milk at the self-help cooperative dairy which is being taken over by the Resettlement Administration. Near Santa Ana, California

Loading milk at the self-help cooperative dairy which is being taken o...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Main Street. Lancaster, New Hampshire. 1936.

Main Street. Lancaster, New Hampshire. 1936.

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

A group of people standing outside of a building, Street scene at Clarksville, Arkansas

A group of people standing outside of a building, Street scene at Clar...

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

Self-help cooperative, Burbank, California. Supplies food, vegetables and milk to members

Self-help cooperative, Burbank, California. Supplies food, vegetables ...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, car, the 1920s or 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Four families, three of them related with fifteen children, from the Dust Bowl in Texas in an overnight roadside camp near Calipatria, California

Four families, three of them related with fifteen children, from the D...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, car, the 1920s or 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Southern California desert. Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, stalled on the desert in southern California with no money. He and his ten children are facing future in California

Southern California desert. Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, stalled ...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migrant oil worker and family near Odessa, Texas

Migrant oil worker and family near Odessa, Texas

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mr. Ray Halstead, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mr. Ray Halstead, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation bo...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, car, the 1920s or 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Visiting World War Veterans' homecoming and carnival. London, Ohio

Visiting World War Veterans' homecoming and carnival. London, Ohio

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington Arch, one of the outstanding achievements of the late Stanford White, New York City.

Washington Arch, one of the outstanding achievements of the late Stanf...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A lover's walk, Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.A. [View of couple walking in winter scene.]

A lover's walk, Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.A. [View of couple walkin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Main Street. Lancaster, New Hampshire. 1936.

Main Street. Lancaster, New Hampshire. 1936.

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

Migrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway

Migrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Four families, three of them related with fifteen children, from the Dust Bowl in Texas in an overnight roadside camp near Calipatria, California

Four families, three of them related with fifteen children, from the D...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, car, the 1920s or 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Between Tulare and Fresno. (See general caption). Two families originating from Independence, Kansas, on U.S. 99. Started out from Fresno that morning for work cotton chopping

Between Tulare and Fresno. (See general caption). Two families origina...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A lover's walk, Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.A. [View of couple walking in winter scene.]

A lover's walk, Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.A. [View of couple walkin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An old black and white photo of a woman pushing a shopping cart, Scene at Fayetteville, Arkansas

An old black and white photo of a woman pushing a shopping cart, Scene...

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

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

Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma. Arrived in California...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migrant oil worker and family near Odessa, Texas

Migrant oil worker and family near Odessa, Texas

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Between Tulare and Fresno. Two families originating from Independence, Kansas, on U.S. 99. Started out from Fresno that morning for work cotton chopping

Between Tulare and Fresno. Two families originating from Independence,...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Main Street. Lancaster, New Hampshire. 1936.

Main Street. Lancaster, New Hampshire. 1936.

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 people standing in a parking lot, Scene at Fayetteville, Arkansas

A black and white photo of people standing in a parking lot, Scene at ...

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

Main street of Hagerstown on Saturday afternoon, Maryland

Main street of Hagerstown on Saturday afternoon, Maryland

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

Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble. Looking for work in the peas. California

Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble. Looking for w...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma. Arrived in California...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migrant family stopped at the California-Arizona state line to have their baggage inspected for plant pests. Yuma, Arizona

Migrant family stopped at the California-Arizona state line to have th...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Camp of migratory workers in Arkansas River bottom, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

Camp of migratory workers in Arkansas River bottom, Muskogee County, O...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, car, the 1920s or 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oklahoma sharecropper entering California stalled on desert with his wife and four children

Oklahoma sharecropper entering California stalled on desert with his w...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Southern California desert. Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, stalled on the desert in southern California with no money. He and his ten children are facing future in California

Southern California desert. Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, stalled ...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vernon Evans leaving South Dakota for a new start in the Pacific Northwest. Near Missoula, Montana.

Vernon Evans leaving South Dakota for a new start in the Pacific North...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A lover's walk, Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.A. [View of couple walking in winter scene.]

A lover's walk, Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.A. [View of couple walkin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Car and homemade trailer on U.S. 101 near King City, California. Man and wife middle-aged, from Wisconsin. "Old Man Depression sent us out on the road ... You don't know anything about how many people are living in trailers till you 'hit' Florida.

Car and homemade trailer on U.S. 101 near King City, California. Man a...

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 oil worker builds himself a trailer and takes to the road. California

An oil worker builds himself a trailer and takes to the road. Californ...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Between Tulare and Fresno (see general caption). Two families originating from Independence, Kansas, on U.S. 99. Started out from Fresno that morning for work cotton chopping

Between Tulare and Fresno (see general caption). Two families originat...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elmer Thomas, migrant to California, pouring oil into engine preparatory for departure to California. Oklahoma

Elmer Thomas, migrant to California, pouring oil into engine preparato...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple relaxing on logs in Watkins Glen.

A couple relaxing on logs in Watkins Glen.

New York State stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker w... More

Washington Arch, one of the outstanding achievements of the late Stanford White, New York City.

Washington Arch, one of the outstanding achievements of the late Stanf...

Public domain scan of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Going to church on Sunday morning, Hamilton, Montana

Going to church on Sunday morning, Hamilton, Montana

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

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

Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma. Arrived in California...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Truck, baby parked on front seat. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, in FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp

Truck, baby parked on front seat. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, in ...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of two men standing in front of a bus, Coal miners, Jenkins, Kentucky

A black and white photo of two men standing in front of a bus, Coal mi...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Car used by migrant agricultural workers; the rear has been fixed up as a bed, near Winter Haven, Florida

Car used by migrant agricultural workers; the rear has been fixed up a...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1930s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Auto in snow drift, Chillicothe, Ohio

Auto in snow drift, Chillicothe, Ohio

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

Autos have to turn on lights to penetrate gloom of dust storm. Amarillo, Texas

Autos have to turn on lights to penetrate gloom of dust storm. Amarill...

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

Negro child in front of badly rundown house, Natchez, Mississippi

Negro child in front of badly rundown house, Natchez, Mississippi

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

Self-help cooperative, Burbank, California. Supplies food, vegetables and milk to members

Self-help cooperative, Burbank, California. Supplies food, vegetables ...

Public domain photograph of car garage, repair shop, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble. Looking for work in the peas. California

Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble. Looking for w...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oklahoma migrant, Texas. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies. The father, aged thirty-five, is an intelligent fellow, a painter by trade. Advanced tuberculosis, victim of an occupational disease. ...

Oklahoma migrant, Texas. An example of how they fall between the relie...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oklahoma sharecropper entering California stalled on desert with his wife and four children

Oklahoma sharecropper entering California stalled on desert with his w...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Southern California desert. Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, stalled on the desert in southern California with no money. He and his ten children are facing future in California

Southern California desert. Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, stalled ...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Son of white migrant sitting on bumper of their truck, Weslaco, Texas. Notice New Mexico license

Son of white migrant sitting on bumper of their truck, Weslaco, Texas....

Public domain photograph of an automobile, car, the 1920s or 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

One type of house that was on the land use project before development work started. Las Cruces, New Mexico

One type of house that was on the land use project before development ...

Public domain photograph of car garage, repair shop, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description