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

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

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

Newly-built cabins. Rent five dollars per month. California. Near Bakersfield

Newly-built cabins. Rent five dollars per month. California. Near Bake...

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

Once a prosperous Texas farmer, near Bakersfield, California, now come to California looking for work and work for his family in cotton. No work, and no money

Once a prosperous Texas farmer, near Bakersfield, California, now come...

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

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

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

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

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves ...

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

Arkansas squatters. Three years in California. Near Bakersfield, California

Arkansas squatters. Three years in California. Near Bakersfield, Calif...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Listening to the speaker at the Conference to Aid Agricultural Organization during the cotton strike (Steinbeck Committee). Bakersfield, Kern County, California

Listening to the speaker at the Conference to Aid Agricultural Organiz...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

Hooverville of Bakersfield, California. A rapidly growing community of people living rent-free on the edge of the town dump in whatever kind of shelter available. Approximately one thousand people now living here and raising children

Hooverville of Bakersfield, California. A rapidly growing community of...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Eighty year old woman living in squatters' camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California. "If you lose your pluck you lose the most there is in you - all you've got to live with"

Eighty year old woman living in squatters' camp on the outskirts of Ba...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexicans bound for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas. Near Bakersfield, California

Mexicans bound for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas. Near Bakersfie...

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

Children of Oklahoma drought refugees on highway near Bakersfield, California. Family of six; no shelter, no food, no money and almost no gasoline. The child has bone tuberculosis

Children of Oklahoma drought refugees on highway near Bakersfield, Cal...

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

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

Squatters' camp on highway. Characters in scene from Resettlement film...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to Wild West, western, cowboys, no copyright restrictions image.

Along the highway near Bakersfield, California. Dust bowl refugees

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

Children of Oklahoma drought refugees on highway near Bakersfield, California. Family of six; no shelter, no food, no money and almost no gasoline. The child has bone tuberculosis

Children of Oklahoma drought refugees on highway near Bakersfield, Cal...

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

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

Squatters' camp on highway. Characters in scene from Resettlement film...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Listening to the speaker at the Conference to Aid Agricultural Organization during the cotton strike (Steinbeck Committee). Bakersfield, Kern County, California

Listening to the speaker at the Conference to Aid Agricultural Organiz...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migrant family outfit on U.S. 99 between Bakersfield, California, and the Ridge

Migrant family outfit on U.S. 99 between Bakersfield, California, and ...

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

Waiting for the potato harvest to open, 150 migratory families from eleven states are camped in the brush along the highway. No water, no toilets provided. This is a newly developed potato area

Waiting for the potato harvest to open, 150 migratory families from el...

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

Southern Hotel, Bakersfield, Cal., menu.
On location of Resettlement Administration film near Bakersfield, California. Three brothers, drought refugees from Texas (note water barrel)

On location of Resettlement Administration film near Bakersfield, Cali...

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

Mexicans bound for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas. Near Bakersfield, California

Mexicans bound for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas. Near Bakersfie...

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

Family of drought refugees on U.S. 99 near Bakersfield, California

Family of drought refugees on U.S. 99 near Bakersfield, California

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

Children of refugee families now on Works Progress Administration (WPA). They live in tents on the flats outside of Bakersfield, California

Children of refugee families now on Works Progress Administration (WPA...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Same as 19051. Newly-built cabins, rent five dollars per month. California. Near Bakersfield

Same as 19051. Newly-built cabins, rent five dollars per month. Califo...

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

Southern Hotel, Bakersfield, Cal., menu.
Southern Hotel, Bakersfield, Cal., menu.
An old photo of a man and a woman standing in front of a truck, Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. Bakersfield, California

An old photo of a man and a woman standing in front of a truck, Dispos...

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

Bakersfield, California. Detail of church in rapidly growing addition of Bakersfield for colored people

Bakersfield, California. Detail of church in rapidly growing addition ...

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

Same as 19051. Rent eight dollars per month. California. Near Bakersfield

Same as 19051. Rent eight dollars per month. California. Near Bakersfi...

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

Southern Hotel, Bakersfield, Cal., menu.
Along the highway near Bakersfield, California. Dust bowl refugees

Along the highway near Bakersfield, California. Dust bowl refugees

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

Outside the Labor Temple where the conference called by the Steinbeck Committee during the cotton strike is being held. Bakersfield, California

Outside the Labor Temple where the conference called by the Steinbeck ...

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

Speaker, migratory worker, leader in the cotton strike, at Conference to Aid Agricultural Organization (Steinbeck Committee), Bakersfield, California

Speaker, migratory worker, leader in the cotton strike, at Conference ...

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

Drought refugee's car on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California. Note: the photographer passed twenty-eight cars of this type (drought refugees) between Bakersfield and Famoso, thirty-five miles, between 9:00 and 9:45 in the morning

Drought refugee's car on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famos...

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

Squatter camp. Outskirts of Bakersfield, California. Note number of auto trailers and trailer being constructed on left

Squatter camp. Outskirts of Bakersfield, California. Note number of au...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Family of drought refugees on U.S. 99 near Bakersfield, California

Family of drought refugees on U.S. 99 near Bakersfield, California

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

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves ...

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

Destitute farm families come to FSA (Farm Security Administration) distributing depot to apply for food grant. Bakersfield, Kern County, California

Destitute farm families come to FSA (Farm Security Administration) dis...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a relief sculpture, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Southern Hotel, Bakersfield, Cal., menu.
Eighty year old woman living in squatters' camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California. "If you lose your pluck you lose the most there is in you - all you've got to live with"

Eighty year old woman living in squatters' camp on the outskirts of Ba...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hooverville of Bakersfield, California. A rapidly growing community of people living rent-free on the edge of the town dump in whatever kind of shelter available. Approximately one thousand people now living here and raising children

Hooverville of Bakersfield, California. A rapidly growing community of...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves ...

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

Three carloads of Mexicans headed for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas. Near Bakersfield, California

Three carloads of Mexicans headed for the Imperial Valley to harvest p...

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

Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Housing for Negroes in a new district on the edge of town. A rapidly growing community of colored people, mostly from Texas, some from Oklahoma

Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Housing for Negroes in a new dis...

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

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

Squatters' camp on highway. Characters in scene from Resettlement film...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to Wild West, western, cowboys, no copyright restrictions image.

Cotton picker during strike carrying his Farm Security Administration grant of food and necessities from warehouse to Farm Security Administration Shafter camp for migrants, where he lives with his family. Bakersfield, California

Cotton picker during strike carrying his Farm Security Administration ...

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

Migrant family outfit on U.S. 99 between Bakersfield, California, and the Ridge
Southern Hotel, Bakersfield, Cal., menu.
Squatters' camp on highway. Characters in scene from Resettlement film. Near Bakersfield, Calif. 1935

Squatters' camp on highway. Characters in scene from Resettlement film...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Roadside camp near Bakersfield, California. "Come to California." The wordly posessions of refugees from Texas dust, drought and depression

Roadside camp near Bakersfield, California. "Come to California." The ...

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

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves ...

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

Southern Hotel, Bakersfield, Cal., menu.
Once a prosperous Texas farmer, near Bakersfield, California, now come to California looking for work and work for his family in cotton. No work, and no money

Once a prosperous Texas farmer, near Bakersfield, California, now come...

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

Squatters along highway near Bakersfield, California. Penniless refugees from dust bowl. Twenty-two in family, thirty-nine evictions, now encamped near Bakersfield without shelter, without water and looking for work in the cotton ...

Squatters along highway near Bakersfield, California. Penniless refuge...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grandmother of twenty-two children, from a farm in Oklahoma; eighty years old. Now living in camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California. "If you lose your pluck you lose the most there is in you - all you've got to live with"

Grandmother of twenty-two children, from a farm in Oklahoma; eighty ye...

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

Three carloads of Mexicans headed for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas. Near Bakersfield, California

Three carloads of Mexicans headed for the Imperial Valley to harvest p...

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

Listening to the speaker at the Conference to Aid Agricultural Organization during the cotton strike (Steinbeck Committee). Bakersfield, Kern County, California

Listening to the speaker at the Conference to Aid Agricultural Organiz...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a crowded sports competition or music festival event, spectators, people, audience, concert, stadium, free to use, no copyright restrictions.