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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"

From Texas tenant farmer to California fruit tramp. Marysville, Calif....

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

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

Bosque Farms project. Making adobe brick. These bricks made on the pro...

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

A new start. Bosque Farms project, New Mexico

A new start. Bosque Farms project, New Mexico

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

Two families of migrants from Missouri looking for work in the pea fields. California

Two families of migrants from Missouri looking for work in the pea fie...

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.

Impoverished family from Okla. on the road. Texas

Impoverished family from Okla. on the road. Texas

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

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.

Young cotton picker. Kern County migrant camp, California

Young cotton picker. Kern County migrant camp, California

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a child of a farmer, migrant worker, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A mother in California who with her husband and her two children will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. This family had lost a two-year-old baby during the winter as a result of exposure

A mother in California who with her husband and her two children will ...

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

Camp of migratory workers. Imperial County, California

Camp of migratory workers. Imperial County, California

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

Woman in pea picker's camp. California. "I seen our corn dry up and blow over the fence back there in Oklahoma."

Woman in pea picker's camp. California. "I seen our corn dry up and bl...

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

Along a California highway, a dust bowl refugee bound for Oregon

Along a California highway, a dust bowl refugee bound for Oregon

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

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

Oklahomans in potato pickers' camp near Shafter, California

Oklahomans in potato pickers' camp near Shafter, California

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

Abandoned house of small farmer. Southwest Oklahoma

Abandoned house of small farmer. Southwest Oklahoma

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

Migrant agricultural labor family. Tenant farmer with six children, refugees from Texas, near Wasco, California. "People just can't make it back there with drought, hailstorms, windstorms, duststorms, insects ..."

Migrant agricultural labor family. Tenant farmer with six children, re...

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

One of the migrants' routes west, U.S. 80. Southwest New Mexico

One of the migrants' routes west, U.S. 80. Southwest New Mexico

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

This farm was abandoned in 1937. Near Dalhart, Texas, Coldwater District

This farm was abandoned in 1937. Near Dalhart, Texas, Coldwater Distri...

Public domain image of a romantic landscape with windmill, Netherlands, 16th-17th century artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Texas woman in carrot pullers' camp. Imperial Valley, California. This sunbonnet is typical of women who came from Texas

Texas woman in carrot pullers' camp. Imperial Valley, California. This...

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

The fartherest house up Cow Hollow. Family came from Oklahoma. Malheur County, Oregon

The fartherest house up Cow Hollow. Family came from Oklahoma. Malheur...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

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

Public domain image of infant, child, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

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

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

A black and white photo of a trailer and horse trailer, Migrants campe...

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

"Cleanliness." Southern California. Oklahoma refugees camping in Imperial Valley, California

"Cleanliness." Southern California. Oklahoma refugees camping in Imper...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, 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

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.

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 picnic, leisure time, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tom Collins, manager of Kern County migrant camp, California

Tom Collins, manager of Kern County migrant camp, California

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

1936 drought refugee from Polk, Missouri. Awaiting the opening of orange picking season at Porterville, California

1936 drought refugee from Polk, Missouri. Awaiting the opening of oran...

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

Drought refugees in California near Holtville

Drought refugees in California near Holtville

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

Missouri family of five, seven months from the drought area. "Broke, baby sick, car trouble." U.S. 99 near Tracy, California

Missouri family of five, seven months from the drought area. "Broke, b...

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

Tracy (vicinity), California. Missouri family of five who are seven months from the drought area on U.S. Highway 99. "Broke, baby sick, and car trouble!"

Tracy (vicinity), California. Missouri family of five who are seven mo...

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

Children from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, in a potato pickers' camp near Shafter, California

Children from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, in a potato pickers' camp near Shaf...

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

Migratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the cotton at Roswell, New Mexico. U.S. Route 70, Arizona

Migratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the ...

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

Furrowing against the wind to check the drift of sand. Dust Bowl, north of Dalhart, Texas

Furrowing against the wind to check the drift of sand. Dust Bowl, nort...

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

Glendale project (Farm Security Administration), Arizona. One of the twenty-four homes on the part-time farm project

Glendale project (Farm Security Administration), Arizona. One of the t...

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

Washington, Yakima. Homes are built bit by bit with whatever materials are available. Many drought refugees settle in Sumac Park, one of several large shacktowns around Yakima

Washington, Yakima. Homes are built bit by bit with whatever materials...

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.

Supper time. Drought refugee from Oklahoma, shelterless, hoping to wor...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, 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

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

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

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

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.

California migratory farm laborers-drought refugees from Oklahoma-camp...

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

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

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

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

Resettled farm child from Taos Junction to Bosque Farms project. New Mexico

Resettled farm child from Taos Junction to Bosque Farms project. New M...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a child of a farmer, migrant worker, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freightcar converted into home in "Little Oklahoma," California

Freightcar converted into home in "Little Oklahoma," California

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

A couple of kids sitting on the back of a truck, Oklahoma refugees. California

A couple of kids sitting on the back of a truck, Oklahoma refugees. Ca...

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

Dust storm. It was conditions of this sort which forced many farmers to abandon the area. Spring 1935. New Mexico

Dust storm. It was conditions of this sort which forced many farmers t...

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

Stranded in southern California. Belongings of Oklahoma drought refugees camped alongside the road

Stranded in southern California. Belongings of Oklahoma drought refuge...

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

Grandmother of twenty-two children from farm in Oklahoma. Now living in Kern migrant camp, California

Grandmother of twenty-two children from farm in Oklahoma. Now living i...

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

Migrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California. Note: the photographer passed twenty-eight cars of this type while driving thirty-five miles between 9:00 and 9:45 in the morning

Migrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, Cali...

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

Wife of migratory worker in auto camp. California

Wife of migratory worker in auto camp. California

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

Drought refugees in California migrant camp

Drought refugees in California migrant camp

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

Oklahomans bound for Oregon along a highway in California

Oklahomans bound for Oregon along a highway in California

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

Abandoned tenant house. Childress County, Texas

Abandoned tenant house. Childress County, Texas

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

Chandler project, Farm Security Administration, Arizona. A housing project for seasonal agricultural workers

Chandler project, Farm Security Administration, Arizona. A housing pro...

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

A grandmother from Oklahoma. She works in the California pea fields. Calipatria, California

A grandmother from Oklahoma. She works in the California pea fields. C...

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

Outskirts of Salinas, California. Rapidly growing settlement of lettuce workers. Family from Oklahoma settling in makeshift dwelling

Outskirts of Salinas, California. Rapidly growing settlement of lettuc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Making the roads. The roads will be dirt roads with 18 foot gravel sur...

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

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

A black and white photo of a woman standing outside of a hut, Migrant ...

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 in front of a tent, Migrant family in Kern County.

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

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

Oklahomians trying to make a new start in California. Near Los Angeles

Oklahomians trying to make a new start in California. Near Los Angeles

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

Arkansas family. Seven months in California. Washing dishes

Arkansas family. Seven months in California. Washing dishes

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

Stranded in southern California. Belongings of Oklahoma drought refugees camped alongside the road

Stranded in southern California. Belongings of Oklahoma drought refuge...

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

Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is a native Californian. Destitute in pea picker's camp, Nipomo, California, because of the failure of the early pea crop. ...

Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother ag...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oklahoma mother of five children, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno

Oklahoma mother of five children, now picking cotton in California, ne...

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

Drought refugees from Texas encamped in California near Exeter. Seven in family

Drought refugees from Texas encamped in California near Exeter. Seven ...

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

Drought refugees from Texas encamped in California near Exeter. Seven in family

Drought refugees from Texas encamped in California near Exeter. Seven ...

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 field with a horse drawn carriage, Squatter camp near Shafter, California

A black and white photo of a field with a horse drawn carriage, Squatt...

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

Squatter camp. California - Public domain scan / print

Squatter camp. California - Public domain scan / print

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

Missouri family of five, seven months from the drought area, on U.S. Highway 99 near Tracy, California

Missouri family of five, seven months from the drought area, on U.S. H...

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

Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant

Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant

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

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

Young Oklahoma mother, age 18, penniless in California. Imperial Valley. 1937

Young Oklahoma mother, age 18, penniless in California. Imperial Valle...

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

Refugees from the 1936 drought. Came to California for a new start. Now migratory agricultural workers

Refugees from the 1936 drought. Came to California for a new start. No...

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

Missouri family of five, seven months from the drought area. "Broke, baby sick, car trouble." U.S. 99 near Tracy, California

Missouri family of five, seven months from the drought area. "Broke, b...

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

Cultivated fields and abandoned tenant house. Hall County, Texas

Cultivated fields and abandoned tenant house. Hall County, Texas

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

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

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

Home of a migrant family. Calif.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 street, Migrants' camp. California

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

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 in front of a tent, Migrant family in Kern County

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

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

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

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

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

Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern County

Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern Count...

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

Arkansas family. Seven months in California. Washing dishes

Arkansas family. Seven months in California. Washing dishes

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

Migrant family looking for work in the pea fields. California

Migrant family looking for work in the pea fields. California

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

Two families of migrants from Missouri looking for work in the pea fields. California

Two families of migrants from Missouri looking for work in the pea fie...

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

Dust storm. It was conditions of this sort which forced many farmers to abandon the area. Spring 1935. New Mexico

Dust storm. It was conditions of this sort which forced many farmers t...

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

Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside. They hope to work in the cotton fields ...

Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside. They hope to w...

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

Son of destitute migrant, American River camp, near Sacremento [sic], California. The boy has dysentery

Son of destitute migrant, American River camp, near Sacremento [sic], ...

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

Auto camp north of Calipatria, California. Approximately eighty families from the Dust Bowl are camped here. They pay fifty cents a week. The only available work now is agricultural labor

Auto camp north of Calipatria, California. Approximately eighty famili...

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

Abandoned house and land, Hall County, Texas. There were formerly twelve families employed on this land, now there are none

Abandoned house and land, Hall County, Texas. There were formerly twel...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Abandoned tenant house. Hall County, Texas

Abandoned tenant house. Hall County, Texas

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

Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town

Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town

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

Carter County, Oklahoma. Abandoned land, exhausted soil

Carter County, Oklahoma. Abandoned land, exhausted soil

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

Type of house in Shafter camp for migratory workers, California. These homes represent a first step in stabilization of this group. This is the first family to be selected by Farm Security Administration for housing

Type of house in Shafter camp for migratory workers, California. These...

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

One of migratory family in Farm Security Administration (FSA) labor camp. Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

One of migratory family in Farm Security Administration (FSA) labor ca...

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.

Washington, Yakima Valley. Drought refugee, aged sixty three, from Bismark, North Dakota. "Come to Washington three years ago in that Chevy coupe you see over there and twenty-five dollars cash. Had 480 acres back there ..."

Washington, Yakima Valley. Drought refugee, aged sixty three, from Bis...

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

Cow Hollow farmer, came from Oklahoma, has received FSA (Farm Security Administration) loan to help them establish their new place. Wife is co-signer with her husband on chattel mortgage. She signs with an "X." Malheur County, Oregon

Cow Hollow farmer, came from Oklahoma, has received FSA (Farm Security...

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

H - An old black and white photo of a road

H - An old black and white photo of a road

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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