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Barn and shed of farm in the Texas Panhandle. Near Boise City, Texas

Barn and shed of farm in the Texas Panhandle. Near Boise City, Texas

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

Abandoned farm. Coldwater District, north of Dalhart, Texas

Abandoned farm. Coldwater District, north of Dalhart, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain image of a dry desert landscape, sand, sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

In a carrot puller' camp near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. Migratory laborers from Texas, packing up to leave camp because of work shortage. "Don't take any pictures of us. We don't want any truck with Mr. Hearst"

In a carrot puller' camp near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

A grandmother washing clothes in a migrant camp. Stanislaus County, California

A grandmother washing clothes in a migrant camp. Stanislaus County, Ca...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

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

Bosque Farms Project. Resettled families temporary home. Each settler ...

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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...

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

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.

Measuring the velocity of the wind at the U.S. Weather Bureau station ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Surveying gang. WPA workers. Bosque Farms Project

Surveying gang. WPA workers. Bosque Farms Project

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stand of vega grass eaten off close. In good seasons hay can be cut from areas like this. New Mexico

Stand of vega grass eaten off close. In good seasons hay can be cut fr...

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

Temporary home. These buildings to be remodeled later on for barns and outbuildings. Bosque Farms project, New Mexico

Temporary home. These buildings to be remodeled later on for barns and...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, woods, trees, arbor, outdoors, romantic landscape, 17th-18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dust bowl refugees living in camps in California

Dust bowl refugees living in camps in California

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

Street and homes in "Little Oklahoma." Forty families in this group. Tents, tent houses, shacks, freight cars converted into homes

Street and homes in "Little Oklahoma." Forty families in this group. T...

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

Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California, Kern County

Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California, Kern County

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

Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California, Kern County

Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California, Kern County

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

Migrant camp in California during the pea harvesting. San Luis Obispo County, California

Migrant camp in California during the pea harvesting. San Luis Obispo ...

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

Migrant camp in California during the pea harvesting. San Luis Obispo County, California

Migrant camp in California during the pea harvesting. San Luis Obispo ...

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

Drought refugees. Penniless Oklahomans camped along highway. Came seven months ago. "Can't make it. Want to go back. Ate up our car. Ate up our tent. Living like hogs." California

Drought refugees. Penniless Oklahomans camped along highway. Came seve...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of migrant workers, 1930s car, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, 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 ...

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

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, California, with migrant mother and child

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, California, with migrant mo...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Water supply, American River camp, California, San Joaquin Valley

Water supply, American River camp, California, San Joaquin Valley

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

Children of Oklahoma drought refugee in migratory camp in California

Children of Oklahoma drought refugee in migratory camp in California

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Two families, fifteen people, from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, camped by the roadside near Santa Maria, California. Heading for the pea harvest but stalled because they have no money to buy a trailer's license

Two families, fifteen people, from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, camped by the ...

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

Oklahomans encamped on a river bottom near Holtville, California

Oklahomans encamped on a river bottom near Holtville, California

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

Texas family looking for work in the carrot harvest. California

Texas family looking for work in the carrot harvest. California

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

Drought refugees in migratory agricultural workers' camp. California

Drought refugees in migratory agricultural workers' 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

Relief client near Oil City, Oklahoma. Oil City is a source of heavy immigration to California. Carter County, Oklahoma

Relief client near Oil City, Oklahoma. Oil City is a source of heavy i...

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

Abandoned farm home in wheat field near Gould, Oklahoma

Abandoned farm home in wheat field near Gould, Oklahoma

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cotton picker's camp, Salt River Valley, Arizona. For many refugees from the Southwest, Arizona is a stopping point on the way to California, where money can be made during the cotton harvest with which to continue the journey

Cotton picker's camp, Salt River Valley, Arizona. For many refugees fr...

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

Depression and drought struck towns as well as farms. Laborers, clerks, building tradesmen immigrated as well as farm people. Caddo, Oklahoma

Depression and drought struck towns as well as farms. Laborers, clerks...

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

Pea picker camp. This family had been farm owners in Oklahoma, lost their farm and for the last three years "have been draggin' our children around California. We're a have-to case." Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

Pea picker camp. This family had been farm owners in Oklahoma, lost th...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

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

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