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Father and son building home on wheels. Yuba Co. Calif. 1936.

Father and son building home on wheels. Yuba Co. Calif. 1936.

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

A black and white photo of a group of people, Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California

A black and white photo of a group of people, Housing for Oklahoma ref...

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.

A black and white photo of a farm, Kern County migrant camp. California

A black and white photo of a farm, Kern County migrant camp. Californi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Impoverished family on the road in Texas. 1936

Impoverished family on the road in Texas. 1936

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

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.

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

"This is a hard way to serve the Lord." Oklahoma drought refugee, California

"This is a hard way to serve the Lord." Oklahoma drought refugee, Cali...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, 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.

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

A black and white photo of a baby sitting on the ground, In a migrator...

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

An old black and white photo of a farm, Migrant camp. California.

An old black and white photo of a farm, Migrant camp. California.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, farmhouse, pasture, farm field, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An old black and white photo of a shack, California housing for Oklahoma refugees.

An old black and white photo of a shack, California housing for Oklaho...

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

A man walking down a road carrying a bag of luggage, Migrant worker on California highway

A man walking down a road carrying a bag of luggage, Migrant worker on...

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

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people. No food and three gallons of gas in the tank ...

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their ho...

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

Texas drought refugees in cotton camp near Exeter, California

Texas drought refugees in cotton camp near Exeter, California

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, 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

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.

Family of ex-sharecroppers from Arkansas, near Little Rock, on California highway. Tehachapi grade

Family of ex-sharecroppers from Arkansas, near Little Rock, on Califor...

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

Prefabricated steel dwellings (one step up from a tent) replace the use of a tent in the newer California camps. United States goverment camp for migrants, Farm Security Administration. Farmersville, California

Prefabricated steel dwellings (one step up from a tent) replace the us...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, Yakima Valley. Drought refugee, aged sixty three, from Bismark, North Dakota. "Came 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.

Migrant woman from Arkansas living in contractor's camp near Westley, California

Migrant woman from Arkansas living in contractor's camp near Westley, ...

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.

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.

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

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.

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

The present home of the Howard family. This family was photographed in April 1935. At that time they were on their way from Okla. to Calif. Camped in an open field. Mother pregnant with five starving children. Raw green onions were all that they had to eat. They were again photographed during the potato harvest. The baby was born then, and they had food. Now there is some prospect of a fairly decent home. A pile of odds and ends of lumber will eventually be a house. A truck garden is planted

The present home of the Howard family. This family was photographed in...

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

A black and white photo of a flooded street, California migrant camp

A black and white photo of a flooded street, California migrant camp

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 group of people outside a tent, Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California

A black and white photo of a group of people outside a tent, Housing f...

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

In a migratory labor camp. California

In a migratory labor camp. 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.

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.

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

Migrant oil worker and wife near Odessa, Texas

Migrant oil worker and wife near Odessa, 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.

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.

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

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

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

A grandmother washing clothes in California. In a contractor's camp near Westley, California

A grandmother washing clothes in California. In a contractor's camp ne...

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.

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.

A black and white photo of a dirt road, Migrant's camp. California.

A black and white photo of a dirt road, Migrant's camp. California.

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

A couple of men standing in front of a shack, Migrant's shack. California.

A couple of men standing in front of a shack, Migrant's shack. Califor...

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

The mecca of hundreds of drought refugees seeking work and resettlement. Cotton and potatoes provide employment. Squatter camp in Kern County, California.

The mecca of hundreds of drought refugees seeking work and resettlemen...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, 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

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

An old black and white photo of a tent, Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California

An old black and white photo of a tent, Housing for Oklahoma refugees....

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

A black and white photo of a small house, Kern County migrant camp. California

A black and white photo of a small house, Kern County migrant camp. Ca...

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

Outskirts of San Bernardino, California. A new home in California. Drought refugees from Colorado now making a new start in California. Living in Cotton Gardens

Outskirts of San Bernardino, California. A new home in California. Dro...

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

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people. No food and three gallons of gas in the tank ...

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their ho...

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

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, talking with one of the members. California

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, talking with one of the mem...

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

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

Gendale project (Farm Security Administration), Arizona. One of the tw...

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

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...

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.

Grandmother and grandchild. Greenfield, Salinas Valley, California. From farm family originally in Missouri, then Iowa. Migrants to California

Grandmother and grandchild. Greenfield, Salinas Valley, California. 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

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.

Women in California squatter camp. Kern County

Women in California squatter camp. Kern County

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.

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.

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

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.

Icon Migrants. California., public domain photograph

Icon Migrants. California., 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

The Great Reaping Day. Hymn singing, Sunday afternoon. The woman had been "saved" the week before. Oklahoma potato pickers. Kern County, California

The Great Reaping Day. Hymn singing, Sunday afternoon. The woman had b...

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

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

A black and white photo of a flooded street, Migrant camp, California

A black and white photo of a flooded street, Migrant camp, California

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Entrance to Marysville camp for migrants. Marysville, California

Entrance to Marysville camp for migrants. Marysville, California

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

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

Forty families of drought and depression refugees camped by the roadside beside an irrigated pea field. A freeze which destroyed the pea crop threw practically every family in this camp on emergency relief. Nine miles from Calipatria, California

Forty families of drought and depression refugees camped by the roadsi...

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A former tenant farmer from Texas now working in California as a pea picker. Nipomo, California

A former tenant farmer from Texas now working in California as a pea p...

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 man walking in the desert, Drought refugee in California. 1937

A black and white photo of a man walking in the desert, Drought refuge...

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

Unemployed family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, camped on a river bottom near Holtville, California

Unemployed family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, camped on a river...

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

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

Sunday morning, Kern County, California. Many Texans, Oklahomans, Arkansans are settling in this country. Their cultures and forms of religious expression are being transferred with them

Sunday morning, Kern County, California. Many Texans, Oklahomans, Arka...

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

Prefabricated steel dwellings (one step up from a tent) replace the use of a tent in the newer California camps. United States goverment camp for migrants, Farm Security Administration. Farmersville, California

Prefabricated steel dwellings (one step up from a tent) replace the us...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Young migrant mother has just finished washing. Merrill FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp, Klamath County, Oregon. See general caption 62

Young migrant mother has just finished washing. Merrill FSA (Farm Secu...

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 present home of the Howard family. This family was photographed in April 1935. At that time they were on their way from Okla. to Calif. Camped in an open field. Mother pregnant with five starving children. Raw green onions were all that they had to eat. They were again photographed during the potato harvest. The baby was born then, and they had food. Now there is some prospect of a fairly decent home. A pile of odds and ends of lumber will eventually be a house. A truck garden is planted.

The present home of the Howard family. This family was photographed in...

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

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.

"Bum blockade." All heading north. South of King City, California. Difficult to get a record of this movement because these men wouldn't be photographed as a result of Los Angeles police activity

"Bum blockade." All heading north. South of King City, California. Dif...

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

An old black and white photo of two women standing outside of a tent, Drought refugees in California

An old black and white photo of two women standing outside of a tent, ...

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

In a migratory labor camp. California

In a migratory labor camp. 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.

Oklahoma dust bowl refugees. San Fernando, California

Oklahoma dust bowl refugees. San Fernando, California

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

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.

Child of an impoverished family from Iowa stranded in New Mexico

Child of an impoverished family from Iowa stranded in New Mexico

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

Winter migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento, California. Each family has to build its own shack; they pay one dollar and twenty-five cents a month ground rent, including water. Eighty families living here in November 1936 ...

Winter migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento, California. Each f...

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

American River camp, Sacramento. Home of Tennessee family, now migratory workers. Seven in family, came to California July 1935, following relatives who had come in 1933. Father was a coal miner in Tennessee

American River camp, Sacramento. Home of Tennessee family, now migrato...

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

Aged woman from Oklahoma. Kern County migrant camp, California

Aged woman from Oklahoma. Kern County migrant camp, California

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

Dust bowl refugee from Chickasaw, Oklahoma. Imperial Valley, California. "Black Sunday, 1934, that was the awfullest dust we ever did see."

Dust bowl refugee from Chickasaw, Oklahoma. Imperial Valley, Californi...

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

Shafter camp for migrant workers (Farm Security Administration-FSA), California. Tent platforms are supplied. Workers supply their own tents. The newer camps are experimenting with prefabricated steel one-room houses

Shafter camp for migrant workers (Farm Security Administration-FSA), C...

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

A black and white photo of a smiling man Arkansas mother come to California for a new start, with husband and eleven children. Now a rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California

A black and white photo of a smiling man Arkansas mother come to Calif...

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

Madera County, family from near Dallas, Texas. Rent is five dollars a month. "There's no future here. I've been following the work (migratory labor) but there's no chance for a fellow to get a holt hisself in this country ...

Madera County, family from near Dallas, Texas. Rent is five dollars a ...

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

House which adjoins that of family described in 19553-E. There are approximately one hundred such homes, each with about an acre at Highway City, California, which show various degrees of ability in self resettlement. Nearly all are on Works Progress Administration (WPA)

House which adjoins that of family described in 19553-E. There are app...

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

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.

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