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A sign that says air is your country don't let the big men take it away from you, Gas station. Kern County, California

A sign that says air is your country don't let the big men take it awa...

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

Shafter camp for migratory agricultural workers, Farm Security Administration. Entrance and office. California

Shafter camp for migratory agricultural workers, Farm Security Adminis...

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

The last frontier. Kern County, California. No water, no shade, no sanitation for the families who camp here during the potato harvesting season. When the season is over they move on. The tin cans and rubbish remain

The last frontier. Kern County, California. No water, no shade, no san...

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

From Oklahoma farm (April 1938) to strike leader in California. Cotton strike (Nov. 1938). He displays his union membership book. "Vote No on No. 1" refers to proposed anti-picketing law which was later defeated by California electorate. Kern County, Cal.

From Oklahoma farm (April 1938) to strike leader in California. Cotton...

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

Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers. Kern County, California. The growers set price of cotton at seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds picked, and the pickers refused to enter the fields

Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers...

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

U.S. 99, Kern County, California. Migrants travel seasonally back and forth between Imperial and San Joaquin Valleys over this ridge

U.S. 99, Kern County, California. Migrants travel seasonally back and ...

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

Looking from the camp to adjoining tract where Farm Security Administration (FSA) has just completed forty homes to be occupied by low income workers
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.

Migrant family in Kern County. This family was sent back at the state line by the Los Angeles police. Refused entrance into California, and it was only after they had gone back to Arkansas to borrow fifty dollars ... that they were permitted to enter

Migrant family in Kern County. This family was sent back at the state ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, 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.

Cotton picker on her way to the cotton field. Kern migrant camp, California

Cotton picker on her way to the cotton field. Kern migrant camp, Calif...

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.

Tubercular migrant in a potato pickers' camp. Kern County, California

Tubercular migrant in a potato pickers' camp. Kern County, California

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.

Migrant agricultural workers, idle in town during the potato harvest. Shafter, California

Migrant agricultural workers, idle in town during the potato harvest. ...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, 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.

Migrant cotton picker's child who lives in a tent in the government camp instead of along the highway or in a ditch bank. Shafter Camp for migrants, California

Migrant cotton picker's child who lives in a tent in the government ca...

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

Camp manager, migratory worker, and visitor to the camp in discussion. Shafter camp for migrants, California

Camp manager, migratory worker, and visitor to the camp in discussion....

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

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.

The last frontier. Kern County, California. No water, no shade, no sanitation for the families who camp here during the potato harvesting season. When the season is over they move on. The tin cans and rubbish remain

The last frontier. Kern County, California. No water, no shade, no san...

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

In the sewing room, migrant women are instructed in rug-making. Shafter camp for migrants (Farm Security Administration-FSA), California

In the sewing room, migrant women are instructed in rug-making. Shafte...

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.

Migratory field worker, leader of the cotton strike of October 1938, which took place just before the election. Kern County, California

Migratory field worker, leader of the cotton strike of October 1938, w...

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

Kern County, California. Undernourished cotton picker's child listening to speeches of organizer at strike meeting to raise wages from seventy-five cents to ninety cents a hundred pounds. Strike unsuccessful

Kern County, California. Undernourished cotton picker's child listenin...

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

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.

Kern County, California. County road between potato fields

Kern County, California. County road between potato fields

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

Near Shafter, California. Family from Oklahoma lives in old cow-barn and picks cotton for seventy-five cents a 100 pounds. During cotton strike

Near Shafter, California. Family from Oklahoma lives in old cow-barn a...

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

A black and white photo of a house and trees, House in Delano, California

A black and white photo of a house and trees, House in Delano, Califor...

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

Houses for married couples fashioned from old boxcars. Earl Fruit Company ranch. Kern County, California

Houses for married couples fashioned from old boxcars. Earl Fruit Comp...

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

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 in Kern County. This family was sent back at the state line by the Los Angeles police. Refused entrance into California, and it was only after they had gone back to Arkansas to borrow fifty dollars ... that they were permitted to enter

Migrant family in Kern County. This family was sent back at the state ...

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

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 landscape, farmhouse, pasture, farm field, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oklahoma potato picker's family encamped on the flats near Shafter, California

Oklahoma potato picker's family encamped on the flats near Shafter, Ca...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a tent, camp, 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.

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, with drought refugee family. California

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, with drought refugee family...

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

General view of Kern migrant camp, California

General view of Kern migrant camp, California

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

Sanitary facilities for migratory workers. Ditch bank camp. Squatters near Arvin, Kern County, California

Sanitary facilities for migratory workers. Ditch bank camp. Squatters ...

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

Tubercular migrant in a potato pickers' camp. Kern County, California

Tubercular migrant in a potato pickers' camp. Kern County, California

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

Sunday school for migrant children in a potato pickers' camp. Kern County, California

Sunday school for migrant children in a potato pickers' camp. Kern Cou...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, 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.

Small cotton farmer stays at the wagon and keeps account of the weight of each sack brought in by pickers from the field. Kern County, California

Small cotton farmer stays at the wagon and keeps account of the weight...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s great depression, dust bowl era, 20th century, 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.

In the sewing room, migrant women are instructed in rug-making. Shafter camp for migrants (Farm Security Administration-FSA), California

In the sewing room, migrant women are instructed in rug-making. Shafte...

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.

Camper receives help in fitting a coat from Works Progress Administration (WPA) sewing instructor. Shafter camp for migratory agricultural workers (Farm Security Administration-FSA), California

Camper receives help in fitting a coat from Works Progress Administrat...

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

Camper receives help in fitting a coat from Works Progress Administration (WPA) sewing instructor. Shafter camp for migratory agricultural workers (Farm Security Administration-FSA), California

Camper receives help in fitting a coat from Works Progress Administrat...

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

Kern County, California. Cotton pickers emptying sacks at eleven a.m. Stopped from further work for the day by rain

Kern County, California. Cotton pickers emptying sacks at eleven a.m. ...

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

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

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.

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, with drought refugee family. California

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, with drought refugee family...

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

Entrance and view of Kern migrant camp. California

Entrance and view of Kern migrant camp. California

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

While the mothers are working in the fields, the preschool children of migrant families are cared for in the nursery school under trained teachers, Kern migrant camp, California

While the mothers are working in the fields, the preschool children of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Texans and Oklahomans, drought stricken ex-farmers, are fast supplanting Mexican labor in the California harvests. Oklahoman from Chickasaw in potato pickers' camp. Kern County, California

Texans and Oklahomans, drought stricken ex-farmers, are fast supplanti...

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

Potato field and pickers near Shafter, California

Potato field and pickers near Shafter, California

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

Farm Security Administration camp for migrant agricultural workers at Shafter, California

Farm Security Administration camp for migrant agricultural workers at ...

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

Farm Security Administration camp for migrant agricultural workers at Shafter, California

Farm Security Administration camp for migrant agricultural workers at ...

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

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.

Halloween party at Shafter Camp for migrant agricultural workers. California

Halloween party at Shafter Camp for migrant agricultural workers. Cali...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to dance, dancing, music, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Children at Halloween party, waiting for signal to come for refreshments. Shafter migrant camp, California

Children at Halloween party, waiting for signal to come for refreshmen...

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

Migrant cotton picker's child who lives in a tent in the government camp instead of along the highway or in a ditch bank. Shafter Camp for migrants, California

Migrant cotton picker's child who lives in a tent in the government ca...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

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

Small cotton farm, Kern County, California. The farmer keeps accounts. Each picker weighs his sack of cotton. In this case the sack weighs approximately fifty pounds

Small cotton farm, Kern County, California. The farmer keeps accounts....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Migrant family outfit on U.S. 99 between Bakersfield, California, and the Ridge
Kern County camp for migrants. Planned and erected by the Resettlement Administration fifteen miles out of Bakersfield, California. Partially occupied because there is not any work in the fields

Kern County camp for migrants. Planned and erected by the Resettlement...

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

A group of people sitting on the back of a truck, Potato harvesters. Kern County, California

A group of people sitting on the back of a truck, Potato harvesters. K...

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

View of Kern County migrant camp showing community garden plots. California

View of Kern County migrant camp showing community garden plots. Calif...

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

Entrance and view of Kern migrant camp. California

Entrance and view of Kern migrant camp. California

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

Preschool children in nursery school under supervision of trained teachers. Kern migrant camp, California

Preschool children in nursery school under supervision of trained teac...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, 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.

Near Shafter, California. Potatoes are dug by machines and strewn on the ground as the digger goes down the rows. The picker puts the potatoes into sacks suspended from their waist between their knees

Near Shafter, California. Potatoes are dug by machines and strewn on t...

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

Mechanical potato digger in the field. Shafter, California

Mechanical potato digger in the field. Shafter, California

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

Farm Security Administration camp for migrant agricultural workers at Shafter, California

Farm Security Administration camp for migrant agricultural workers at ...

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

Emptying cotton after weighing. Small cotton farm. Kern County, California

Emptying cotton after weighing. Small cotton farm. Kern County, Califo...

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

Emptying cotton after weighing. Small cotton farm. Kern County, California

Emptying cotton after weighing. Small cotton farm. Kern County, 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

Destitute farm labor families come to Farm Security Administration distributing depot to apply for food grant. Kern County, California

Destitute farm labor families come to Farm Security Administration dis...

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

Mothers on the sidelines, watching the Halloween party. Shafter migrant camp, California

Mothers on the sidelines, watching the Halloween party. Shafter migran...

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

Halloween party at Shafter migrant camp, California

Halloween party at Shafter 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

Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California. Organizer for United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers of America (Congress of Industrial Organizations-CIO) talks to mixed crowd. The strike failed

Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, 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

Migratory field worker, leader of the cotton strike of October 1938, which took place just before the election. Kern County, California

Migratory field worker, leader of the cotton strike of October 1938, 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

Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers. Kern County, California. The growers set price of cotton at seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds picked, and the pickers refused to enter the fields

Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers...

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

Looking from the camp to adjoining tract where the Farm Security Administration (FSA) has just completed forty homes to be occupied by low income workers. These homes represent a first step in stabilization of this group

Looking from the camp to adjoining tract where the Farm Security Admin...

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

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

Destitute farm labor families come to Farm Security Administration (FS...

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

Kern County, California. Beside U.S. 99. Large-scale agriculture

Kern County, California. Beside U.S. 99. Large-scale agriculture

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

Kern County, California. Truck loaded with potato seed

Kern County, California. Truck loaded with potato seed

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

Oklahomans in potato pickers' camp near Shafter, California

Oklahomans in potato pickers' camp near Shafter, California

Scan of the reverse side of the photograph

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

Transient potato workers camping along the highway. Near Shafter, California

Transient potato workers camping along the highway. Near Shafter, 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.

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.

General view of Kern migrant camp, California

General view of Kern migrant camp, California

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

Preschool children in nursery school under supervision of trained teachers. Kern migrant camp, California

Preschool children in nursery school under supervision of trained teac...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, 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.

Sign on U.S. Highway 99 near Shafter, California

Sign on U.S. Highway 99 near Shafter, California

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

Potato field and pickers near Shafter, California

Potato field and pickers near Shafter, California

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.

The children crowd and push to reach refreshments at Halloween party. Shafter migrant Camp, California

The children crowd and push to reach refreshments at Halloween party. ...

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

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...

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

Looking from the camp to adjoining tract where Farm Security Administration (FSA) has just completed forty homes to be occupied by low income workers

Looking from the camp to adjoining tract where Farm Security Administr...

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

Kern County, California. Migratory workers in winter quarters

Kern County, California. Migratory workers in winter quarters

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

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.

A black and white photo of a street with houses, Houses. Delano, California

A black and white photo of a street with houses, Houses. Delano, Calif...

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

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