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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

Water supply. Migratory camp for cotton pickers. San Joaquin Valley, California. American River camp

Water supply. Migratory camp for cotton pickers. San Joaquin Valley, C...

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

Mexican townfolk sacking peppers near Stockton, California

Mexican townfolk sacking peppers near Stockton, California

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

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. Coachella Valley, California. "We come from all states and we can't make a dollar a day in the field no ways.

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. Co...

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

A woman standing in a field with a stick, Wife of Texas tenant farmer

A woman standing in a field with a stick, Wife of Texas tenant farmer

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

Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town

Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town

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 corn plant, Corn. Washington County, Mississippi

A black and white photo of a corn plant, Corn. Washington County, Miss...

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 crew of 200 hoers were brought to the Aldridge Plantation to hoe cotton for one dollar a day. Many of these are ex-tenant farmers [Near Leland, Miss.]

A crew of 200 hoers were brought to the Aldridge Plantation to hoe cot...

Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a woman sitting on a bench, Wife of Mississippi sharecropper

A black and white photo of a woman sitting on a bench, Wife of Mississ...

Public domain reproduction of portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chamber of Commerce sign. Drew, Mississippi

Chamber of Commerce sign. Drew, Mississippi

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 an old barn, Turpentine worker's cabins. Valdosta, Georgia

A black and white photo of an old barn, Turpentine worker's cabins. Va...

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

Mexican cantaloupe pickers at 5:00 a.m. Imperial Valley, California

Mexican cantaloupe pickers at 5:00 a.m. Imperial Valley, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexican cantaloupe pickers. Gang labor. Imperial Valley, California

Mexican cantaloupe pickers. Gang labor. Imperial Valley, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fighting sand. Childress County, Texas Panhandle. Cultivating weedless cotton fields in Great Plains to break crust and prevent blowing sand from cutting young cotton plants

Fighting sand. Childress County, Texas Panhandle. Cultivating weedless...

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

Unemployment benefits aid begins. Line of men inside a division office of the State Employment Service office at San Francisco, California, waiting to register for benefits on one of the first days the office was open

Unemployment benefits aid begins. Line of men inside a division office...

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

Unemployment benefits aid begins. Line of men inside a division office of the State Employment Service office at San Francisco, California, waiting to register for benefits on one of the first days the office was open

Unemployment benefits aid begins. Line of men inside a division office...

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

Women packing apricots in large open sheds adjoining the orchards. Brentwood, California

Women packing apricots in large open sheds adjoining the orchards. Bre...

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

Delta cooperative farms in 1938. Hillhouse, Mississippi

Delta cooperative farms in 1938. Hillhouse, Mississippi

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

This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates on cost of about 1/2 the cost of electricity, Tulare County, California

This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine 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

This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates on cost of about 1/2 the cost of electricity, Tulare County, California

This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine 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

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 vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Three men standing outside of a white front cafe, Main street. Gibson, California

Three men standing outside of a white front cafe, Main street. Gibson,...

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

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

Douglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecropper during the tobacco auction

Douglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecropper during the tobacc...

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

Near San Juan Bautista, California. Large-scale pea fields

Near San Juan Bautista, California. Large-scale pea fields

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

Salinas Valley, California. Large scale, commercial agriculture. This single California county (Monterey) shipped 20,096 carlots of lettuce in 1934, or forty-five percent of all carlot shipments in the United States ...

Salinas Valley, California. Large scale, commercial agriculture. This ...

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

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.

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers protesting congressional cut of relief appropriations. San Francisco, California

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration...

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

Loading bins of potato planter which fertilizes and plants potatoes in one operation. Kern County, California

Loading bins of potato planter which fertilizes and plants potatoes in...

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

Farm Security Administration (FSA). Migratory labor camp during pea harvest. Brawley, Imperial Valley, California

Farm Security Administration (FSA). Migratory labor camp during pea ha...

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

Kern County, California. Supply of fertilizer and potato seed on edge of field in which mechanical potato planter is operating

Kern County, California. Supply of fertilizer and potato seed on edge ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Calipatria, Imperial Valley. Feb. 1939. F.S.A. migratory labor camp (emergency)

Calipatria, Imperial Valley. Feb. 1939. F.S.A. migratory labor camp (e...

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

A black and white photo of people picking cotton, Pea pickers near Calipatria, California

A black and white photo of people picking cotton, Pea pickers near Cal...

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

Pea pickers coming into weigh master. 500 pea pickers in field of large-scale Sinclair Ranch, newly planted to peas. Near Calipatria, California

Pea pickers coming into weigh master. 500 pea pickers in field of larg...

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

Brawley, Imperial Valley, In Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp. See 19201 for complete background

Brawley, Imperial Valley, In Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrat...

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

Adjutant and his wife sing. Salvation Army, San Francisco, California

Adjutant and his wife sing. Salvation Army, San Francisco, 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

Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Army contributes first to the tambourine (two dollars), outside contribution about seventy-five cents, all from drunks and the like

Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Army contributes first to t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Salinas Valley, California. Deputized "vigilantes" armed with clubs guard entrance to lettuce fields during lettuce strike

Salinas Valley, California. Deputized "vigilantes" armed with clubs gu...

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

Pea harvest. Large-scale industrialized agriculture on Sinclair Ranch. Imperial Valley, California

Pea harvest. Large-scale industrialized agriculture on Sinclair Ranch....

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 workers at 5 a.m. waiting in the carrot field to hold a place to work, which starts at 8 a.m.

Migratory field workers at 5 a.m. waiting in the carrot field to hold ...

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

In a carrot pullers' camp near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. Woman from Broken Bow, Oklahoma

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

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.

Farmers talking politics. Potato fields. California

Farmers talking politics. Potato fields. California

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

Tulare County, Farmersville, California. Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for migratory agricultural workers. Entering clinic of Agricultural Workers' Health and Medical Association (FSA) for nurse's help with sick baby

Tulare County, Farmersville, California. Farm Security Administration ...

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

Women of the congregation of Wheeley's Church on steps with brooms and buckets on annual clean up day. Gordonton, North Carolina

Women of the congregation of Wheeley's Church on steps with brooms and...

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

Young son of tenant farmer gathering sticks for workers to string tobacco on. Granville County, North Carolina

Young son of tenant farmer gathering sticks for workers to string toba...

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

Tobacco farmer, owner of 100 acres. Person County, North Carolina

Tobacco farmer, owner of 100 acres. Person County, North Carolina

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

Sign of service station, U.S. 99. Hop pickers are wanted for four big growers of the area three weeks before opening season. They also advertise in newspapers including San Francisco newspapers, 450 miles away. Josephine County, Oregon

Sign of service station, U.S. 99. Hop pickers are wanted for four big ...

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

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.

Washington, Grant County, north of Quincy. Abandoned farmland in the Columbia Basin

Washington, Grant County, north of Quincy. Abandoned farmland in the C...

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

Oregon, Klamath County, near Klamath Falls. Pelican Bay Lumber Company. Logs hauled to the mill by flat car, then dumped into the mill pond. Note markings on logs. Mills brand their logs like cattle brands and there is likewise rustling of logs

Oregon, Klamath County, near Klamath Falls. Pelican Bay Lumber Company...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of lumber, lumberjack workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farm boys from western Nebraska, now migrating farm workers on the Pacific Coast. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Farm boys from western Nebraska, now migrating farm workers on the Pac...

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

Grower provides fourteen such shacks in a row for his hop pickers. Josephine County, Oregon. Near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon. General caption number 45-11

Grower provides fourteen such shacks in a row for his hop pickers. Jos...

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

Shows new type of wooden shelter for migratory workers. FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp. Near McMinnville, Oregon. See general caption number 60

Shows new type of wooden shelter for migratory workers. 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

Eight boys at Lincoln Bench School. Born in six states. Near Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon. General caption number 69

Eight boys at Lincoln Bench School. Born in six states. Near Ontario, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Soper grandmother, who lives with family. FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower. Willow Creek area. Malheur County, Oregon. General caption number 72

Soper grandmother, who lives with family. FSA (Farm Security Administr...

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

Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon. Sage bush, hay field, farmstead, cattle in pasture. All farms in this view belong to FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrowers. General caption 66

Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon. Sage bush, hay field, farmstead...

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

Former saloon and stagecoach tavern which is the temporary home of a member of the Ola self help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho. General caption 48

Former saloon and stagecoach tavern which is the temporary home of 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

Members of Ola self-help sawmill co-op rolling white fir log to lumber truck with peavies. Hooked and spiked sticks used as levers. Gem County, Idaho. General caption 48

Members of Ola self-help sawmill co-op rolling white fir log to lumber...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of lumber, lumberjack workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farmer from Nebraska now developing eighty-acre stump farm. Bonner County, Idaho. See general caption 50

Farmer from Nebraska now developing eighty-acre stump farm. Bonner Cou...

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

Grading potatoes, preparing for shipment, cold, rainy morning, end of harvesting season. Potatoes have been stored in this grower's cellar. Ten miles south of Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Grading potatoes, preparing for shipment, cold, rainy morning, end of ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mine, mining, 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.

El Monte Federal Subsistence Homesteads. 100 homes-all occupied. Each with 3/4 acre. Average family income $800 per yr. Feb. 1936.

El Monte Federal Subsistence Homesteads. 100 homes-all occupied. Each ...

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

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.

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. 4 bedroom house. Rent $16.20 a month rent to apply. 8 in family 6 boys ages 1 to 14. Father street car conductor earns $100 month. Calif. 1936.

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. 4 bedroom house. Rent $16.20 ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a garden, gardening, agriculture, plants, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Adobe school house. Bosque Farms Project, New Mexico. 1935.

Adobe school house. Bosque Farms Project, New Mexico. 1935.

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 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

New York City. Post office, Lower East Side.

New York City. Post office, Lower East Side.

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

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

Outdoor portrait of man in cloth cap.

Outdoor portrait of man in cloth cap.

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

El Monte Federal Subsistence Homesteads. 100 homes, all occupied. Each with nearly an acre of ground. Average family income $800 year. Calif. 1936

El Monte Federal Subsistence Homesteads. 100 homes, all occupied. Each...

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

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

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

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Farm child. This family is now resettled on the Bosque Farms project. New Mexico

Farm child. This family is now resettled on the Bosque Farms project. ...

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

Making adobe bricks. Bosque Farms project, New Mexico. These bricks are to be used in construction of the new school building

Making adobe bricks. Bosque Farms project, New Mexico. These bricks ar...

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 in "Little Oklahoma," a community that has grown out of migrant potato and cotton workers. California

Home in "Little Oklahoma," a community that has grown out of migrant p...

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

Home in "Little Oklahoma," a community that has grown out of migrant potato and cotton workers. California

Home in "Little Oklahoma," a community that has grown out of migrant p...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

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

Rural rehabilitation client. San Fernando Valley, California. Chicken farmer making good on rural resettlement loan. Selling case of eggs a day. On state emergency relief administration job before loan

Rural rehabilitation client. San Fernando Valley, California. Chicken ...

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

Homes of Mexican field laborers. Brawley, Imperial Valley, California

Homes of Mexican field laborers. Brawley, Imperial Valley, 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 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.

Employment signs in Spanish and English. These ranches (1938) increasingly use Negro pickers. Near Fresno, California

Employment signs in Spanish and English. These ranches (1938) increasi...

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

Walter E. Packard, Acting Director., Rural Resettlement Div.

Walter E. Packard, Acting Director., Rural Resettlement Div.

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The long line of Texas. Near Dallas

The long line of Texas. Near Dallas

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s great depression, dust bowl era, 20th century, 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 rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The day after election. Oakland, California. November 12, 1936

The day after election. Oakland, California. November 12, 1936

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

Cotton picker. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Cotton picker. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

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

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

Irrigator in brushed and capped cantaloupe field. Imperial Valley, California

Irrigator in brushed and capped cantaloupe field. Imperial Valley, Cal...

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

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.

Ditch bank housing for Mexican field workers. Imperial Valley, California

Ditch bank housing for Mexican field workers. Imperial Valley, Califor...

Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, 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

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.

White laborer of the Mississippi Delta. Issaquena County, Mississippi

White laborer of the Mississippi Delta. Issaquena County, Mississippi

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

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