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Farmersville, Tulare County. Migrants' winter quarters

Farmersville, Tulare County. Migrants' winter quarters

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

Outskirts of Firebaugh. West side of San Joaquin Valley, California. Six families with twenty-two children live in this house. Cotton workers: "He's good (the boss). He lets us live here without paying rent"

Outskirts of Firebaugh. West side of San Joaquin Valley, California. S...

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

Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp (emergency). Migrant family, new arrivals, erect their tent on allotted camp site. Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp (emergency). 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

Outside the Farm Security Administration (FSA) grant office during the pea harvest. Calipatria, California. During spring of 1938 for the first time, the labor surplus had grown so large that relief grants were necessary even during the peak of harvest. Colored migrants are becoming more numerous this year

Outside the Farm Security Administration (FSA) grant office during the...

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

Housing for rapidly growing settlement of lettuce workers on fringes of town. Salinas, California

Housing for rapidly growing settlement of lettuce workers on fringes o...

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

Tulare County. Farm Security Administration camp (FSA) for migratory agricultural workers at Farmersville. Mother and child, come to California from Oklahoma. They have six children, aged two to nineteen years ...

Tulare County. Farm Security Administration camp (FSA) for migratory a...

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

Migratory child at end of day in bean pickers' camp near West Stayton, Oregon. See general caption number 46

Migratory child at end of day in bean pickers' camp near West Stayton,...

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

Camp of single men. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. Potato pickers. See caption number 63-1

Camp of single men. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. Potato pick...

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

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 a farmer, 1930s great depression, dust bowl era, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Motherless migrant children. They work in the cotton

Motherless migrant children. They work in the cotton

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

Once a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Coast. California

Once a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Co...

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

Jack Neill, "migratory fruit tramp," on banks of Pulah Creek near Winters, California. He owns one acre subsistence farm near Porterville ...

Jack Neill, "migratory fruit tramp," on banks of Pulah Creek near Wint...

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

Example of self-resettlement in California. Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio

Example of self-resettlement in California. Oklahoma farm family on hi...

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

Housing for workers of the Frick Ranch, California. The condition and plan of this camp show marked influences of Resettlement Administration camps for migrants in this community

Housing for workers of the Frick Ranch, California. The condition and ...

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

Radiator and license of Oklahoma cotton picker's car. San Joaquin Valley, near Fresno, California

Radiator and license of Oklahoma cotton picker's car. San Joaquin Vall...

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

Carrot pullers from Texas. Texas farmer on edge of carrot field. In California for two weeks, migrating after three years of crop failures. Combined earnings, man and wife tying carrots: One dollar and twelve cents a day

Carrot pullers from Texas. Texas farmer on edge of carrot field. In Ca...

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

Squatter camp on county road near Calipatria. Forty families from the dust bowl have been camped here for months on the edge of the pea fields. There has been no work because the crop was frozen

Squatter camp on county road near Calipatria. Forty families from the ...

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

Drought refugees from Oklahoma at work in the pea fields near Nipomo, California

Drought refugees from Oklahoma at work in the pea fields near Nipomo, ...

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

Orange pickers' camp. Tulare County, California. Rent one dollar per week

Orange pickers' camp. Tulare County, California. Rent one dollar per w...

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.

Migratory field workers picking cotton in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Negroes, Mexicans, and refugee whites pick cotton together in this field. These pickers are being paid seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds of picked cotton

Migratory field workers picking cotton in the San Joaquin Valley, Cali...

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

Bottonwillow, California. "Company" cotton pickers' camp after picking season. Some families remain for tag ends of picking and pulling bolls, or for lack of other winter quarters

Bottonwillow, California. "Company" cotton pickers' camp after picking...

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

Near Brentwood, California. Winter quarters of migrants. Agricultural laborers

Near Brentwood, California. Winter quarters of migrants. Agricultural ...

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

United States government camp for migrant workers (Farm Security Administration-FSA), Westley, California. Pre-fabricated steel shelters replace the use of tents and tent platforms in this newly constructed camp

United States government camp for migrant workers (Farm Security Admin...

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 (emergency). Migratory workers, in camp for the pea harvest, scan the bulletin board at entrance

Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp (emergency). M...

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

Migrants' tents are a common sight along the right of way of the Southern Pacific. Near Fresno, California

Migrants' tents are a common sight along the right of way of the South...

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

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

Daughter of migratory family in Farm Security Administration (FSA) lab...

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

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

Son-in law of migratory family in Farm Security Administration (FSA) l...

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

Outside the Farm Security Administration (FSA) grant office during the pea harvest. Calipatria, California. During spring of 1938 for the first time, the labor surplus had grown so large that relief grants were necessary even during the peak of harvest. Colored migrants are becoming more numerous this year

Outside the Farm Security Administration (FSA) grant office during the...

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. Brawley, California. Father is home after a day in the pea fields. Note tent platform, standard equipment in Farm Security Administration camps

Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp. Brawley, Cali...

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 Farm Security Administration (FSA) grant office during pea harvest. Calipatria, California. During the spring of 1938 for the first time the labor surplus has grown so large that relief grants were necessary even during the peak of harvest

Outside the Farm Security Administration (FSA) grant office during pea...

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

Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp at Farmersville, Tulare County, for migratory agricultural laborers. Migratory boys come to the clinic for attention of the resident nurse of the Agricultural Workers' Health and Medical Association (FSA)

Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp at Farmersville, Tulare County...

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

Tulare County, California. In Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp. Mother from Oklahoma tends baby with dysentery and awaits arrival of FSA camp resident nurse

Tulare County, California. In Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp....

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

Mother of family now migrants of Pacific coast. Were farm owners in Oklahoma until 1936. Picking hops. Polk County, Oregon. See general caption number 45-1

Mother of family now migrants of Pacific coast. Were farm owners in Ok...

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

Living conditions for migrant potato pickers. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. General caption number 63-1

Living conditions for migrant potato pickers. Tulelake, Siskiyou Count...

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

Part of family come for work in potatoes. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. Left their home in Turkey, Texas, November, 1938. Picked cotton in Arizona till March. Picked fruit in Oregon till June. Picked prunes in Idaho till September 15th

Part of family come for work in potatoes. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, C...

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

Squatter camp entering potato town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon. General caption number 64

Squatter camp entering potato town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon. Gen...

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 camp on the outskirts of Sacramento on the American River. Approximately 30 families lived in this camp in November 1936

Migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento on the American River. App...

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

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

Date picker's home. Coachella Valley, California

Date picker's home. Coachella Valley, California

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

String of five housecars. This group represents good conditions among pea pickers. California

String of five housecars. This group represents good conditions among ...

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

Migrant winter camp on outskirts of Sacramento, California. Eighty families, build their own shacks, pay one dollar and twenty-five cents a month ground rent which includes water. One half-mile from American River camp

Migrant winter camp on outskirts of Sacramento, California. Eighty fam...

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

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

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

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

Migrant agricultural worker. Near Holtville, California

Migrant agricultural worker. Near Holtville, California

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

Some of the carrot pickers in the Coachella Valley. There are one hundred people in this field coming from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Mexico. California

Some of the carrot pickers in the Coachella Valley. There are one hund...

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

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...

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

Drought refugee families are now mingling with and supplanting Mexican field laborers in the Southwest. Near Chandler, Arizona

Drought refugee families are now mingling with and supplanting Mexican...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Car trouble on west side of Highway No. 33 in San Joaquin Valley. Formerly a California cowhand and roving laborer. Now with his wife, he follows the fruit. "My uncle homesteaded here sixty years ago. I'm lower on money than at any time"

Car trouble on west side of Highway No. 33 in San Joaquin Valley. Form...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, 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.

Mexican grandmother who migrates with large family each year from Glendale, Arizona, following crops thru California and return. Here shown harvesting tomatoes, Santa Clara Valley, California

Mexican grandmother who migrates with large family each year from Glen...

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

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

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.

U.S. 99. Near Tulare, California. Entered California fall of 1938. En-route to pea harvest in Imperial Valley. Car broke-down. "Want to get back to Missouri if they can ever get the money"

U.S. 99. Near Tulare, California. Entered California fall of 1938. En-...

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

Near Lindsay, California. Citrus workers in winter quarters (Tulare County)

Near Lindsay, California. Citrus workers in winter quarters (Tulare Co...

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

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

United States government camp for migrants (Farm Security Administrati...

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

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

United States government camp for migrants (Farm Security Administrati...

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

Tying carrots in Imperial Valley. Near Meloland, California

Tying carrots in Imperial Valley. Near Meloland, California

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

Father and son building house on outskirts of Salinas, California. Settlement of recently migrated lettuce workers

Father and son building house on outskirts of Salinas, California. Set...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for migratory agricultural workers. Farmersville, California. Shows prefabricated steel shelters which have been erected to replace tents as standard camp equipment in two of the California camps

Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for migratory agricultural wor...

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) camp for migratory agricultural workers. Farmersville, California. Meeting of the camp council

Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for migratory agricultural wor...

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

Tulare County, California. Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for migratory agricultural workers at Farmersville. Nurse of Agricultural Workers' Health and Medical Association (FSA) is assigned to camp. Photo shows her attending sick baby

Tulare County, California. Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for...

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

Camp of migrant potato pickers seen from the packing shed. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. General caption number 63-1

Camp of migrant potato pickers seen from the packing shed. Tulelake, S...

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

Camped on the flat. Family with five children, left their home in Texas in September 1938. They picked their way across the country in Texas and Arizona cotton. They had just entered California the night before. Near Holtville, Imperial County, California

Camped on the flat. Family with five children, left their home in Texa...

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

Camp of California "fruit tramp." The car has done duty on the fruit route for 16 years. Outskirts of Marysville, California

Camp of California "fruit tramp." The car has done duty on the fruit r...

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

Imperial Valley, California, Mexican. He tells his story: he helped drive the French out of Mexico, fought against Maximilian, and he has, by serving the crops for many years, help build up Imperial Valley

Imperial Valley, California, Mexican. He tells his story: he helped dr...

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

A group of people sitting around a truck, Potato harvesters. Kern County, California

A group of people sitting around a truck, Potato harvesters. Kern Coun...

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

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

Wife and five children of migratory fruit worker. American River camp on outskirts of Sacramento, California. Have worked in the fruit since 1931. "We don't make a living, but we live on what we make"

Wife and five children of migratory fruit worker. American River camp ...

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

Migratory workers' "kitchen" near Shafter. Kern County, California. Squatters' camp

Migratory workers' "kitchen" near Shafter. Kern County, California. Sq...

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 man standing in a yard, Squatter camp. California

An old black and white photo of a man standing in a yard, Squatter cam...

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

Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99 in California. The father, twenty-four, and the mother, seventeen, came from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Early in 1935, their baby was born in the Imperial Valley, California, where they were working as field laborers

Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99 in California....

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

Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99, California. The father, twenty-four, and the mother, seventeen, came from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, early in 1935

Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99, California. T...

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

Texan refugees' car. They are seeking work in the carrot fields of the Coachella Valley. California

Texan refugees' car. They are seeking work in the carrot fields of the...

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

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

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

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

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. "We come from all states and we can't make a dollar in this field noways. Working from seven in the morning until twelve noon, we earn an average of thirty-five cents." California

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. "W...

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

Lettuce cutting in the Imperial Valley, California. A Filipino crew of fifty-five boys, migrants

Lettuce cutting in the Imperial Valley, California. A Filipino crew of...

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

Migratory labor camp in the Santa Clara Valley. Near San Jose, California

Migratory labor camp in the Santa Clara Valley. Near San Jose, Califor...

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

Oklahoma migratory workers washing in a hot spring in the desert. Imperial Valley, California

Oklahoma migratory workers washing in a hot spring in the desert. Impe...

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 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

On highway no. 1 of the "OK" state near Webbers Falls, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. Seven children and eldest son's family. Father was a blacksmith in Paris, Arkansas. Son was a tenant farmer

On highway no. 1 of the "OK" state near Webbers Falls, Muskogee County...

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

Car trouble on west side, Highway no. 33. In San Joaquin Valley. Formerly a California cowhand and roving laborer, now with wife, he follows the fruit. "My uncle homesteaded here sixty years ago. I'm lower on money than at any time"

Car trouble on west side, Highway no. 33. In San Joaquin Valley. Forme...

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

Squatter camp on the flat where families live during the orange picking season. Near Porterville, California

Squatter camp on the flat where families live during the orange pickin...

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 which rents tent space where migrant citrus workers live. Tulare County, California

Auto camp which rents tent space where migrant citrus workers live. Tu...

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

Orange pickers' camp. Tulare County, California. Rent one dollar per week

Orange pickers' camp. Tulare County, California. Rent one dollar per w...

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

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.

Firebaugh, California. Came from Webber Falls, Oklahoma with two grown sons in 1938. Cotton pickers

Firebaugh, California. Came from Webber Falls, Oklahoma with two grown...

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

Near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest. This field owned by proprietor of adjoining grocery and general store who allows workers to camp here rent-free

Near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. Migratory labor housing d...

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

Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. Part of mobile camp unit, moving from harvest to harvest with workers ...

Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp, Calipatria, I...

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

Sanitary facilities in camp of carrot pullers. Near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California

Sanitary facilities in camp of carrot pullers. Near Holtville, Imperia...

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

Near Calipatria. Pea picker at the end of the day

Near Calipatria. Pea picker at the end of the day

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

Migratory labor workers. Brawley, Imperial Valley, California

Migratory labor workers. Brawley, Imperial Valley, 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

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

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

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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.

Housing for rapidly growing fringe of lettuce workers on edge of town. There houses are built by the occupants, most of them recent migrants from the Southwest

Housing for rapidly growing fringe of lettuce workers on edge of town....

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farmers, vendors, store, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ranch camp for pea pickers. Near Milpitas, Santa Clara County, California

Ranch camp for pea pickers. Near Milpitas, Santa Clara County, Califor...

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