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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

Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern County

Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern Count...

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

Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California, Kern County

Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California,...

Public domain photograph of quilt, needlework, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Truck driver's family. Imperial Valley, California

Truck driver's family. 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

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

Wife and child of migrant worker, encamped near Winters, California. This is a proposed location of Resettlement Administration migrant camp

Wife and child of migrant worker, encamped near Winters, California. T...

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

Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is native Californian. Nipomo, California

Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother ag...

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 Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant labor camp during pea harvest. Family from Oklahoma with eleven children. Father, eldest daughter and eldest son working

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

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

Brawley, Imperial Valley. In Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp. Family father, mother and eleven children originally from Mangrum, Oklahoma. See 19201

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

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

Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is a native Californian. Destitute in pea picker's camp, Nipomo, California, because of the failure of the early pea crop. ...

Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother ag...

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

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.

Colored family from near Houston, Texas. Been in California for two years. Husband came first, later sent for wife and two children, who traveled by bus (on licensed car, fare six dollars, traveling night and day). Husband now on Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Colored family from near Houston, Texas. Been in California for two ye...

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

Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California, Kern County

Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California,...

Public domain photograph of quilt, needlework, free to use, 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.

Wife of migratory worker in auto camp. California

Wife of migratory worker in auto camp. California

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

Mother and three children in a California squatter camp

Mother and three children in a California squatter camp

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

This family came to the potato harvest after the Oregon hop harvest. In FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp unit. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

This family came to the potato harvest after the Oregon hop harvest. I...

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.

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

Migrant family looking for work in the pea fields. California

Migrant family looking for work in the pea fields. California

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

Family living in shacktown community, mostly from Kansas and Missouri. This family has five children, oldest in third grade. Rent seven dollars per month, no plumbing. Husband working on Work Projects Administration wages, forty four dollars

Family living in shacktown community, mostly from Kansas and Missouri....

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

Texas tenant farmer in Marysville, California, migrant camp during the peach season. 1927 made seven thousand dollars in cotton. 1928 broke even. 1929 went in the hole. 1930 still deeper. 1931 lost everything. 1932 hit the road ...

Texas tenant farmer in Marysville, California, migrant camp during the...

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

Migrant oil worker and family near Odessa, Texas

Migrant oil worker and family near Odessa, Texas

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

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.

Texas tenant farmer in Marysville, California, migrant camp during the peach season. 1927 made seven thousand dollars in cotton. 1928 broke even. 1929 went in the hole. 1930 still deeper. 1931 lost everything. 1932 hit the road ...

Texas tenant farmer in Marysville, California, migrant camp 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

Family of six in tent after supper. Came to potato harvest after father was laid off of WPA (Work Projects Administration) in Boise, Idaho. Oldest child is twelve. Little boy has dysentery. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Family of six in tent after supper. Came to potato harvest after fathe...

Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for ... More

Along the highway near Bakersfield, California. Dust bowl refugees

Along the highway near Bakersfield, California. Dust bowl refugees

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.

Wife and child of migrant worker, encamped near Winters, California. This is a proposed location of Resettlement Administration migrant camp

Wife and child of migrant worker, encamped near Winters, California. T...

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

Mother and three children in a California squatter camp

Mother and three children in a California squatter camp

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

Brawley, Imperial Valley. In Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp. Family of mother, father and eleven children, originally from near Mangrum, Oklahoma, where he had been tenant farmer

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

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

Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner. Living in American River camp near Sacramento, California

Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner. Living in American River cam...

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

Mother and three children in a California squatter camp

Mother and three children in a California squatter camp

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

A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia. The father repairs sewing machines, lawn mowers, etc. He is leaving Macon, where a license is required for such work (twenty-five dollars) and heading back for Alabama

A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia. The ...

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

A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia. The father repairs sewing machines, lawn mowers, etc. He is leaving Macon, where a license is required for such work (twenty-five dollars) and heading back for Alabama

A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia. 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

Resettlement clients to be moved from Widtsoe area to farm in another county of Utah

Resettlement clients to be moved from Widtsoe area to farm in another ...

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

Texas tenant farmer in Marysville, California, migrant camp during the peach season. 1927 made seven thousand dollars in cotton. 1928 broke even. 1929 went in the hole. 1930 still deeper. 1931 lost everything. 1932 hit the road ...

Texas tenant farmer in Marysville, California, migrant camp 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

Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner. Living in American River camp near Sacramento, California

Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner. Living in American River cam...

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

Mother and two children on the road. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. General caption number 65

Mother and two children on the road. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, Califo...

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

In Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant labor camp during pea harvest. Family from Oklahoma with eleven children. Father, eldest daughter and eldest son working

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

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

Migrant family looking for work in the pea fields. California

Migrant family looking for work in the pea fields. California

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

Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner. Living in American River camp near Sacramento, California

Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner. Living in American River cam...

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

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.

Mother and three children in a California squatter camp

Mother and three children in a California squatter camp

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

Migrant oil worker and family near Odessa, Texas

Migrant oil worker and family near Odessa, Texas

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

Tulare County, California. In Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for migratory agricultural workers. Mother with sick baby 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.

Drought refugees from Oklahoma looking for work in the pea fields of California. Near San Jose Mission

Drought refugees from Oklahoma looking for work in the pea fields of C...

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

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

Texas tenant farmer in Marysville, California, migrant camp during the peach season. 1927 made seven thousand dollars in cotton. 1928 broke even. 1929 went in the hole. 1930 still deeper. 1931 lost everything. 1932 hit the road ...

Texas tenant farmer in Marysville, California, migrant camp during the...

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

Three migratory families in "Ramblers Park." Washington, Yakima Valley

Three migratory families in "Ramblers Park." Washington, Yakima Valley

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

Migrant oil worker and family near Odessa, Texas

Migrant oil worker and family near Odessa, Texas

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