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

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

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

Potato pickers' camp. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. General caption number 63-1

Potato pickers' camp. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. General c...

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

A black and white photo of a field with a horse drawn carriage, Squatter camp near Shafter, California

A black and white photo of a field with a horse drawn carriage, Squatt...

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

Squatter camp. California - Public domain scan / print

Squatter camp. California - Public domain scan / print

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

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 ...

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.

Squatter's camp on a dump outside of Sacramento, Calif. "Built this so that if they run us out, I can take my home with me."

Squatter's camp on a dump outside of Sacramento, Calif. "Built this so...

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

Washington, Yakima. Homes are built bit by bit with whatever materials are available. Many drought refugees settle in Sumac Park, one of several large shacktowns around Yakima

Washington, Yakima. Homes are built bit by bit with whatever materials...

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 in potato town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon. General caption number 64

Squatters camp in potato town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon. General ...

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

A black and white photo of a destroyed house, Patterson, California. Squatter camp

A black and white photo of a destroyed house, Patterson, California. S...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Camp of migrant potato pickers seen from the packing shed. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. See 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

Young family on ditch bank, waiting to enter farm family labor camp (FSA - Farm Security Administration). They came from North Dakota, have young baby. "Two years in this kind of work." Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Young family on ditch bank, waiting to enter farm family labor camp (F...

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.

Outskirts of Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. Potato workers camp, no tents, waiting for farm family labor camp (FSA - Farm Security Administration) to open

Outskirts of Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. Potato workers camp, no ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, 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

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.

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

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

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

Camp of single men during potato harvest. Note packing shed across the road. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. General caption number 63-1

Camp of single men during potato harvest. Note packing shed across 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

Squatter's camp on a dump outside of Sacramento, Calif. "Built this so that if they run us out, I can take my home with me"

Squatter's camp on a dump outside of Sacramento, Calif. "Built this so...

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 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

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 workers' camp, outskirts of Marysville, California. The new migratory camps now being built by the Resettlement Administration will remove people from unsatisfactory living conditions such as these and substitute at least the minimum of comfort and sanitation. April 1936

Migrant workers' camp, outskirts of Marysville, California. The new mi...

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

One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon. General caption number 64

One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Kla...

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

One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon. General caption number 64

One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Kla...

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 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...

Scan of the reverse side of the photograph

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.

Families camped on flat before season opens, waiting for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) mobile unit to open. No sanitation, no water. Near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Families camped on flat before season opens, waiting for the 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

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

Camp of migrant potato pickers seen from potato shed across the road. ...

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

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

Squatters along highway near Bakersfield, California. Penniless refugees from dust bowl. Twenty-two in family, thirty-nine evictions, now encamped near Bakersfield without shelter, without water and looking for work in the cotton ...

Squatters along highway near Bakersfield, California. Penniless refuge...

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

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

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

Squatter camp in potato town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon. General c...

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