Countryside Collection (#99)

Farm for sale, Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm for sale. Willow Creek area. Malheur County, Oregon. [Sign: Notice Bargain Farm Special - This Place For Sale ]

Mr. Roberts in front of his Owyhee project home, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mr. Roberts in front of his Owyhee project home. Malheur County, Oregon

Mr. Roberts saying, "They re on WPA and I m out here", Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mr. Roberts saying, " They re on WPA (Work Projects Administration) and I m out here." Malheur County, Oregon

Eight boys at Lincoln Bench School, near Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eight boys at Lincoln Bench School. Born in six states. Near Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon

Children get into school bus on a fall morning, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dead Ox Flat. Children get into school bus on a fall morning. Malheur County, Oregon

The school bus leaves the flat at eight thirty a. m. Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The school bus leaves the flat at eight thirty a.m. Malheur County, Oregon

Home of the Williams family, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of the Williams family. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon. [Note entrance to below-ground dwelling]

Mr. Browning in his field getting ready to mow hay, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mr. Browning in his field getting ready to mow hay. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

The Emmett Smith house, one of the best of the flat, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939
The Emmett Smith house, one of the best of the flat. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

View from the Smiths place across the road, showing uncleared land, Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
View from the Smiths place across the road, showing uncleared land. Dead Ox Flat. Malheur County, Oregon

Farmer in his field getting ready to mow hay, Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Possibly related to: Mr. Browning in his field getting ready to mow hay. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Temporary buildings on Williams new farm, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Temporary buildings on Williams new farm. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Irrigation ditch, showing drop in canal, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Irrigation ditch, showing drop in canal. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

The preachers house, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The preachers house. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

The Hull family haul their drinking water... Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Hull family haul their drinking water, and when the irrigation water is shut off (about October 15th) they will have to haul water for the stock. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Two-year old barn, sage bush thatched (name: Hull), Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Two-year old barn, sage bush thatched (name: Hull). Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Lumber mill workers house, Keno, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lumber mill workers house. Note pump. Keno, Klamath County, Oregon

Farmers with wagonload of corn... near W Street at Carlton, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers with wagon of corn, about to feed it into cooperatively owned ensilage cutter. Near W Street at Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon

The end of the Model "T"abandoned... along Highway 99, North of Eugene, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The end of the Model " T" abandoned in open field along Highway 99. North of Eugene, Oregon

Farmer and boy in the fall of the year at the time the hunting... Jackson County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmer and boy in the fall of the year at the time the hunting season opens. They live in a white painted house across the road. Jackson County, Oregon

Detail of barn in northern Oregon, Irrigon, Morrow County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Detail of barn in northern Oregon. Irrigon, Morrow County, Oregon

Hay forks, Northern Oregon farm, Morrow County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hay forks. Northern Oregon farm. Morrow County, Oregon

Farmers feeding corn into cooperatively owned... near W Street at Carlton, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers feeding corn into cooperatively owned ensilage cutter. Near W Street at Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon. [Warning: Keep Securely Fastened While In Motion ]

Looking down the newly plowed wheat fields of the Umatilla Valley, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Looking down the newly plowed wheat fields of the Umatilla Valley, Oregon. Thirteen miles south of Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon

Couple who have raised ten children on reclaimed land... Irrigon, Morrow County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Couple who have raised ten children on reclaimed land which they cleared twenty years ago. Irrigon, Morrow County, Oregon

Seven of the eight farmers shown with their cooperatively owned... Yamhill County, Oregon, 1939
Seven of the eight farmers shown with their cooperatively owned ensilage cutter on the Miller farm, where they are working filling the silo. Yamhill County, Oregon

Each farmer brings his own wagon and team for the days work, near West Carlton, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Each farmer brings his own wagon and team for the days work. Note ensilage cutter cooperatively owned by eight farmers in use. Near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon

Yard of one of the eight cooperating farmers... near West Carlton, Yamhill Country, Oregon, 1939
Yard of one of the eight cooperating farmers whose corn is being stored on this day. Note the newly built silo and the ensilage cutter in use. Near West Carlton, Yamhill Country, Oregon

West wheat country in a region where yields are over twenty five... Umatilla County, Oregon, 1939
West wheat country in a region where yields are over twenty five bushels to the acre. Banks, mortgage companies, and insurance companies own many farms in this area. Umatilla County, Oregon

Seven of the eight farmers shown with their... West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Seven of the eight farmers shown with their cooperatively owned ensilage cutter on the Miller farm, where they are working filling the silo. West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon

Camp of single men during potato harvest, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp of single men during potato harvest. Note packing shed [and goods train] across the road. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Stockyards seen from overpass, Between Tulare and Fresno, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Between Tulare and Fresno. Stockyards seen from overpass. California

Migratory agricultural workers - cotton hoers, near Los Banos, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Los Banos, California. Migratory agricultural workers. Cotton hoers leave the field at end of the day. Wages twenty cents an hour]

Tobacco barns on the Stone place, Upchurch, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tobacco barns on the Stone place. Upchurch, North Carolina

Zollie Lyons, Negro sharecropper, home from the field... Upchurch, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Zollie Lyons, Negro sharecropper, home from the field for dinner at noontime, and part of his family. Upchurch, North Carolina. He has thirteen acres of tobacco and a labor force of five

Building barn for tobacco, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Building barn for tobacco. Such a barn costs about one hundred dollars, takes approximately one week to build. Near Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Sharecropper with wife and child in their... near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper with wife and child in their tobacco field. Note that the tobacco grows up to the front porch. Near Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Sharecropper near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper with child in their tobacco field. Note that the tobacco grows up to the front porch. Near Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Building plank tobacco barn to replace old log one, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Building plank tobacco barn to replace old log one. Building takes approximately one week, this barn can be built for one hundred dollars. The average life of a barn is fifteen to twenty years

The old tobacco barn (new one under construction. ), Chatham County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The old tobacco barn (new one under construction.) Note logs stacked in pile on left for firing and curing tobacco. Chatham County, North Carolina

Lunchtime for colored tenant who is helping build... barn, Chatham County, North Carolina, 1939
Lunchtime for colored tenant who is helping build the new tobacco barn. Chatham County, North Carolina

Son of Negro sharecropper "worming"tobacco, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Son of Negro sharecropper " worming" tobacco. Wake County, North Carolina

Negro sharecroppers son goes up and down... worming tobacco, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Negro sharecroppers son goes up and down the long rows worming tobacco. Wake County, North Carolina

Zollie Lyons and son worming tobacco, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Zollie Lyons and son worming tobacco. Wake County, North Carolina

Zollie Lyons repairing the tobacco sleds at... harvest season, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939
Zollie Lyons repairing the tobacco sleds at beginning of the harvest season. Wake County, North Carolina

Grandchild of Zollie Lyons, tobacco sharecropper, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grandchild of Zollie Lyons, tobacco sharecropper. Wake County, North Carolina

Grandchildren of tobacco sharecropper down at barns, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grandchildren of tobacco sharecropper down at barns. Note construction of tobacco sleds which have just been repaired by Zollie Lyons

Possibly: Grandchildren of tobacco sharecropper down at barns, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939
[Untitled, possibly related to: Grandchildren of tobacco sharecropper down at barns. Note construction of tobacco sleds which have just been repaired by Zollie Lyons

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