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Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Three families camped on the plains along US 99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Three families camped on the plains along US 99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Three families camped on the plains along U.S. 99 in California. They are camped behind a billboard which serves as a partial windbreak. All are in need of work

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Three families camped on the plains along US 99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Three families camped on the plains along US 99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Three families camped on the plains along U.S. 99 in California. They are camped behind a billboard which serves as a partial windbreak. All are in need of work

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Laundry facilities in migratory labor camp, Imperial Valley, California, near Calipatria, 1937

Laundry facilities in migratory labor camp, Imperial Valley, California, near Calipatria, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Laundry facilities in migratory labor camp. Imperial Valley, California, near Calipatria

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Orange pickers camp, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Orange pickers camp, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Orange pickers camp. Tulare County, California. Rent one dollar per week

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Migratory cotton pickers have stopped working because it started to rain, Kern County, CA, 1938

Migratory cotton pickers have stopped working because it started to rain, Kern County, CA, 1938
Migratory cotton pickers have stopped working because it started to rain. Kern County, California

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Migratory cotton pickers have stopped working because it started to rain, Kern County, CA, 1938

Migratory cotton pickers have stopped working because it started to rain, Kern County, CA, 1938
Migratory cotton pickers have stopped working because it started to rain. Kern County, California

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Women in auto camp for migrant citrus workers, Tulare County, California, 1938

Women in auto camp for migrant citrus workers, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Women in auto camp for migrant citrus workers. Tulare County, California

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Texas woman in carrot pullers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Texas woman in carrot pullers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Texas woman in carrot pullers camp. Imperial Valley, California. This sunbonnet is typical of women who came from Texas

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Texas woman in carrot pullers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Texas woman in carrot pullers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Texas woman in carrot pullers camp. Imperial Valley, California. This sunbonnet is typical of women who came from Texas

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Nebraska farmer come to pick peas, Near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Nebraska farmer come to pick peas, Near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Nebraska farmer come to pick peas. Near Calipatria, California

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Part of family arrived the night before...near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

Part of family arrived the night before...near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of family arrived the night before from Rockwell, Texas. Picked their way across the country. Encamped on the river bottom. Near Holtville. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Part of family arrived the night before... near Holtville, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939

Part of family arrived the night before... near Holtville, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of family arrived the night before from Rockwell, Texas. Picked their way across the country. Encamped on the river bottom. Near Holtville. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Texas woman in carrot pullers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Texas woman in carrot pullers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Texas woman in carrot pullers camp. Imperial Valley, California. This sunbonnet is typical of women who came from Texas

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Texas woman in carrot pullers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Texas woman in carrot pullers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Texas woman in carrot pullers camp. Imperial Valley, California. This sunbonnet is typical of women who came from Texas

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Migrant agricultural worker's family, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant agricultural worker's family, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is native Californian. Nipomo, California

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Texas tenant farmer in Marysville, California, migrant camp during the peach season, 1935

Texas tenant farmer in Marysville, California, migrant camp during the peach season, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
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

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Toward Los Angeles, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Toward Los Angeles, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Toward Los Angeles, California. ['Next Time Try the Train - Relax - Southern Pacific']

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: FSA emergency migratory labor camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

FSA emergency migratory labor camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Calipatria, Imperial Valley. In FSA (Farm Security Administration) emergency migratory labor camp. Left Oklahoma December 11, 1937 with husband and two children and son-in-law

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: One of the forty potato camps in open field... Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

One of the forty potato camps in open field... Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Families camped on flat before season opens waiting... near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

Families camped on flat before season opens waiting... near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
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

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Families camped on flat before season opens... near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Families camped on flat before season opens... near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
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

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Farm boys from western Nebraska, now migrating farm workers... Merrill, Oregon, 1939

Farm boys from western Nebraska, now migrating farm workers... Merrill, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm boys from western Nebraska, now migrating farm workers on the Pacific Coast. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Migratory family, come to Klamath Basin for potato harvest... Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Migratory family, come to Klamath Basin for potato harvest... Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon
Migratory family, come to Klamath Basin for potato harvest, moving into tent in the new mobile unit. (FSA - Farm Security Administration). Tents are provided. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Was Nebraska farmer, now migrant farm worker in the West, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

Was Nebraska farmer, now migrant farm worker in the West, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
Was Nebraska farmer, now migrant farm worker in the West. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town, Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town, Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Manager of mobile unit (FSA), on day camp opened... Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

Manager of mobile unit (FSA), on day camp opened... Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Manager of mobile unit (FSA - Farm Security Administration) on day camp opened, in registration tent. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: We made good money in the cherries this year, FSA unit, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

We made good money in the cherries this year, FSA unit, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
We made good money in the cherries this year. From then on we made just beans. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. Woman in mobile unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Shows pickers tents, power unit and shower bath... FSA camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Shows pickers tents, power unit and shower bath... FSA camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon
Shows pickers tents, power unit and shower bath unit beyond. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: This family came to the potato harvest after the... FSA camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

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

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Young mother, aged twenty-two... FSA mobile camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

Young mother, aged twenty-two... FSA mobile camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young mother, aged twenty-two, has one little girl three years old. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. In mobile unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp. New baby expected in December

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Young mother, aged twenty-two, has one little girl... FSA, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

Young mother, aged twenty-two, has one little girl... FSA, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
Young mother, aged twenty-two, has one little girl three years old. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. In mobile unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp. New baby expected in December

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Family of six in tent after supper, FSA mobile unit, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Family of six in tent after supper, FSA mobile unit, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
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

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Homeless mother and youngest child of seven... on U.S. 99, near Brawley, Imperial County, 1939

Homeless mother and youngest child of seven... on U.S. 99, near Brawley, Imperial County, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On U.S. 99. Near Brawley, Imperial County. Homeless mother and youngest child of seven walking the highway from Phoenix, Arizona where they picked cotton

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Migratory family arriving at growers camp for pickers, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

Migratory family arriving at growers camp for pickers, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory family arriving at growers camp for pickers. Car bears Wyoming license, the probable state of origin of the family. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Migrant man shaving by roadside, on U. S. 99 between Bakersfield and the Ridge, 1939

Migrant man shaving by roadside, on U. S. 99 between Bakersfield and the Ridge, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On U.S. 99 between Bakersfield and the Ridge, en route to San Diego. Migrant man shaving by roadside

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Migratory workers, pea harvest, FSA migratory labor... Calipatria, Imperial County, 1939

Migratory workers, pea harvest, FSA migratory labor... Calipatria, Imperial County, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp (emergency). Migratory workers, in camp for the pea harvest, scan the bulletin board at entrance. [Tent acting as an office]

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Supper time in FSA migratory emergency camp... the pea fields, Calipatria, CA, 1939

Supper time in FSA migratory emergency camp... the pea fields, Calipatria, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Supper time in Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory emergency camp for workers in the pea fields. Calipatria, California

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Migratory labor workers, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory labor workers, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory labor workers. Brawley, Imperial Valley, California

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: FSA migratory labor camp, Brawley, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

FSA migratory labor camp, Brawley, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Brawley, Imperial Valley. In Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp. Family father, mother and eleven children originally from Mangrum, Oklahoma

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Growers camp for migrant labor on the edge of the pea fields, near Calipatria, CA, 1939

Growers camp for migrant labor on the edge of the pea fields, near Calipatria, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. In growers camp for migrant labor on the edge of the pea fields. Public health nurse interviews and advises prospective mother, aged seventeen

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Homeless mother and youngest child of seven... US99, near Brawley, Imperial County, 1939

Homeless mother and youngest child of seven... US99, near Brawley, Imperial County, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On U.S. 99. Near Brawley, Imperial County. Homeless mother and youngest child of seven walking the highway from Phoenix, Arizona where they picked cotton

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Pea pickers waiting at FSA office for issue of surplus commodities, Calipatria, California, 1939

Pea pickers waiting at FSA office for issue of surplus commodities, Calipatria, California, 1939
Pea pickers waiting at Farm Security Administration (FSA) office for issue of surplus commodities. Calipatria, California

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Pea picker camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pea picker camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pea picker camp. This family had been farm owners in Oklahoma, lost their farm and for the last three years " have been draggin our children around California

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Living conditions for migratory children, pea harvest, outskirts of Calipatria, CA, 1939

Living conditions for migratory children, pea harvest, outskirts of Calipatria, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Living conditions for migratory children in private auto camp during pea harvest. Tent space fifty cents a week. Outskirts of Calipatria, California

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Family of homeless, walking people are left at the edge of the next town, 1939

Family of homeless, walking people are left at the edge of the next town, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
After a lift of five miles by a passing motorist, the family of homeless, walking people are left at the edge of the next town. [Signs: Manns Super Service - 40 ft

Background imageDisplaced Person Collection: Homeless family of seven, walking the highway... on U.S. 99, near Brawley, Imperial County, 1939

Homeless family of seven, walking the highway... on U.S. 99, near Brawley, Imperial County, 1939
On U.S. 99. Near Brawley, Imperial County. Homeless family of seven, walking the highway from Phoenix, Arizona, where they picked cotton



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