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Background imageDisplacement Collection: Drought refugees from Oklahoma looking for work in the pea fields of California, 1935

Drought refugees from Oklahoma looking for work in the pea fields of California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees from Oklahoma looking for work in the pea fields of California. Near San Jose Mission

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Drought refugees from Oklahoma looking for work in the pea fields of California, 1935

Drought refugees from Oklahoma looking for work in the pea fields of California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees from Oklahoma looking for work in the pea fields of California. Near San Jose Mission

Background imageDisplacement Collection: This man is a labor contractor in the pea fields of California, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange

This man is a labor contractor in the pea fields of California, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange
This man is a labor contractor in the pea fields of California. "One-Eye" Charlie gives his views. "I'm making my living off of these people (migrant laborers)

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Squatter camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatter camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatter camp. California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Drought refugee from Polk, Missouri, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought refugee from Polk, Missouri, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugee from Polk, Missouri. Awaiting the opening of orange picking season at Porterville, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Wife of migratory worker in auto camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Wife of migratory worker in auto camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wife of migratory worker in auto camp. California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Migratory family in auto camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory family in auto camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory family in auto camp. California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Squatter camp near Shafter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatter camp near Shafter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatter camp near Shafter, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Drought refugee from Polk, Missouri, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought refugee from Polk, Missouri, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugee from Polk, Missouri. Awaiting the opening of orange picking season at Porterville, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Wife and child of migrant worker, encamped near Winters, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Wife and child of migrant worker, encamped near Winters, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wife and child of migrant worker, encamped near Winters, California. This is a proposed location of Resettlement Administration migrant camp

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Children of drought refugees camped by highway outside of Fresno, California, 1936

Children of drought refugees camped by highway outside of Fresno, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of drought refugees camped by highway outside of Fresno, California. The parents are working in the cotton field

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Squatters camp near Farmersville, Tulare County, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatters camp near Farmersville, Tulare County, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatters camp near Farmersville. Tulare County, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: On location of Resettlement Administration film near Bakersfield, California, 1935

On location of Resettlement Administration film near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On location of Resettlement Administration film near Bakersfield, California. Three brothers, drought refugees from Texas (note water barrel)

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Squatters along highway near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatters along highway near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatters along highway near Bakersfield, California. Penniless refugees from dust bowl. Twenty-two in family, thirty-nine evictions, now encamped near Bakersfield without shelter

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Squatter camp, outskirts of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatter camp, outskirts of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatter camp. Outskirts of Bakersfield, California. Note number of auto trailers and trailer being constructed on left

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Roadside camp near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Roadside camp near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Roadside camp near Bakersfield, California. "Come to California." The worldly posessions of refugees from Texas dust, drought and depression

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Drought refugee's car on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California, 1936

Drought refugee's car on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugee's car on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California. Note: the photographer passed twenty-eight cars of this type (drought refugees)

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Water supply, American River camp, California, San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Water supply, American River camp, California, San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Water supply, American River camp, California, San Joaquin Valley

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Children of migratory workers, hauling water, American River camp, San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1936

Children of migratory workers, hauling water, American River camp, San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1936
Children of migratory workers, hauling water, American River camp, San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Recreational facilities for the children, Kern migrant camp, California, 1936

Recreational facilities for the children, Kern migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Recreational facilities for the children, Kern migrant camp, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Radiator and license of Oklahoma cotton picker's car, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936

Radiator and license of Oklahoma cotton picker's car, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Radiator and license of Oklahoma cotton picker's car. San Joaquin Valley, near Fresno, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Food supply of migrant family, American River camp near Sacramento, California, 1936

Food supply of migrant family, American River camp near Sacramento, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Food supply of migrant family. American River camp near Sacramento, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Migratory orange picker's camp, Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory orange picker's camp, Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory orange picker's camp. Exeter, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Children of destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936

Children of destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of destitute family. American River camp, near Sacramento, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute family. American River camp. Five children aged two to seventeen. Near Sacramento California. [Sign: "I must have work or food"]

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Destitute family, American River camp, Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Destitute family, American River camp, Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute family. American River camp, Sacramento, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Destitute family, American River camp, Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Destitute family, American River camp, Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute family. American River camp, Sacramento, California. Five children, aged two to seventeen years

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Daughter of a migrant fruit worker, American River camp outside of Sacramento, California, 1936

Daughter of a migrant fruit worker, American River camp outside of Sacramento, California, 1936
Daughter of a migrant fruit worker. American River camp outside of Sacramento, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Child of migratory worker, American River camp near Sacramento, California, 1936

Child of migratory worker, American River camp near Sacramento, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Child of migratory worker. American River camp near Sacramento, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Wife and five children of migratory fruit worker, American River camp on...Sacramento, CA, 1936

Wife and five children of migratory fruit worker, American River camp on...Sacramento, CA, 1936
Wife and five children of migratory fruit worker. American River camp on outskirts of Sacramento, California. Have worked in the fruit since 1931

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner, living in the American River Camp... CA, 1936

Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner, living in the American River Camp... CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner. Living in the American River Camp near Sacramento, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: American River camp, Sacramento, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

American River camp, Sacramento, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
American River camp, Sacramento. Home of Tennessee family, now migratory workers. Seven in family, came to California July 1935, following relatives who had come in 1933

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento, California on the American River, 1936

Migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento, California on the American River, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento, California on the American River. About thirty families lived on this flat

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Preschool children in nursery school... Kern migrant camp, CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Preschool children in nursery school... Kern migrant camp, CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Preschool children in nursery school under supervision of trained teachers. Kern migrant camp, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: While the mothers are working in the fields, the preschool children... Kern migrant camp, 1936

While the mothers are working in the fields, the preschool children... Kern migrant camp, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
While the mothers are working in the fields, the preschool children of migrant families are cared for in nursery school under trained teachers. Kern migrant camp, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Nursery, Kern migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Nursery, Kern migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Nursery. Kern migrant camp, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Tubercular mother from Oklahoma now living in the Kern migrant camp (resettlement), CA, 1936

Tubercular mother from Oklahoma now living in the Kern migrant camp (resettlement), CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tubercular mother from Oklahoma now living in the Kern migrant camp (resettlement), California. She receives daily visits from the county nurse

Background imageDisplacement Collection: View of Kern migrant camp showing one of three sanitary units, California, 1936

View of Kern migrant camp showing one of three sanitary units, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
View of Kern migrant camp showing one of three sanitary units. California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Section of Kern migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Section of Kern migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Section of Kern migrant camp, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp talking with drought refugee and her... CA, 1936

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp talking with drought refugee and her... CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp talking with drought refugee and her four sons. California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Son of depression refugee from Oklahoma now in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Son of depression refugee from Oklahoma now in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Son of depression refugee from Oklahoma now in California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Depression refugee family from Tulsa, Oklahoma, arrived in California June 1936, 1936

Depression refugee family from Tulsa, Oklahoma, arrived in California June 1936, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Depression refugee family from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Arrived in California June 1936. Mother and three half-grown children; no father. "Anybody as wants to work can get by

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma. Arrived in California October 1936 to join the cotton harvest. Near Tulare, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Three carloads of Mexicans headed for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas, near Bakersfield, CA

Three carloads of Mexicans headed for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas, near Bakersfield, CA
Three carloads of Mexicans headed for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas. Near Bakersfield, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: To serve the crops of California, thousands of families live on wheels, near Bakersfield, CA, 1936

To serve the crops of California, thousands of families live on wheels, near Bakersfield, CA, 1936
To serve the crops of California, thousands of families live on wheels. Near Bakersfield, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Housing for workers of the Frick Ranch, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Housing for workers of the Frick Ranch, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
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

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Eighty year old woman living in squatters camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California, 1936

Eighty year old woman living in squatters camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California, 1936
Eighty year old woman living in squatters camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California. "If you lose your pluck you lose the most there is in you - all you've got to live with"

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Grandmother of twenty-two children, from a farm in Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Grandmother of twenty-two children, from a farm in Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grandmother of twenty-two children, from a farm in Oklahoma; eighty years old. Now living in camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California



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