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Background imageDustbowl Collection: California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California home of Oklahoma drought refugee

Background imageDustbowl Collection: California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California home of Oklahoma drought refugee

Background imageDustbowl Collection: California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California home of Oklahoma drought refugee

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Drought farmers line the shady side of the main street of the town, Sallisaw, Oklahoma, 1936

Drought farmers line the shady side of the main street of the town, Sallisaw, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought farmers line the shady side of the main street on the town while their crops burn up in the fields. "Hello Bill, when's it gonna rain?"

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Mailbox in Dust Bowl, Coldwater District, north of Dalhart, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mailbox in Dust Bowl, Coldwater District, north of Dalhart, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mailbox in Dust Bowl. Coldwater District, north of Dalhart, Texas

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Drought farmers line the shady side of the main street of the town, Sallisaw, Oklahoma, 1936

Drought farmers line the shady side of the main street of the town, Sallisaw, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought farmers line the shady side of the main street of the town while their crops burn up in the fields. "The guvment may keep us a little I reckon." Sallisaw, Oklahoma

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Sand drift along fence, Dust Bowl, north of Dalhart, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sand drift along fence, Dust Bowl, north of Dalhart, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sand drift along fence. Dust Bowl, north of Dalhart, Texas

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Farmers on main street discussing drought, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, 1936

Farmers on main street discussing drought, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers on main street discussing drought. Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Abandoned farm on the high plains, Texas County, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Abandoned farm on the high plains, Texas County, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned farm on the high plains, Texas County, Oklahoma. "The record of the Great Plains is to a great extent a record of settlement and abandonment." J. Russell Smith

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Drought refugees from Abilene, Texas, following the crops of California as migratory workers, 1936

Drought refugees from Abilene, Texas, following the crops of California as migratory workers, 1936
Drought refugees from Abilene, Texas, following the crops of California as migratory workers. "The finest people in this world live in Texas but I just can't seem to accomplish nothin there

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Leveling hummocks in the dust bowl, Coldwater District, 30 miles north of Dalhart, Texas, 1938

Leveling hummocks in the dust bowl, Coldwater District, 30 miles north of Dalhart, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Leveling hummocks in the dust bowl. Coldwater District, thirty miles north of Dalhart, Texas

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside, Blythe, California, 1936

Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside, Blythe, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside. They hope to work in the cotton fields. There are seven in family. Blythe, California

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Blowing dust in the Oklahoma Panhandle, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Blowing dust in the Oklahoma Panhandle, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Blowing dust in the Oklahoma Panhandle

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside, Blythe, California, 1936

Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside, Blythe, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside. They hope to work in the cotton fields. The official at the border (California-Arizona) inspection service said that on this day, August 17

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Main street during 1936 drought, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Main street during 1936 drought, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Main street during 1936 drought. Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Drought farmers come to town, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought farmers come to town, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought farmers come to town. Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Farmers, Main street in Oklahoma town - Drought region, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farmers, Main street in Oklahoma town - Drought region, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers. Main street in Oklahoma town. Drought region

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Oklahoma drought farmers, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahoma drought farmers, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. Oklahoma drought farmers. "Nothing to do. These fellers, " said one of them, "are goin to stay right here till they dry up and die too"

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Corn, drought-stricken and eaten off by grasshoppers, Near Russelville, Arkansas, 1936

Corn, drought-stricken and eaten off by grasshoppers, Near Russelville, Arkansas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Corn, drought-stricken and eaten off by grasshoppers. Near Russelville, Arkansas

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Corn, dried up and lying in the field, between Dallas and Waco, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Corn, dried up and lying in the field, between Dallas and Waco, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Corn, dried up and lying in the field. The temperature was over one hundred degrees. Between Dallas and Waco, Texas

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Eroded cotton farm near Jackson, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Eroded cotton farm near Jackson, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eroded cotton farm near Jackson, Mississippi

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Tree roots show how the land has been washed away, Wray Plantation, Greene County, Georgia, 1937

Tree roots show how the land has been washed away, Wray Plantation, Greene County, Georgia, 1937
The tree roots show how the land has been washed away on this old plantation. Wray Plantation, Greene County, Georgia

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Eroding field and fence, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Eroding field and fence, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eroding field and fence. Greene County, Georgia

Background imageDustbowl Collection: This year (1937) there are floods and heavy rains in the Dust Bowl, Texas, 1937

This year (1937) there are floods and heavy rains in the Dust Bowl, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This year (1937) there are floods and heavy rains in the Dust Bowl. Texas

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town

Background imageDustbowl Collection: This year (1937) there are floods and heavy rain in the Dust Bowl, Auton, Texas, 1937

This year (1937) there are floods and heavy rain in the Dust Bowl, Auton, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This year (1937) there are floods and heavy rain in the Dust Bowl. Auton, Texas

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Drought corn, Central Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought corn, Central Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought corn. Central Georgia

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Tenant farmer near Thomaston, Georgia, speaking of the drought, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tenant farmer near Thomaston, Georgia, speaking of the drought, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tenant farmer near Thomaston, Georgia, speaking of the drought: "The crop is nigh to nothin as I ever see"

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas. These people, with all their earthly belongings, are bound for the lower Rio Grande Valley, where they hope to pick cotton. They are from Arkansas

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, are bound for the lower Rio Grande Valley, where they hope to pick cotton. They are from Arkansas

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Cut-over long leaf yellow pine forest, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cut-over long leaf yellow pine forest, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cut-over long leaf yellow pine forest. Mississippi

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Cut-over long leaf yellow pine forest, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cut-over long leaf yellow pine forest, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cut-over long leaf yellow pine forest. Mississippi

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Flood refugees near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Flood refugees near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Flood refugees near Memphis, Texas. These people, with all their belongings, are bound for the lower Rio Grande Valley, where they hope to pick cotton. They come from Arkansas

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Storm cellar on the Texas plains, West Texas Panhandle, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Storm cellar on the Texas plains, West Texas Panhandle, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Storm cellar on the Texas plains. West Texas Panhandle

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Drying up corn, Near Eutaw, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drying up corn, Near Eutaw, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drying up corn. Near Eutaw, Alabama

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Flood refugees, four miles out of Memphis, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Flood refugees, four miles out of Memphis, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Flood refugees, four miles out of Memphis. Hall County, Texas

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Texas tenant farmer's house, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Texas tenant farmer's house, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Texas tenant farmer's house. He operated this farm on thirds and fourths; that is, he supplies teams and tools, feed and seed to the owner's land

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Squatter camp, Patterson, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatter camp, Patterson, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Patterson, California. Squatter camp

Background imageDustbowl Collection: West Texas farmer replanting cotton, near Stanton, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

West Texas farmer replanting cotton, near Stanton, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
West Texas farmer replanting cotton. Had three inches of rain which washed out the first crop. Near Stanton, Texas

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Migrants tents...along the right of way of the southern pacific, near Fresno, California, 1939

Migrants tents...along the right of way of the southern pacific, near Fresno, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrants tents are a common sight along the right of way of the southern pacific. Near Fresno, California

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Migratory families at 7 a.m. near Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory families at 7 a.m. near Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory families at 7 a.m. near Imperial Valley, California

Background imageDustbowl Collection: Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest, near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest, near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939
Near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest. This field owned by proprietor of adjoining grocery



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