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Turpentine still in the Piney Woods near Valdosta, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeTurpentine still in the Piney Woods near Valdosta, Georgia
Refugee family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeRefugee family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, camped in the brush in a river bottom near Holtville, California
Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the cotton at Roswell, New Mexico. U.S. Route 70, Arizona
Bob Lemmons, Carrizo Springs, Texas. Born a slave about 1850, south of San Antonio, Texas, 1936Bob Lemmons, Carrizo Springs, Texas. Born a slave about 1850, south of San Antonio, Texas. Came to Carrizo Springs during Civil War with white men seeking new range for their cattle
Tom Collins, manager of Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeTom Collins, manager of Kern County migrant camp, California
Hoe culture in the South, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeHoe culture in the South. Mississippi
Once a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Coast, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeOnce a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Coast. California
Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble, looking for work... CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble. Looking for work in the peas. California
Two families of migrants from Missouri looking for work in the pea fields, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeTwo families of migrants from Missouri looking for work in the pea fields. California
Freshly-plowed sugar beet field near King City, scale of farm operations in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeFreshly-plowed sugar beet field near King City. Shows large scale of farm operations in California
Rural Rehabilitation Administration client, Hayward, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeRural Rehabilitation Administration client. Hayward, California
Drought refugees - penniless Oklahomans camped along highway, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeDrought refugees. Penniless Oklahomans camped along highway. Came seven months ago. "Can't make it. Want to go back. Ate up our car. Ate up our tent. Living like hogs." California
Migrants tents...along the right of way of the Southern Pacific, near Fresno, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNear Fresno, California. Migrants tents are a common sight along the right of way of the Southern Pacific. [Sign: Railroad Crossing']
Migrants tents...along the right of way of the Southern Pacific, near Fresno, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigrants tents are a common sight along the right of way of the Southern Pacific [railroad]. Near Fresno, California
Horse and wagon is still a common means of transportation... Southeast Missouri Farms, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeHorse and wagon is still a common means of transportation. Family coming from town on a Saturday afternoon. Southeast Missouri Farms
Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers, Lindsay, Tulare County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeLindsay, California. Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers. Tulare County
Migrants winter quarters, Farmersville, Tulare County, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeFarmersville, Tulare County. Migrants winter quarters
Between Laton and Fowler, central San Joaquin Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeBetween Laton and Fowler, central San Joaquin Valley, California. One man-one horse methods are rare in California
Sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, near Hartsville, South Carolina, 1938Near Hartsville, South Carolina, sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, preparatory to curing. Note sled by which tobacco is brought to the barn from the field
News of the surrender of Canton... San Francisco, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeNews of the surrender of Canton to the Japanese. San Francisco, California. Chinatown
Emptying cotton after weighing, small cotton farm, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeEmptying cotton after weighing. Small cotton farm. Kern County, California
Cantaloupe field, desert agriculture on the Mexican border, Imperial Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeCantaloupe field, desert agriculture on the Mexican border. Large-scale corporation farming. Imperial Valley, California
Tractor on Lake Dick project, Arkansas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeTractor on Lake Dick project, Arkansas
Texas tenant farmers who have been displaced from their land by tractor farming, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeTexas tenant farmers who have been displaced from their land by tractor farming
Tenant family...who are rural rehabilitation clients, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeTenant family with six children who are rural rehabilitation clients of the Farm Security Administration. Greene County, Georgia
Sharecropper family near Hazlehurst, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeSharecropper family near Hazlehurst, Georgia
Naval stores processing plant under construction, Near Valdosta, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeNaval stores processing plant under construction. This type of plant (first one at Jacksonville, Florida, second at Valdosta, Georgia) will probably revolutionize the turpentine industry; in future
Cabins at the Delta cooperative farm, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeCabins at the Delta cooperative farm. Hillhouse, Mississippi. [Porches with mosquito screens]
Cabins at the Delta cooperative farms, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeCabins at the Delta cooperative farms. Hillhouse, Mississippi. Screen windows and porches are uncommon in cotton cabins
Abandoned tenant house on a mechanized plantation of the Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeAbandoned tenant house on a mechanized plantation of the Mississippi Delta
The Delta landscape is dotted with cotton cabins... Washington County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeThe Delta landscape is dotted with cotton cabins for sharecroppers. Washington County, Mississippi
Farmers sacking grasshopper bait, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeFarmers sacking grasshopper bait. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Scene in Tombstone, Arizona, once a thriving mining town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeScene in Tombstone, Arizona. Once a thriving mining town
Scene in Tombstone, Arizona, once a thriving mining town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeScene in Tombstone, Arizona, once a thriving mining town
Unsanitary privy in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeUnsanitary privy in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California
Children of Oklahoma migrants in agricultural workers camp near Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeChildren of Oklahoma migrants in agricultural workers camp near Calipatria, California
Children of Oklahoma migrants, near Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeChildren of Oklahoma migrants in agricultural workers camp near Calipatria, California
Auto camp north of Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeAuto camp north of Calipatria, California. Approximately eighty families from the Dust Bowl are camped here. They pay fifty cents a week. The only available work now is agricultural labor
Field worker irrigating alfalfa and barley fields, Near Indio, Coachella Valley, California, 1937Field worker irrigating alfalfa and barley fields. The field produces eleven cuttings of alfalfa a year, yields nine to ten tons to the acre; sold for twenty-two dollars per ton in 1936
Japanese mother and daughter, agricultural workers near Guadalupe, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeJapanese mother and daughter, agricultural workers near Guadalupe, California
Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeFamily between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people
Tenant farmer near Thomaston, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeTenant farmer near Thomaston, Georgia, speaking of the drought: "The crop is nigh to nothin as I ever see"
Cotton checkers, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeCotton checkers. San Joaquin Valley, California
Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, California, with migrant mother and child, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeTom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, California, with migrant mother and child
Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, talking with one of the members, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeTom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, talking with one of the members. California
Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California, 1936Example of self-resettlement in California. Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio
