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Forced Displacement Collection

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Cotton pickers emptying sacks, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton pickers emptying sacks, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County, California. Cotton pickers emptying sacks at eleven a.m. Stopped from further work for the day by rain

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Woman in pea picker's camp, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Woman in pea picker's camp, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Woman in pea picker's camp. California. "I seen our corn dry up and blow over the fence back there in Oklahoma"

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family 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

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Once a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Coast

Once a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Coast. California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Migrants tents...along the right of way of the southern pacific

Migrants tents...along the right of way of the southern pacific
Near Fresno, California. Migrants tents are a common sight along the right of way of the Southern Pacific. [Signs: Railroad Crossing, End of Double Track']

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Drought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg

Drought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Car of drought refugee on edge of carrot field in the Coachella Valley

Car of drought refugee on edge of carrot field in the Coachella Valley. California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Migrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso

Migrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Citrus workers in winter quarters, near Lindsay, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Citrus workers in winter quarters, near Lindsay, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Lindsay, California. Citrus workers in winter quarters

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Squatter camp on county road near Calipatria, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatter camp on county road near Calipatria, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatter camp on county road near Calipatria. Forty families from the dust bowl have been camped here for months on the edge of the pea fields. There has been no work because the crop was frozen

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Auto camp north of Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Auto camp north of Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Auto 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

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Drought refugee families from Oklahoma on road to Roswell

Drought refugee families from Oklahoma on road to Roswell, New Mexico, to chop cotton. Near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Ex-tenant farmer from Texas, came to work in the fruit

Ex-tenant farmer from Texas, came to work in the fruit and vegetable harvests. Coachella Valley, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the cotton at Roswell, New Mexico. U.S. Route 70, Arizona

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Refugee family from the Rio Grande Valley

Refugee family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, camped in the brush in a river bottom near Holtville, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the cotton at Roswell, New Mexico. U.S. Route 70, Arizona

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Once a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Coast

Once a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Coast. California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Two families of migrants from Missouri looking for work in the pea fields

Two families of migrants from Missouri looking for work in the pea fields. California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Drought refugees - penniless Oklahomans camped along highway

Drought refugees - penniless Oklahomans camped along highway
Drought 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

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Migrants tents...along the right of way of the Southern Pacific

Migrants tents...along the right of way of the Southern Pacific
Near Fresno, California. Migrants tents are a common sight along the right of way of the Southern Pacific. [Sign: Railroad Crossing']

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Migrants tents...along the right of way of the Southern Pacific

Migrants tents...along the right of way of the Southern Pacific
Migrants tents are a common sight along the right of way of the Southern Pacific [railroad]. Near Fresno, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Migrants winter quarters, Farmersville, Tulare County, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrants winter quarters, Farmersville, Tulare County, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmersville, Tulare County. Migrants winter quarters

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Children of Oklahoma migrants in agricultural workers camp near Calipatria

Children of Oklahoma migrants in agricultural workers camp near Calipatria, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Children of Oklahoma migrants, near Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Children of Oklahoma migrants, near Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of Oklahoma migrants in agricultural workers camp near Calipatria, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Auto camp north of Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Auto camp north of Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Auto 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

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Auto camp north of Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Auto camp north of Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Auto 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

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family 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

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California

Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California
Example of self-resettlement in California. Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: On the move, Wagoner, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

On the move, Wagoner, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On the move. Wagoner, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Typical Teutonic farm wife and child of Mills

Typical Teutonic farm wife and child of Mills, New Mexico, area. Client for resettlement

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Oklahoma refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahoma refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma refugees. California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Camps of migrant pea workers, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Camps of migrant pea workers, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camps of migrant pea workers. California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Camps of migrant pea workers, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Camps of migrant pea workers, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camps of migrant pea workers. California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson

Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California, Kern County

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California

Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California
Example of self-resettlement in California. Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Resettled child of Bosque Farms, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Resettled child of Bosque Farms, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Resettled child of Bosque Farms, New Mexico. She herds cows for neighboring families for five cents per day

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Migrant agricultural worker's family, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Camp of single men by the roadside

Camp of single men by the roadside. They have come in to work in the pea fields. Nipomo, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: In a migratory camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

In a migratory camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
In a migratory camp. California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Migrant family in Kern County, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family in Kern County, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family in Kern County. This family was sent back at the state line by Los Angeles police

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Little Oklahoma, the community that grew out of the need for help in the potato

Little Oklahoma, the community that grew out of the need for help in the potato and cotton fields. California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: House in 'Little Oklahoma'

House in "Little Oklahoma"
House in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Dust bowl refugee in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dust bowl refugee in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dust bowl refugee in California. "We was starved out and we live on perhaps. We could maybe find a little work if we could afford to roll"

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma

Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma
Southern California desert. Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, stalled on the desert in southern California with no money. He and his ten children are facing future in California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp of migratory workers. Imperial County, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Family of four to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration

Family of four to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. "They won't go until they get so hungry that there's nothing else for them to do

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma
Some of the carrot pickers in the Coachella Valley. There are one hundred people in this field coming from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Mexico. California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. "We come from all states and we can't make a dollar in this field noways

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Migratory workers 'kitchen' near Shafter

Migratory workers "kitchen" near Shafter. Kern County, California. Squatters camp

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Oklahomans in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahomans in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahomans in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Nebraska farmer come to pick peas

Nebraska farmer come to pick peas. Near Calipatria, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Nebraska farmer come to pick peas

Nebraska farmer come to pick peas. Near Calipatria, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: One of three families camped behind a billboard on U

One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99. Kern County, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Home of a migrant worker's family

Home of a migrant worker's family. Kern County, California. Lately came from Oklahoma

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Nebraska farmer come to pick peas

Nebraska farmer come to pick peas. Near Calipatria, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Hooverville of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Hooverville of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hooverville of Bakersfield, California. A rapidly growing community of people living rent-free on the edge of the town dump in whatever kind of shelter available

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Freightcar converted into home in 'Little Oklahoma'

Freightcar converted into home in "Little Oklahoma"
Freightcar converted into home in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: FSA migrant labor camp, Calipatria

FSA migrant labor camp, Calipatria
Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant labor camp. Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. 155 migrant families in camp

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Winter quarters, migratory agricultural workers

Winter quarters, migratory agricultural workers
Tulare County. Winter quarters, migratory agricultural workers. Beside the highway. Tulare County, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Tubercular migrant in a potato pickers camp

Tubercular migrant in a potato pickers camp. Kern County, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp of migratory agricultural workers. Imperial County, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Home in 'Little Oklahoma'

Home in "Little Oklahoma"
Home in "Little Oklahoma, " a community that has grown out of migrant potato and cotton workers. California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Lunchtime for young migrants at Shafter Camp, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Lunchtime for young migrants at Shafter Camp, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lunchtime for young migrants at Shafter Camp, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest

Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest
Near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest. This field owned by proprietor of adjoining grocery store who allows workers to camp here rent-free

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway near Lordsburg

Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Drought refugees stopped at inspection station on the California-Arizona state line

Drought refugees stopped at inspection station on the California-Arizona state line to have their baggage examined for plant pests 4

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp of migratory agricultural workers. Imperial County, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Refugees camped by the roadside beside an irrigated pea field

Refugees camped by the roadside beside an irrigated pea field
Forty families of drought and depression refugees camped by the roadside beside an irrigated pea field

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Migrant agricultural worker's family

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

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Street and homes in 'Little Oklahoma'

Street and homes in "Little Oklahoma"
Street and homes in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Mexican children playing in ditch

Mexican children playing in ditch which runs through company cotton camp near Corcoran, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Three families camped on the plains along US 99 in California

Three families camped on the plains along US 99 in California
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 imageForced Displacement Collection: Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp of migratory agricultural workers. Imperial County, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Drought refugees in Phoenix, Arizona, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought refugees in Phoenix, Arizona, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees in Phoenix, Arizona. One of the many cases of Tennessee ex-farmers drifting around, looking for work in cotton

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California

Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California
Example of self-resettlement in California. Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Migrant agricultural worker's family

Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven children without food. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is a native Californian. Nipomo, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Shack in 'Little Oklahoma'

Shack in "Little Oklahoma"
Shack in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. Coachella Valley, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. Coachella Valley, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: One of the hundred carrot pullers in this field in the Coachella Valley

One of the hundred carrot pullers in this field in the Coachella Valley, California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. Coachella Valley, California. "We come from all states and we can't make a dollar a day in the field no ways

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. Coachella Valley, California. "We come from all states and we can't make a dollar a day in the field no ways

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Part of a roadside ranch camp, twelve tents in this group

Part of a roadside ranch camp, twelve tents in this group
Part of a roadside ranch camp. Twelve tents in this group. Owned by one of the large farmers who is opposed to Resettlement Administration's migrant camp. California

Background imageForced Displacement Collection: Mexican gang of migratory laborers under a Japanese field boss

Mexican gang of migratory laborers under a Japanese field boss. These men are thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants. Wages thirty cents an hour



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