Forced Displacement Collection (#10)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pregnant woman, the daughter of a migrant family, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pregnant woman, the daughter of a migrant family. Imperial Valley, California

One of migratory family in FSA labor camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of migratory family in Farm Security Administration (FSA) labor camp. Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

Daughter of migratory family in FSA labor camp, Calpatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Daughter of migratory family in Farm Security Administration (FSA) labor camp. Calpatria, Imperial Valley, California

Young migrant mother... FSA emergency camp, Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young migrant mother who lives in one of the tents. California. Farm Security Administration (FSA) emergency camp. Calipatria. [Note upturned pea-picking basket used as a seat]

Son-in law of migratory family in FSA labor camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939
Son-in law of migratory family in Farm Security Administration (FSA) labor camp. Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

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

Bean pickers tent, one of fourteen in a group... near West Stayton Marion County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Bean pickers tent, one of fourteen in a group on growers property, adjoining the bean field. Near West Stayton Marion County, Oregon

Squatter camp before season opens, Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatter camp before season opens. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon

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

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

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

Potato workers camp, no tents, waiting for... Outskirts of Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
Outskirts of Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. Potato workers camp, no tents, waiting for farm family labor camp (FSA - Farm Security Administration) to open

Squatter camp in potato town, Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatter camp in potato town. Malin, 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

Squatter camp entering potato town, Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatter camp entering potato town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon

Young family on ditch bank, waiting to enter... camp (FSA), Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
Young family on ditch bank, waiting to enter farm family labor camp (FSA - Farm Security Administration). They came from North Dakota, have young baby

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Migrant children, FSA mobile camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant children, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. In unit of FS (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp

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

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

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

Migratory field workers at 5 a. m. waiting in the carrot field to hold a place to work, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory field workers at 5 a.m. waiting in the carrot field to hold a place to work, which starts at 8 a.m

In FSA migratory labor camp, Sinclair Ranch, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
In Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp. Family, mother, father and eleven children, originally from Oklahoma, where he had been a tenant farmer

House in camp of carrot pullers, near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
House in camp of carrot pullers. Near Holtville. Imperial Valley, California

Children of migratory pea pickers in Brawley camp, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of migratory pea pickers in Brawley camp. California

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

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

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

Housing of migratory field workers (Mexican)... near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939
Housing of migratory field workers (Mexican) across road from Farm Security Administration camp (FSA). Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

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]

Temporary auto license, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Temporary auto license. A common sight in migratory labor camps. Many enter California after cotton picking in Arizona without sufficient money to buy license plates. California

FSA migratory labor camp (emergency), Calipatria, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp (emergency). Migrant family, new arrivals, erect their tent on allotted camp site. Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

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

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