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Background imageForced Migrant 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 imageForced Migrant 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 imageForced Migrant 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 imageForced Migrant 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 imageForced Migrant 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 imageForced Migrant 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 imageForced Migrant 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 imageForced Migrant 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 imageForced Migrant Collection: Accepted applicant for resettlement on the Hightstown project - Jewish-American, 1936

Accepted applicant for resettlement on the Hightstown project - Jewish-American, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Accepted applicant for resettlement on the Hightstown project. Jewish-American. This man is already employed on the project as carpenter

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Children of migrant cotton field workers from Sweetwater, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Children of migrant cotton field workers from Sweetwater, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of migrant cotton field workers from Sweetwater, Oklahoma. Eight children in the family. Note the housing. Near Casa Grande project, Arizona

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

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

Background imageForced Migrant 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 imageForced Migrant Collection: Industrialized agricultural, near Niland, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Industrialized agricultural, near Niland, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Niland, Imperial Valley, California. Industrialized agricultural. New housing on large ranch for agricultural workers who live and work on ranch the year round

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Child welfare program, Resettlement Administration Marysville camp for migrants, California, 1935

Child welfare program, Resettlement Administration Marysville camp for migrants, California, 1935
Marysville camp for migrants. Supervised play for the children is part of the child welfare program at the Resettlement Administration camp. California

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Family...from Fort Smith, Arkansas, trying to repair their car... Arizona, 1937

Family...from Fort Smith, Arkansas, trying to repair their car... Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family of nine from near Fort Smith, Arkansas, on their way to try to find work in the California harvests. Between Yuma and Phoenix, Arizona

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Family...from Fort Smith, Arkansas, trying to repair their car... Arizona, 1937

Family...from Fort Smith, Arkansas, trying to repair their car... Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family of nine from Fort Smith, Arkansas, trying to repair their car on road between Phoenix and Yuma, Arizona. On their way to try to find work in the California harvests

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Destitute pea pickers in California, mother of seven children, Nipomo, California, 1936

Destitute pea pickers in California, mother of seven children, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Drought refugees from Colorado, outskirts of San Bernardino, California. 1935

Drought refugees from Colorado, outskirts of San Bernardino, California. 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Outskirts of San Bernardino, California. A new home in California. Drought refugees from Colorado now making a new start in California. Living in Cotton Gardens

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Migrant agricultural worker picking potatoes near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant agricultural worker picking potatoes near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural worker picking potatoes near Shafter, California

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Potato pickers, near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Potato pickers, near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Shafter, California. Potatoes are dug by machines and strewn on the ground as the digger goes down the rows. The picker puts the potatoes into sacks suspended from their waist between their

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Children from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, in a potato pickers camp near Shafter, California, 1937

Children from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, in a potato pickers camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, in a potato pickers camp near Shafter, California

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Potato picker in camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Potato picker in camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato picker in camp near Shafter, California

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Potato picker in camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Potato picker in camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato picker in camp near Shafter, California

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Prefabricated steel dwellings, Farm Security Administration, Farmersville, California, 1939

Prefabricated steel dwellings, Farm Security Administration, Farmersville, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Prefabricated steel dwellings (one step up from a tent) replace the use of a tent in the newer California camps. United States government camp for migrants, Farm Security Administration

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Family of ex-sharecroppers from Arkansas, near Little Rock, on California highway, 1937

Family of ex-sharecroppers from Arkansas, near Little Rock, on California highway, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family of ex-sharecroppers from Arkansas, near Little Rock, on California highway. Tehachapi grade

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: California pea pickers returning to camp... near Santa Clara, California, 1937

California pea pickers returning to camp... near Santa Clara, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California pea pickers returning to camp after a day's work in the field. Near Santa Clara, California

Background imageForced Migrant 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 imageForced Migrant Collection: Missouri family... seven months from the drought area, Tracy (vicinity), California, 1937

Missouri family... seven months from the drought area, Tracy (vicinity), California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tracy (vicinity), California. U.S. Highway 99. Missouri family of five, seven months from the drought area

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Missouri family... seven months from the drought area, Tracy (vicinity), California, 1937

Missouri family... seven months from the drought area, Tracy (vicinity), California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tracy (vicinity), California. U.S. Highway 99. Missouri family of five, seven months from the drought area

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Missouri family...seven months from the drought area, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Missouri family...seven months from the drought area, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Missouri family of five, seven months from the drought area. "Broke, baby sick, car trouble." U.S. 99 near Tracy, California

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Missouri family of five, seven months from the drought area, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Missouri family of five, seven months from the drought area, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Missouri family of five, seven months from the drought area. "Broke, baby sick, car trouble." U.S. 99 near Tracy, California

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Orange packer of Sunkist oranges, self-built trailer, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Orange packer of Sunkist oranges, self-built trailer, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Orange packer of Sunkist oranges. Self-built trailer. California

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Drought refugees in migratory agricultural workers camp, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought refugees in migratory agricultural workers camp, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees in migratory agricultural workers camp. California

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Migratory agricultrual worker family along California highway, U.S. 99, 1937

Migratory agricultrual worker family along California highway, U.S. 99, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory agricultrual worker family along California highway. U.S. 99

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Migratory agricultural worker family along California highway. U.S. 99. 1937

Migratory agricultural worker family along California highway. U.S. 99. 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory agricultural worker family along California highway. U.S. 99

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Migrant children from Oklahoma on California highway, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant children from Oklahoma on California highway, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant children from Oklahoma on California highway

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Potato harvesters, Kern County, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Potato harvesters, Kern County, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato harvesters. Kern County, California

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Sunday school for migrant children in a potato pickers camp, Kern County, California, 1937

Sunday school for migrant children in a potato pickers camp, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sunday school for migrant children in a potato pickers camp. Kern County, California

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Sunday school for migrant children in a potato pickers camp, Kern County, California, 1937

Sunday school for migrant children in a potato pickers camp, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sunday school for migrant children in a potato pickers camp. Kern County, California

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Camp of two related families seen from U.S. 99. Kern County, California, 1939

Camp of two related families seen from U.S. 99. Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County, California. Camp of two related families seen from U.S. 99. Oil field beyond. Came to California in 1920 from Missouri. Father had job for eight years

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Potato harvesters, Kern County, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Potato harvesters, Kern County, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato harvesters. Kern County, California

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Cotton picker near Firebaugh, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picker near Firebaugh, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picker near Firebaugh, California

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Jack Neill, 'migratory fruit tramp, ' on banks of Pulah Creek near Winters, California, 1935

Jack Neill, "migratory fruit tramp, " on banks of Pulah Creek near Winters, California, 1935
Jack Neill, "migratory fruit tramp, " on banks of Pulah Creek near Winters, California. He owns one acre subsistence farm near Porterville

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Three related Oklahoma drought refugee families near Lordsburg, New Mexico, 1937

Three related Oklahoma drought refugee families near Lordsburg, New Mexico, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Three related Oklahoma drought refugee families near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Children of Oklahoma drought refugees on highway near Bakersfield, California, 1935

Children of Oklahoma drought refugees on highway near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of Oklahoma drought refugees on highway near Bakersfield, California. Family of six; no shelter, no food, no money and almost no gasoline. The child has bone tuberculosis

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Young family just arrived from Arkansas camped along the road, Imperial Valley, California, 1937

Young family just arrived from Arkansas camped along the road, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Young family just arrived from Arkansas camped along the road. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Three related drought refugee families from Oklahoma on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico, 1937

Three related drought refugee families from Oklahoma on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico, 1937
Three related drought refugee families from Oklahoma on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Background imageForced Migrant Collection: Oklahoma potato picker's family encamped on the flats near Shafter, California, 1935

Oklahoma potato picker's family encamped on the flats near Shafter, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma potato picker's family encamped on the flats near Shafter, California



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