Forced Migrant Collection (page 7)

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

Waiting for the semimonthly relief checks at Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Waiting for the semimonthly relief checks at Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. Typical story: fifteen years ago they owned farms in Oklahoma

Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant

Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant

A mother in California who with her family will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief... 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A mother in California who with her husband and her two children will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration

Drought refugees, camp along the roadside, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp along the roadside. Drought refugees. Imperial County, California

Drought refugees in California near Holtville, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees in California near Holtville

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937
Coachella Valley, California. Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Mexico. "We come from all states, and we can't make a dollar a day in this field noways

Drought refugee from Oklahoma in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugee from Oklahoma in California

Oklahoma drought refugee, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This is a hard way to serve the Lord. Oklahoma drought refugee, California

Former tenant farmer from Texas now working in California as a pea picker, Nipomo, California, 1937
A former tenant farmer from Texas now working in California as a pea picker. Nipomo, California

Arkansas mother, Tulare County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Arkansas mother come to California for a new start, with husband and eleven children. Now a rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California

Former tenant farmer from Texas now working in California as a pea picker, Nipomo, California, 1937
A former tenant farmer from Texas now working in California as a pea picker. Nipomo, California

Arkansas mother, now a rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Arkansas mother come to California for a new start, with husband and eleven children. Now a rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California

Arkansas mother, now a rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Arkansas mother come to California for a new start, with husband and eleven children. Now a rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California

Arkansas mother, now a rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Arkansas mother come to California for a new start, with husband and eleven children. Now a rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937
Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Mexico. Coachella Valley, California. "We come from all states and we can't make a dollar a day in this field noways

Mother and child of flood refugee family, near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mother and child of flood refugee family, near Memphis, Texas

Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Looking from the camp to adjoining tract... Shafter migrant camp, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Looking from the camp to adjoining tract where the Farm Security Administration (FSA) has just completed forty homes to be occupied by low income workers

Migrant potato pickers pitching... Near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant potato pickers pitching their tent. Often they are without water and sanitary conditions. Near Shafter, California

Shafter camp for migrant workers (FSA), California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Shafter camp for migrant workers (Farm Security Administration-FSA), California. Tent platforms are supplied. Workers supply their own tents

Billboard along U.S. 99...three destitute families...Kern County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard along U.S. 99 behind which three destitute families of migrants are camped. Kern County, California

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937
Some of the carrot pullers in the Coachella Valley. There are one hundred people in this field coming from Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. California

Billboard along U.S. 99...three destitute families...Kern County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard along U.S. 99 behind which three destitute families of migrants are camped. Kern County, California. [Advertisement: Next Time Try the Train - Travel While You Sleep - Southern Pacific']

Billboard along U.S. 99...three destitute families...Kern County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard along U.S. 99 behind which three destitute families of migrants are camped. Kern County, California. [Advertisement: Next Time Try the Train - Travel While You Sleep - Southern Pacific']

Billboard along U.S. 99 behind which three destitute families... Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard along U.S. 99 behind which three destitute families of migrants are camped. Kern County, California. [Advertisement: Next Time Try the Train - Travel While You Sleep - Southern Pacific']

Part of migrant family of five encamped near Porterville, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of migrant family of five encamped near Porterville, California, while waiting for work in the orange groves

Industrialized agriculture, from Texas farmer to migratory worker in California, Kern County, 1938
Industrialized agriculture. From Texas farmer to migratory worker in California. Kern County

Migrant cotton picker's child, Shafter Camp for migrants, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant cotton picker's child who lives in a tent in the government camp instead of along the highway or in a ditch bank. Shafter Camp for migrants, California

Hymn singing at meeting of Mothers Club in Arvin migrant camp, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hymn singing at meeting of Mothers Club in Arvin migrant camp. California. [Hymn book: Vocal Gems edited by R. E. Winsett]

Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, FSA camp, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp in California, opens with prayer. [Note Singer treadle sewing machine]

During the cotton strike, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
During the cotton strike, the International Labor Defense distributes clothing and shoes to destitute families of striking cotton pickers. Kern County, California

Oklahoman from Chickasaw in potato pickers camp, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Texans and Oklahomans, drought-stricken ex-farmers, are fast supplanting Mexican labor in the California harvests. Oklahoman from Chickasaw in potato pickers camp. Kern County, California

Building an auto trailer in a squatter camp, Outskirts of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Building an auto trailer in a squatter camp. Outskirts of Bakersfield, California

Home of Tennessee family of seven, now migratory workers... outside of Sacramento, California
Home of Tennessee family of seven, now migratory workers living in camp outside of Sacramento, California. Father was coal miner in Tennessee but when the mines were not working received two days a

Drought refugees waiting for relief checks, Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California

The Great Reaping Day - Oklahoma potato pickers, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Great Reaping Day. Hymn singing, Sunday afternoon. The woman had been "saved" the week before. Oklahoma potato pickers. Kern County, California

Drought refugee from Polk, Missouri, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugee from Polk, Missouri. Awaiting the opening of orange picking season at Porterville, California

Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner, living in American River camp... CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner. Living in American River camp near Sacramento, California

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

Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, Kern County, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, a Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp. The discussion this evening centers on the possibility of buying kerosene oil in large

Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County migrant camp. California

Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, Kern County, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, a Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp. The discussion this evening centers on the possibility of buying kerosene oil in large

Three families camped on the plains along US99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Three families camped on the plains along U.S. 99 in California

Cotton hoers, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
These cotton hoers work only seasonally on the plantations. The rest of the year they live on odd jobs and relief. Memphis, Tennessee

Three families camped on the plains along US99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
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

Three families camped on the plains along US 99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
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

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