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Background imageForced Migration Collection: Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants, Gridley, California

Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants, Gridley, California, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants. Gridley, California. Peak of the season is August

Background imageForced Migration 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 Migration 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 Migration 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 Migration 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 Migration 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 Migration Collection: Drought refugee children on US99 near Bakersfield, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought refugee children on US99 near Bakersfield, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugee children on U.S. 99 near Bakersfield, California

Background imageForced Migration Collection: Family of drought refugees on US 99 near Bakersfield, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family of drought refugees on US 99 near Bakersfield, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family of drought refugees on U.S. 99 near Bakersfield, California

Background imageForced Migration 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 Migration 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 Migration Collection: Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants, Gridley, California, 1939

Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants, Gridley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants. Gridley, California. Peak of the season is August

Background imageForced Migration 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 Migration Collection: Migrant agricultural workers home, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant agricultural workers home, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural workers home. California. [Makeshift shelter built behind an advertising hoarding: Cyanogas - The Real Hopper Control']

Background imageForced Migration 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 Migration 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 Migration 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 Migration 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 Migration 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 Migration 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 Migration 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 Migration Collection: Citrus workers in winter quarters, near Lindsay, Tulare County, California, 1939

Citrus workers in winter quarters, near Lindsay, Tulare County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Lindsay, California. Citrus workers in winter quarters. (Tulare County). [Signs: New Chevrolet Trucks for 1939 - Higher Quality - Lower Prices';...'for Enduring Peace - The American

Background imageForced Migration 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 Migration 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 Migration Collection: Citrus workers in winter quarters, near Lindsay, Tulare County, California, 1939

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

Background imageForced Migration 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 Migration Collection: Winter quarters, migratory agricultural workers, beside the highway, Tulare County, CA, 1939

Winter quarters, migratory agricultural workers, beside the highway, Tulare County, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tulare County. Winter quarters, migratory agricultural workers. Beside the highway. Tulare County, California. [Signs: New Chevrolet Trucks for 1939 - Higher Quality - Lower Prices';...'for

Background imageForced Migration 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 Migration 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 Migration Collection: Migratory workers in winter quarters, Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory workers in winter quarters, Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County, California. Migratory workers in winter quarters

Background imageForced Migration 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 Migration 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 Migration Collection: Debris left out on the flats where squatters camp stood during work season, Kern County, 1939

Debris left out on the flats where squatters camp stood during work season, Kern County, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County. Debris left out on the flats where squatters camp stood during work season. These are common sights after the migrants have left

Background imageForced Migration 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 Migration 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 Migration 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 Migration 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 Migration 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 Migration 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 Migration 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 Migration 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

Background imageForced Migration Collection: Strawberry grower from Oklahoma near Judsonia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Strawberry grower from Oklahoma near Judsonia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Strawberry grower from Oklahoma near Judsonia forced to join the migratory workers in California for the season because the 1936 drought caused a shortage of plants

Background imageForced Migration Collection: Entrance to Marysville camp for migrants, Marysville, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Entrance to Marysville camp for migrants, Marysville, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Entrance to Marysville camp for migrants. Marysville, California

Background imageForced Migration Collection: Washing facilities for families in migratory pea pickers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1937

Washing facilities for families in migratory pea pickers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Washing facilities for families in migratory pea pickers camp. Imperial Valley, California. Mostly Oklahomans and Texans

Background imageForced Migration Collection: This family...about to be returned to Oklahoma...Neideffer Camp, Imperial Valley, CA, 1937

This family...about to be returned to Oklahoma...Neideffer Camp, Imperial Valley, CA, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This family without food and work about to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. They have lost a baby as a result of exposure during the winter

Background imageForced Migration Collection: View of Kern migrant camp showing outdoor clubroom with protection from the sun, California, 1936

View of Kern migrant camp showing outdoor clubroom with protection from the sun, California, 1936
View of Kern migrant camp showing outdoor clubroom with protection from the sun. California

Background imageForced Migration Collection: Drought refugees from Oklahoma at work in the pea fields near Nipomo, California, 1937

Drought refugees from Oklahoma at work in the pea fields near Nipomo, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees from Oklahoma at work in the pea fields near Nipomo, California

Background imageForced Migration Collection: Resettled at Bosque Farms project - family of four from Taos Junction, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Resettled at Bosque Farms project - family of four from Taos Junction, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Resettled at Bosque Farms project. Family of four from Taos Junction shows temporary dwelling

Background imageForced Migration Collection: Drought refugees from Oklahoma at work in the pea fields near Nipomo, California, 1937

Drought refugees from Oklahoma at work in the pea fields near Nipomo, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees from Oklahoma at work in the pea fields near Nipomo, California



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