Skip to main content

Great Depression Collection

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Mrs. Cleaver is raising five sons on new farm, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mrs. Cleaver is raising five sons on new farm, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Cleaver is raising five sons on new farm. Malheur County, Oregon

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: George Cleaver who is trying to develop 177 acres of raw land, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939

George Cleaver who is trying to develop 177 acres of raw land, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
George Cleaver who is trying to develop 177 acres of raw land. He has five sons. Malheur County, Oregon

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: 'Pit and tools for rent--work on your own', U. S. 99, Fresno County, California, 1939

"Pit and tools for rent--work on your own", U. S. 99, Fresno County, California, 1939
U.S. 99. Fresno County. " Pit and tools for rent--work on your own." California. [ Garage; Electric Welding ]

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Grain elevator along railroad yard, North Platte, Nebraska, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Grain elevator along railroad yard, North Platte, Nebraska, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grain elevator along railroad yard. North Platte, Nebraska. [Sign: T.B. Hord Grain Co. Coal Hay and Feed. Union Pacific steam locomotive]

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Front Page from October 24th, 1929: Stocks Crash - Great Depression, 1929

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Front Page from October 24th, 1929: Stocks Crash - Great Depression, 1929. Private Collection

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: The Sun Rises in the West, Los Angeles, 1938. Creator: Unknown

The Sun Rises in the West, Los Angeles, 1938. Creator: Unknown
The Sun Rises in the West, Los Angeles, 1938. "The Sun Rises in the West"...written & produced by the Southwest Theatre Unit...Mayan Theatre'

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Life and Death of an American, New York, 1939. Creator: Unknown

Life and Death of an American, New York, 1939. Creator: Unknown
Life and Death of an American, New York, 1939. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Filipinos cutting lettuce, near Westmorland, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Filipinos cutting lettuce, near Westmorland, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Westmorland. Filipinos cutting lettuce. California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Farm woman, Tenant Purchase applicant, Stockton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farm woman, Tenant Purchase applicant, Stockton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm woman. Stockton, California. Tenant Purchase applicant

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Horse and wagon is still a common means of transportation... Southeast Missouri Farms, 1938

Horse and wagon is still a common means of transportation... Southeast Missouri Farms, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Horse and wagon is still a common means of transportation. Family coming from town on a Saturday afternoon. Southeast Missouri Farms

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Large-scale pea fields, near San Juan Bautista, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Large-scale pea fields, near San Juan Bautista, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near San Juan Bautista, California. Large-scale pea fields

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Itinerant worker on U.S. 101 near San Luis Obispo, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Itinerant worker on U.S. 101 near San Luis Obispo, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On U.S. 101 near San Luis Obispo, California. Itinerant worker. Not the old "Bindle-Stiff" type

Background imageGreat Depression 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 imageGreat Depression Collection: Warehouse used as distributing office for FSA relief grants, Bakersfield, California, 1938

Warehouse used as distributing office for FSA relief grants, Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Warehouse used as distributing office for Farm Security Administration (FSA) relief grants of commodities to destitute farm labor families. Bakersfield, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Wife of Farm Security Administration rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938

Wife of Farm Security Administration rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938
Wife of Farm Security Administration rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Main street storefront, Chickasaw, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Main street storefront, Chickasaw, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Main street storefront, Chickasaw, Oklahoma. This is a region from which hundreds of farm families have fled to the west. ['Loans - We Buy & Sell Clothing Luggage Guns etc - Used Clothing']

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Well, Center County, Oklahoma, belonging to tenant farmer, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Well, Center County, Oklahoma, belonging to tenant farmer, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Well, Center County, Oklahoma, belonging to tenant farmer

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Corn, Washington County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Corn, Washington County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Corn. Washington County, Mississippi

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait...Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait...Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait for use on their farms to control the pest. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Background imageGreat Depression 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 imageGreat Depression Collection: Home of a dust bowl refugee in California, Imperial County, California, 1937

Home of a dust bowl refugee in California, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of a dust bowl refugee in California. Imperial County

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch, desert agriculture, Imperial Valley, CA, 1937

Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch, desert agriculture, Imperial Valley, CA, 1937
Desert agriculture. Brushed chili field. Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch, desert agriculture, Imperial Valley, CA, 1937

Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch, desert agriculture, Imperial Valley, CA, 1937
Desert agriculture. Brushed chili field. Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Capped cantaloupe, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Capped cantaloupe, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Capped cantaloupe. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageGreat Depression 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 imageGreat Depression Collection: Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia. A hand binder follows the mower. These men had never heard of a combine harvester. "Sure would like to see that." Their father used a reap hook

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Cherry pickers near Millville, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cherry pickers near Millville, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cherry pickers near Millville, New Jersey. The cherry crop is harvested by local families, men, women and children

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Once a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Coast, California, 1936

Once a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Coast, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Once a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Coast. California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Filipinos cutting lettuce, near Westmorland, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Filipinos cutting lettuce, near Westmorland, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Westmorland. Filipinos cutting lettuce. California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Farm Security Administration rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938

Farm Security Administration rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, consulting with county supervisor. He and his family of seven were on relief

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Tractors on Lake Dick project, Arkansas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tractors on Lake Dick project, Arkansas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tractors on Lake Dick project, Arkansas

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Sharecropper family near Hazlehurst, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecropper family near Hazlehurst, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper family near Hazlehurst, Georgia

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Careyville, northern Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Careyville, northern Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Careyville, northern Florida. The mill closed down January 1, 1937 and the occupants of these houses were dispersed

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Migrants tents...along the right of way of the southern pacific, near Fresno, California, 1939

Migrants tents...along the right of way of the southern pacific, near Fresno, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
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 imageGreat Depression Collection: Drought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Car of drought refugee on edge of carrot field in the Coachella Valley, California, 1937

Car of drought refugee on edge of carrot field in the Coachella Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Car of drought refugee on edge of carrot field in the Coachella Valley. California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Migrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California, 1936

Migrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California. Note: the photographer passed twenty-eight cars of this type while driving thirty-five miles between 9:00 and 9

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Cotton picking in south Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picking in south Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picking in south Texas

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Hoe culture in the South, Near Eutaw, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Hoe culture in the South, Near Eutaw, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hoe culture in the South. Near Eutaw, Alabama

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: The model house nears completion, Hightstown, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The model house nears completion, Hightstown, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hightstown, New Jersey. The model house nears completion. Note landscaping

Background imageGreat Depression 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 imageGreat Depression Collection: Oklahoma City state capitol, literally built on oil, Oklahoma, 1938

Oklahoma City state capitol, literally built on oil, Oklahoma, 1938. Creators: Dorothea Lange, Constance Whitney Warren
Oklahoma City state capitol, literally built on oil. Oklahoma. [Bronze sculpture: Tribute To Range Riders by Constance Whitney Warren]

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Tenant Purchase applicants, Stockton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tenant Purchase applicants, Stockton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tenant Purchase applicants. Stockton, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers, Lindsay, Tulare County, California, 1939

Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers, Lindsay, Tulare County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lindsay, California. Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers. (Tulare County)

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Cotton sharecropper farm, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton sharecropper farm, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton sharecropper farm, Texas

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Outside FSA 'grant' office during cotton pickers strike, Bakersfield, California, 1938

Outside FSA "grant" office during cotton pickers strike, Bakersfield, California, 1938
Bakersfield, California. Outside Farm Security Administration (FSA) "grant" office during cotton pickers strike

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Sorting and stringing the 'golden leaf' at the tobacco barn, near Hartsville, South Carolina, 1938

Sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, near Hartsville, South Carolina, 1938
Near Hartsville, South Carolina, sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, preparatory to curing. Note sled by which tobacco is brought to the barn from the field

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Potato field, Hightstown, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Potato field, Hightstown, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato field, where the farm members of this resettled group have the second best crop in the three leading potato counties, according to estimates of the New Jersey Agricultural State College



All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping