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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

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Family of rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family of rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family of rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Migrant cotton pickers, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant cotton pickers, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant cotton pickers. Texas

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Day laborers hoeing cottonn, near Corsicana, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Day laborers hoeing cottonn, near Corsicana, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Day laborers hoeing cotton. Many tenant farmers become day laborers on mechanized farms. Near Corsicana, Texas

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: The riding boss, Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The riding boss, Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The riding boss. Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: West Texas 'family farm', on edge of the Dust Bowl, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

West Texas "family farm", on edge of the Dust Bowl, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
West Texas "family farm." On edge of the Dust Bowl

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Squatter camp on county road near Calipatria, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatter camp on county road near Calipatria, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatter camp on county road near Calipatria. Forty families from the dust bowl have been camped here for months on the edge of the pea fields. There has been no work because the crop was frozen

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Auto camp north of Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Auto camp north of Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Auto camp north of Calipatria, California. Approximately eighty families from the Dust Bowl are camped here. They pay fifty cents a week. The only available work now is agricultural labor

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: Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California, 1937

Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: One of the better apartment houses, Hightstown, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

One of the better apartment houses, Hightstown, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the better apartment houses where now live certified applicants for resettlement at Hightstown, New Jersey

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble, looking for work...California, 1936

Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble, looking for work...California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble. Looking for work in the peas. California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Small cotton farmer, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Small cotton farmer, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Small cotton farmer stays at the wagon and keeps acocunt of the weight of each sack brought in by pickers from the field. Kern County, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Plantation owner's home, Marshallville, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Plantation owner's home, Marshallville, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Plantation owner's home. Marshallville, Georgia

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Home of family left stranded when the mill 'cut out' Near Kiln, Mississippi, 1937

Home of family left stranded when the mill "cut out" Near Kiln, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of family left stranded when the mill "cut out." Near Kiln, Mississippi

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Drought refugee families from Oklahoma on road to Roswell, New Mexico, near Lordsburg, 1937

Drought refugee families from Oklahoma on road to Roswell, New Mexico, near Lordsburg, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugee families from Oklahoma on road to Roswell, New Mexico, to chop cotton. Near Lordsburg, New Mexico

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: Ex-tenant farmer from Texas, came to work in the fruit... Coachella Valley, California, 1937

Ex-tenant farmer from Texas, came to work in the fruit... Coachella Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ex-tenant farmer from Texas, came to work in the fruit and vegetable harvests. Coachella Valley, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Cotton picker, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picker, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picker. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Center Market, Washington, D.C. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Center Market, Washington, D.C. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Center Market. Washington, D.C

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

The model house, nearly completed, Hightstown, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hightstown, New Jersey. The model house, nearly completed

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Home under construction, Hightstown, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Home under construction, Hightstown, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hightstown, New Jersey. Home under construction. Thirty-five of these homes to be completed and ready for occupancy by July 15, 1936

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Plantation owner's home, Marshallville, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Plantation owner's home, Marshallville, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Plantation owner's home. Marshallville, Georgia

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Itinerant laborers riding the freight, West side of San Joaquin Valley, California, 1938

Itinerant laborers riding the freight, West side of San Joaquin Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Itinerant laborers riding the freight. West side of San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Antebellum plantation house, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Antebellum plantation house, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Antebellum plantation house. Greene County, Georgia. [Decaying building dating from before the American Civil War (1861-1865)]

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Cotton hoers leaving the fields for lunch, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton hoers leaving the fields for lunch, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton hoers leaving the fields for lunch. Farmer's daughter and laborers, whites and blacks. Georgia

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Wife of Mississippi sharecropper, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Wife of Mississippi sharecropper, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wife of Mississippi sharecropper

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the cotton at Roswell, New Mexico. U.S. Route 70, Arizona

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Two boys from New Mexico now in California to work in the harvests, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Two boys from New Mexico now in California to work in the harvests, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Two boys from New Mexico now in California to work in the harvests

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Bob Lemmons, Carrizo Springs, Texas. Born a slave about 1850, south of San Antonio, 1936

Bob Lemmons, Carrizo Springs, Texas. Born a slave about 1850, south of San Antonio, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Bob Lemmons, Carrizo Springs, Texas. Born a slave about 1850, south of San Antonio. Came to Carrizo Springs during the Civil War with white cattlemen seeking new range

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Center Market, Washington, D.C. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Center Market, Washington, D.C. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Center Market. Washington, D.C

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Contour plowing on mechanized farms, Childress County, Texas Panhandle, Texas, 1938

Contour plowing on mechanized farms, Childress County, Texas Panhandle, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Contour plowing on mechanized farms. Childress County, Texas Panhandle, Texas

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Cotton field hand sitting on her porch on Sunday afternoon, near Blytheville, Arkansas, 1937

Cotton field hand sitting on her porch on Sunday afternoon, near Blytheville, Arkansas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton field hand sitting on her porch on Sunday afternoon. Near Blytheville, Arkansas

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Turpentine still in the Piney Woods near Valdosta, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Turpentine still in the Piney Woods near Valdosta, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine still in the Piney Woods near Valdosta, Georgia

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Refugee family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, near Holtville, California, 1937

Refugee family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Refugee family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, camped in the brush in a river bottom near Holtville, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the cotton at Roswell, New Mexico. U.S. Route 70, Arizona

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Bob Lemmons, Carrizo Springs, Texas. Born a slave about 1850, south of San Antonio, Texas, 1936

Bob Lemmons, Carrizo Springs, Texas. Born a slave about 1850, south of San Antonio, Texas, 1936
Bob Lemmons, Carrizo Springs, Texas. Born a slave about 1850, south of San Antonio, Texas. Came to Carrizo Springs during Civil War with white men seeking new range for their cattle

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Tom Collins, manager of Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tom Collins, manager of Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tom Collins, manager of Kern County migrant camp, California

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

Hoe culture in the South, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hoe culture in the South. Mississippi

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: Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble, looking for work... CA, 1936

Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble, looking for work... CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble. Looking for work in the peas. California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Two families of migrants from Missouri looking for work in the pea fields, California, 1936

Two families of migrants from Missouri looking for work in the pea fields, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Two families of migrants from Missouri looking for work in the pea fields. California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Freshly-plowed sugar beet field near King City, scale of farm operations in California, 1936

Freshly-plowed sugar beet field near King City, scale of farm operations in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Freshly-plowed sugar beet field near King City. Shows large scale of farm operations in California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Freshly-plowed sugar beet field near King City, scale of farm operations in California, 1936

Freshly-plowed sugar beet field near King City, scale of farm operations in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Freshly-plowed sugar beet field near King City. Shows large scale of farm operations in California



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