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Great Depression Collection (page 6)

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Men on 'Skid Row', Modesto, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Men on "Skid Row", Modesto, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Men on "Skid Row." Modesto, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Nebraska farmer come to pick peas, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Nebraska farmer come to pick peas, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Nebraska farmer come to pick peas. Near Calipatria, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Hooverville of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Hooverville of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hooverville of Bakersfield, California. A rapidly growing community of people living rent-free on the edge of the town dump in whatever kind of shelter available

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: The town of Mills, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The town of Mills, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The town of Mills, New Mexico. The grain elevator in background at right has been long ago abandoned. The bank is closed

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Freightcar converted into home in 'Little Oklahoma', California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Freightcar converted into home in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Freightcar converted into home in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: FSA migrant labor camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

FSA migrant labor camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant labor camp. Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. 155 migrant families in camp

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: Winter quarters, migratory agricultural workers, beside the highway, Tulare County, 1939

Winter quarters, migratory agricultural workers, beside the highway, Tulare County, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tulare County. Winter quarters, migratory agricultural workers. Beside the highway. Tulare County, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Bringing cattle in from the range, Contra Costa County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Bringing cattle in from the range, Contra Costa County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Contra Costa County, California. Bringing cattle in from the range. Common sight on California highways

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: News of the surrender of Canton... San Francisco, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

News of the surrender of Canton... San Francisco, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
News of the surrender of Canton to the Japanese. San Francisco, California. Chinatown

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California, 1938

Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California. Organizer for United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers of America (Congress of Industrial Organizations-CIO)

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Cotton hoers are transported to the fields daily during the season, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937

Cotton hoers are transported to the fields daily during the season, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Memphis, Tennessee. Cotton hoers are transported to the fields daily during the season. Truck drivers are paid by the planters and serve as "runners" to recruit the men

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Oil fields, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oil fields, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oil fields. Kern County, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: The Black Wax area of Texas, near Georgetown, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The Black Wax area of Texas, near Georgetown, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Black Wax area of Texas is the outstanding cotton producing section of the western cotton belt. Near Georgetown, Texas

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Original bar of 'Helldorado', Crystal Palace Saloon, Tombstone, Arizona, 1938

Original bar of "Helldorado", Crystal Palace Saloon, Tombstone, Arizona, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Crystal Palace Saloon, Tombstone, Arizona. Original bar of "Helldorado"

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Cabins in the corn, South Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cabins in the corn, South Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cabins in the corn. South Georgia

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Working in the community garden, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Working in the community garden, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Working in the community garden which supplies fresh vegetables to twenty-eight families at the Delta cooperative farms. Hillhouse, Mississippi

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Idle men attend the morning movies, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Idle men attend the morning movies, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Idle men attend the morning movies. There are three such movies in one block. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ['Air cooled cinema showing "Desert Guns" starring Conway Tearle

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Crumbling buildings in Tombstone, Arizona, once a thriving mining town, 1937

Crumbling buildings in Tombstone, Arizona, once a thriving mining town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Crumbling buildings in Tombstone, Arizona, once a thriving mining town

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Plant quarantine inspectors examining packages, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Plant quarantine inspectors examining packages, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Plant quarantine inspectors examining packages brought over the bridge between Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas. Families

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Tubercular migrant in a potato pickers camp, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tubercular migrant in a potato pickers camp, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tubercular migrant in a potato pickers camp. Kern County, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp of migratory agricultural workers. Imperial County, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Billboard sign, Southern California, near Los Angeles, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Billboard sign, Southern California, near Los Angeles, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard sign. Southern California, near Los Angeles. [African American maid answering the telephone: They's mostly out since they got that new Ford V.8 (motor car)]

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Textile factory built by Work Projects Administration (WPA), Brookhaven, Mississippi, 1936

Textile factory built by Work Projects Administration (WPA), Brookhaven, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Textile factory built by Work Projects Administration (WPA) and leased to private industry to bring payroll to Brookhaven, Mississippi

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Rural Rehabilitation Administration client with the Rehabilitation Administration... CA, 1936

Rural Rehabilitation Administration client with the Rehabilitation Administration... CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Rural Rehabilitation Administration client with the Rehabilitation Administration county agent. Outside of Hayward, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Rehabilitation clients, five miles outside Phoenix, Arizona, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Rehabilitation clients, five miles outside Phoenix, Arizona, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Rehabilitation clients. Five miles outside Phoenix, Arizona. Five hundred dollar loan for poultry (considered a good loan)

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Home in 'Little Oklahoma', California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Home in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home in "Little Oklahoma, " a community that has grown out of migrant potato and cotton workers. California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: The town of Widtsoe, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The town of Widtsoe, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The town of Widtsoe, Utah

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Cotton sharecropper family, Macon County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton sharecropper family, Macon County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton sharecropper family. Macon County, Georgia

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: Housing for migratory workers in cotton, five miles north of Corcoran, California, 1936

Housing for migratory workers in cotton, five miles north of Corcoran, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing for migratory workers in cotton, five miles north of Corcoran, California. The famous strikers concentration camp in 1933 was at Corcoran camp

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Lunchtime for young migrants at Shafter Camp, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Lunchtime for young migrants at Shafter Camp, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lunchtime for young migrants at Shafter Camp, California. The nursery school for migrant children is conducted in camp under nursery school teachers trained by WPA (Work Projects Administration)

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest, near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest, near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939
Near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest. This field owned by proprietor of adjoining grocery store who allows workers to camp here rent-free

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: In front of city hall, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

In front of city hall, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
In front of city hall, San Francisco, California. The Worker's Alliance, Works Progress Administration (WPA) organize simultaneous demonstrations in the large cities of the nation cut in

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Pumpkins in barnyard to feed cows of rehabilitation client, San Joaquin County, California, 1938

Pumpkins in barnyard to feed cows of rehabilitation client, San Joaquin County, California, 1938
San Joaquin County, California. Pumpkins in barnyard to feed cows of rehabilitation client

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Kaweah Delta Cooperative cotton gin and yard, Tulare County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Kaweah Delta Cooperative cotton gin and yard, Tulare County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kaweah Delta Cooperative cotton gin and yard. Tulare County, California. There are three such cooperatives in the southern cotton industry

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Night meeting in the FSA office, Visalia, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Night meeting in the FSA office, Visalia, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Night meeting in the Farm Security Administration (FSA) office, Rural Rehabilitation Division, Visalia, Tulare County, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Baseball, Sunday afternoon - the town of Rice vs. the town of Perry, Texas, 1937

Baseball, Sunday afternoon - the town of Rice vs. the town of Perry, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Baseball, Sunday afternoon. The town of Rice vs. the town of Perry, Texas

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Destitute farm families, FSA distributing depot, Bakersfield, Kern County, California, 1938

Destitute farm families, FSA distributing depot, Bakersfield, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute farm families come to FSA (Farm Security Administration) distributing depot to apply for food grant. Bakersfield, Kern County, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: US No. 54, north of El Paso, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

US No. 54, north of El Paso, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
U.S. No. 54, north of El Paso, Texas. One of the westward routes of the migrants

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Berry pickers at 5 am, waiting for the truck to haul them to work, Memphis, Tennessee, 1938

Berry pickers at 5 am, waiting for the truck to haul them to work, Memphis, Tennessee, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Berry pickers at 5 a.m. Waiting for the truck to haul them to work. Earn about sixty cents per day. Memphis, Tennessee

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Delta cooperative farm cabins and cotton, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Delta cooperative farm cabins and cotton, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Delta cooperative farm cabins and cotton. Hillhouse, Mississippi, after one year of operation

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait for use on their farms, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937

Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait for use on their farms, Oklahoma City, 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: Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico, 1937

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

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Planting corn in the community garden, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Planting corn in the community garden, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Planting corn in the community garden which supplies fresh vegetables to twenty-eight families. Delta cooperative farms. Hillhouse, Mississippi

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Drought refugees stopped at inspection station on the California-Arizona state line, 1937

Drought refugees stopped at inspection station on the California-Arizona state line, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees stopped at inspection station on the California-Arizona state line to have their baggage examined for plant pests 4

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Drought refugees are stopped at the inspection station in Yuma, Arizona, 1937

Drought refugees are stopped at the inspection station in Yuma, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees are stopped at the inspection station in Yuma, Arizona, to have their baggage inspected for plant pests before they are allowed to enter California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp of migratory agricultural workers. Imperial County, California



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