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Great Depression Collection (page 8)

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: One of the hundred carrot pullers in this field in the Coachella Valley, California, 1937

One of the hundred carrot pullers in this field in the Coachella Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the hundred carrot pullers in this field in the Coachella Valley, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937
Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. Coachella Valley, California. "We come from all states and we can't make a dollar a day in the field no ways

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937
Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. Coachella Valley, California. "We come from all states and we can't make a dollar a day in the field no ways

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Part of a roadside ranch camp, twelve tents in this group, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Part of a roadside ranch camp, twelve tents in this group, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of a roadside ranch camp. Twelve tents in this group. Owned by one of the large farmers who is opposed to Resettlement Administration's migrant camp. California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Mexican migratory laborer thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants, Imperial Valley, California, 1937

Mexican migratory laborer thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
One of a Mexican gang of migratory laborers thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants at thirty cents an hour; the young plants are capped with wax paper spread over a wire wicket to protect against

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Self-help cooperative unit, Burbank, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Self-help cooperative unit, Burbank, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Self-help cooperative unit. Burbank, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Mexican gang of migratory laborers under a Japanese field boss, Imperial Valley, California, 1937

Mexican gang of migratory laborers under a Japanese field boss, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Mexican gang of migratory laborers under a Japanese field boss. These men are thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants. Wages thirty cents an hour

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Self-help cooperative, members of the community, Burbank, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Self-help cooperative, members of the community, Burbank, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Self-help cooperative. Members of the community. Burbank, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Mexican gang of migratory laborers under a Japanese field boss, Imperial Valley, California, 1937

Mexican gang of migratory laborers under a Japanese field boss, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Mexican gang of migratory laborers under a Japanese field boss. These men are thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants. Wages thirty cents an hour

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads. Forty homes, all occupied, each with nearly an acre of ground. California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Irrigator in brushed and capped cantaloupe field, Imperial Valley, California, 1937

Irrigator in brushed and capped cantaloupe field, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Irrigator in brushed and capped cantaloupe field. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: El Monte federal subsistence Homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

El Monte federal subsistence Homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
El Monte Federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes, all occupied, each with nearly an acre of land. Average family income eight hundred dollars per annum

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Pea fields of the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pea fields of the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pea fields of the Imperial Valley, California. Tamarisk trees are commonly planted along the irrigation ditches for shade so necessary in this desert valley. Note water barrels

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads. Forty occupied homes, each with nearly an acre. Average yearly income eight hundred dollars

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. Sticks, palm leaves and paper are used for protection against wind and cold

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: San Fernando homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

San Fernando homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
San Fernando homesteads, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Cabbage cutting and hauling by new Vessey (flat truck) system, Imperial Valley, California, 1937

Cabbage cutting and hauling by new Vessey (flat truck) system, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Cabbage cutting and hauling by new Vessey (flat truck) system, now also used in carrots and lettuce. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads. Forty homes all occupied, each with nearly an acre land. Average yearly income eight hundred dollars. California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Unemployed men on Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Unemployed men on Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Unemployed men on Howard Street. San Francisco, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
San Fernando Federal Subsistence Homesteads. Forty homes, each with three quarters of an acre land. Average family income eight hundred dollars per annum. All of the homes are occupied

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Unemployed men on Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Unemployed men on Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Unemployed men on Howard Street. San Francisco, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Scene along 'Skid Row', Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Scene along "Skid Row", Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Scene along "Skid Row." Howard Street, San Francisco, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Migrant family in Kern County, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family in Kern County, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family in Kern County. This family was sent back at the state line by the Los Angeles police. Refused entrance into California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Skid Row, Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Skid Row, Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Skid Row. Howard Street. San Francisco, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Skid Row, Howard Street, the street of the unemployed in San Francisco, California, 1937

Skid Row, Howard Street, the street of the unemployed in San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Skid Row. Howard Street, the street of the unemployed in San Francisco, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Employment agency on Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Employment agency on Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Employment agency on Howard Street. San Francisco, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Arkansas family in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Arkansas family in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Arkansas family in California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Howard Street, called 'Skid Row, ' the street of the unemployed in San Francisco, California, 1937

Howard Street, called "Skid Row, " the street of the unemployed in San Francisco, California, 1937
Howard Street, called "Skid Row, " the street of the unemployed in San Francisco, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Employment office on Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Employment office on Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Employment office on Howard Street. San Francisco, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Kern County camp for migrants, fifteen miles out of Bakersfield, California, 1936

Kern County camp for migrants, fifteen miles out of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County camp for migrants. Planned and erected by the Resettlement Administration fifteen miles out of Bakersfield, California. Partially occupied because there is not any work in the fields

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Skid Row, Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Skid Row, Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Skid Row. Howard Street, San Francisco, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Skid Row, Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Skid Row, Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Skid Row. Howard Street, San Francisco, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Some of the facilities of the Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Some of the facilities of the Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Some of the facilities of the Kern County migrant camp, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Recreation in a migratory agricultural workers camp near Holtville, California, 1937

Recreation in a migratory agricultural workers camp near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Recreation in a migratory agricultural workers camp near Holtville, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Irrigation ditch along the road, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Irrigation ditch along the road, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Irrigation ditch along the road. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Housing for Oklahoma refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Housing for Oklahoma refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Longshoremen's lunch hour, San Francisco waterfront, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Longshoremen's lunch hour, San Francisco waterfront, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Longshoremen's lunch hour. San Francisco waterfront. California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Drought refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees in California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Unemployed men sitting on the sunny side of the San Francisco Public Library, California, 1937

Unemployed men sitting on the sunny side of the San Francisco Public Library, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Unemployed men sitting on the sunny side of the San Francisco Public Library. California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Drought refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees. California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Laguna Dam, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Laguna Dam, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Laguna Dam. The All American Canal, when completed, will extend desert land to cultivation by irrigation in the southwestern United States

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Date palms, Coachella Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Date palms, Coachella Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Date palms. Coachella Valley, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Date palms, Coachella Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Date palms, Coachella Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Date palms. Coachella Valley, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Administration building, Hot Springs federal shelter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Administration building, Hot Springs federal shelter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hot Springs federal shelter. One of the five federal camps for homeless men in California. Year ago enrollment three hundred seventy five men, now one hundred fifty seven

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Cabbage harvesting, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cabbage harvesting, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cabbage harvesting. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Housing typical of that afforded Mexican field workers of the Imperial Valley, 1937

Housing typical of that afforded Mexican field workers of the Imperial Valley, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing typical of that afforded Mexican field workers of the Imperial Valley. These people are not migrants, but live on the edge of the ranches and work in peas and melons

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Dining hall, kitchen and hospital, Hot Springs federal shelter, California, 1936

Dining hall, kitchen and hospital, Hot Springs federal shelter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hot Springs federal shelter. One of the five federal camps for homeless men in California. Year ago enrollment three hundred seventy five men, now one hundred fifty seven

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Two families, camped by the roadside near Santa Maria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Two families, camped by the roadside near Santa Maria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Two families, fifteen people, from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, camped by the roadside near Santa Maria, California. Heading for the pea harvest but stalled because they have no money to buy a trailer's



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