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Background imageImmigration Collection: A view of Pennyfields, Chinatown, London, 20th century

A view of Pennyfields, Chinatown, London, 20th century. A Chinese community began to become established in Limehouse on the banks of the Thames in East London in the late 18th century

Background imageImmigration Collection: Rest, 1900. Creator: Raffaello Gambogi

Rest, 1900. Creator: Raffaello Gambogi
Rest, 1900.

Background imageImmigration Collection: The engineers' strike at Newcastle: arrival of foreign workmen, 1871. Creator: Unknown

The engineers' strike at Newcastle: arrival of foreign workmen, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The engineers' strike at Newcastle: arrival of foreign workmen, 1871. Dispute between '...journeymen "engineers," or rather machine-makers

Background imageImmigration Collection: Presenting pen to Wallis, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Presenting pen to Wallis, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Presenting pen to Wallis, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Frederick Albert Wallis (1869-1951) who served as Fourth Deputy Police Commissioner of New Yok City, U.S

Background imageImmigration Collection: Paul Ingolevitch [i.e. Iogolevitch] with violin, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Paul Ingolevitch [i.e. Iogolevitch] with violin, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Paul Ingolevitch [i.e. Iogolevitch] with violin, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Capton Michael Paul (born Iogolevitch) (1901-1980)

Background imageImmigration Collection: Lord Grey replying to the toast of the evening at the Dominion Day Banquet at the White City, 1909

Lord Grey replying to the toast of the evening at the Dominion Day Banquet at the White City, 1909
"Without The Self-Governing Dominions The Empire Would Fall To Pieces.'" "Pray, Silence!": Lord Grey Replying To The Toast Of The Evening At The Dominion Day Banquet [at the Garden Club in the] White

Background imageImmigration Collection: Arriving at Ellis Island, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Arriving at Ellis Island, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Arriving at Ellis Island, between c1915 and c1920

Background imageImmigration Collection: Greeks boarding MADONNA, Oct. 1912, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Greeks boarding MADONNA, Oct. 1912, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Greeks boarding MADONNA, Oct. 1912, 1912. Photo taken when Greek immigrants left New York City to return to their country and fight in the first Balkan War, which began in October 1912

Background imageImmigration Collection: Greeks boarding Madonna, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Greeks boarding Madonna, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Greeks boarding Madonna, 1912. Taken when Greek immigrants left New York City to return to their country and fight in the first Balkan War, which began in October 1912

Background imageImmigration Collection: Chalif, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Chalif, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Chalif, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Louis Harvy Chalif (1876-1948), Russian ballet dancer and dance instructor

Background imageImmigration Collection: Hygiene Congress delegates, Ellis Island. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Hygiene Congress delegates, Ellis Island. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Hygiene Congress delegates, Ellis Island, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageImmigration Collection: Jacques Suzanne, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Jacques Suzanne, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Jacques Suzanne, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageImmigration Collection: Jacques Suzanne, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Jacques Suzanne, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Jacques Suzanne, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageImmigration Collection: Greeks departing on Madonna, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Greeks departing on Madonna, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Greeks departing on Madonna, 1912. Taken when Greek immigrants left New York City to return to their country and fight in the first Balkan War, which began in October 1912

Background imageImmigration Collection: Quarantined on Hoffman Isl'd, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Quarantined on Hoffman Isl'd, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Quarantined on Hoffman Isl'd, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageImmigration Collection: Plague Ship, which carries suspects to Hoffman Island, between c1910 and c1915

Plague Ship, which carries suspects to Hoffman Island, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Plague Ship, which carries suspects to Hoffman Island, between c1910 and c1915 Hoffman Island, New York City, where immigrants with infectious diseases were held in quarantine before arriving at

Background imageImmigration Collection: Candidates for naturalization seated in room, hats in laps, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

Candidates for naturalization seated in room, hats in laps, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Candidates for naturalization seated in room, hats in laps, 1916

Background imageImmigration Collection: Greeks departing on MADONNA, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Greeks departing on MADONNA, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Greeks departing on MADONNA, 1912. Photo taken when Greek immigrants left New York City to return to their country and fight in the first Balkan War, which began in October 1912

Background imageImmigration Collection: On MARTHA WASHINGTON going to Balkan War, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

On MARTHA WASHINGTON going to Balkan War, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
On MARTHA WASHINGTON going to Balkan War, 1912. Taken when Greek immigrants left New York City to return to their country and fight in the first Balkan War, which began in October 1912

Background imageImmigration Collection: Ready to return for Balkan War, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Ready to return for Balkan War, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Ready to return for Balkan War, 1912. Taken when Greek immigrants left New York City to return to their country and fight in the first Balkan War, which began in October 1912

Background imageImmigration Collection: German Doctors at Ellis Island, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

German Doctors at Ellis Island, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
German Doctors at Ellis Island, 1912

Background imageImmigration Collection: Boarding the MADONNA, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Boarding the MADONNA, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Boarding the MADONNA, 1912. Taken when Greek immigrants left New York City to return to their country and fight in the first Balkan War, which began in October 1912

Background imageImmigration Collection: Greeks boarding MADONNA, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Greeks boarding MADONNA, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Greeks boarding MADONNA, 1912. Taken when Greek immigrants left New York City to return to their country and fight in the first Balkan War, which began in October 1912

Background imageImmigration Collection: Greeks boarding MADONNA, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Greeks boarding MADONNA, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Greeks boarding MADONNA, 1912. Taken when Greek immigrants left New York City to return to their country and fight in the first Balkan War, which began in October 1912

Background imageImmigration Collection: Bruno Zirato, Caruso & wife, Mrs. J. S. Keith, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Bruno Zirato, Caruso & wife, Mrs. J. S. Keith, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Bruno Zirato, Caruso & wife, Mrs. J. S. Keith, between c1915 and c1920

Background imageImmigration Collection: Récompense honnête, décernée...à Louis-Philippe, 1835. Creator: Honore Daumier

Récompense honnête, décernée...à Louis-Philippe, 1835. Creator: Honore Daumier
Recompense honnete, decernee...a Louis-Philippe, 1835. Recompense honnete, decernee, en 1800, a Louis-Philippe d'Orleans

Background imageImmigration Collection: Italian at Ellis Island. Creator: Lewis Wickes Hine

Italian at Ellis Island. Creator: Lewis Wickes Hine
Italian at Ellis Island

Background imageImmigration Collection: Johan François Adriaan Cateau van Rosevelt... 1885. Creator: Lovera

Johan François Adriaan Cateau van Rosevelt... 1885. Creator: Lovera
Johan Francois Adriaan Cateau van Rosevelt, Chief of the Construction Department and Agent General of Immigration in Suriname, 1885

Background imageImmigration Collection: Inspection room, Ellis Island, New York, c.between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Unknown

Inspection room, Ellis Island, New York, c.between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Inspection room, Ellis Island, New York, c.between 1910 and 1920

Background imageImmigration Collection: Chinatown, in San Francisco or New York City, between 1911 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Chinatown, in San Francisco or New York City, between 1911 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Chinatown, in San Francisco or New York City, between 1911 and 1942. Signs: barber shop; Kwong Loy Yuen; Som Mun Co.; Dancing; Oriental

Background imageImmigration Collection: Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915

Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915
Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes, portrait photograph, 1915 Mar. 13

Background imageImmigration Collection: Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915

Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915
Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes, portrait photograph, 1915 Mar. 13

Background imageImmigration Collection: Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915

Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915
Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes, portrait photograph, 1915 Mar. 13

Background imageImmigration Collection: Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915

Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915
Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes, portrait photograph, 1915 Mar. 13

Background imageImmigration Collection: Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915

Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915
Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes, portrait photograph, 1915 Mar. 13

Background imageImmigration Collection: Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915

Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915
Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes, portrait photograph, 1915 Mar. 13

Background imageImmigration Collection: Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915

Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915
Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes, portrait photograph, 1915 Mar. 13

Background imageImmigration Collection: Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915

Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915
Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes, portrait photograph, 1915 Mar. 13

Background imageImmigration Collection: Dept. Of Labor - Sign On Door For Newly Created Office of Sec. of Labor, 1913

Dept. Of Labor - Sign On Door For Newly Created Office of Sec. of Labor, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Dept
Dept. Of Labor - Sign On Door For Newly Created Office of Secretary of Labor, 1913. Temporary sign pasted over Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization - Law Division

Background imageImmigration Collection: Aspects imprevus de la campage Francaise: les indo-chinois aux champs, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Aspects imprevus de la campage Francaise: les indo-chinois aux champs, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Aspects imprevus de la campage Francaise: les indo-chinois aux champs; La moisson du mais-fourrage, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Background imageImmigration Collection: Aspects imprevus de la campage Francaise: les indo-chinois aux champs, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Aspects imprevus de la campage Francaise: les indo-chinois aux champs, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Aspects imprevus de la campage Francaise: les indo-chinois aux champs; L'arrachage mecanique des pommes de terre, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Background imageImmigration Collection: Street scene, possibly in Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Street scene, possibly in Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Street scene, possibly in Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1942

Background imageImmigration Collection: New York City views, between 1931 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe

New York City views, between 1931 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
New York City views, between 1931 and 1938

Background imageImmigration Collection: Caltilda Downes: Barbados Passport, 1917. Creator: Unknown

Caltilda Downes: Barbados Passport, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Caltilda Downes: Barbados Passport, 1917. Stamped by the British Consulate General in Panama

Background imageImmigration Collection: America First poster, between 1911 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

America First poster, between 1911 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. America First poster, between 1911 and 1920
America First poster, between 1911 and 1920. Uncle Sam shaking a European immigrant by the hand, with text in multiple languages including Italian, Polish, Hebrew, Czech

Background imageImmigration Collection: Group of emigrants (women and children) from eastern Europe on deck of the S.S. Amsterdam, 1899

Group of emigrants (women and children) from eastern Europe on deck of the S.S. Amsterdam, 1899

Background imageImmigration Collection: The Pilgrim Fathers Leaving England, (1902). Creator: C. Howard

The Pilgrim Fathers Leaving England, (1902). Creator: C. Howard
The Pilgrim Fathers Leaving England, (1902). English puritans on their way to north America. Quakers on board the Mayflower landed in 1620

Background imageImmigration 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 imageImmigration 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 imageImmigration 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 imageImmigration 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 imageImmigration 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 imageImmigration Collection: Japanese relocation, California, 1942. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Japanese relocation, California, 1942. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese relocation, California. Members of the Shibuya family are pictured at home before evacuation. The father and the mother were born in Japan and came to this country in 1904

Background imageImmigration Collection: Mexican children playing in ditch, near Corcoran, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mexican children playing in ditch, near Corcoran, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican children playing in ditch which runs through company cotton camp near Corcoran, California

Background imageImmigration Collection: Bushing It - Camped for the Night, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Bushing It - Camped for the Night, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Bushing It - Camped for the Night, 1850. British settlers in Australia....the Settlers Bushing it, and camped for the night, having wearied themselves with the chase of the kangaroo

Background imageImmigration Collection: Driving Horses to the Stock-Yard, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Driving Horses to the Stock-Yard, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Driving Horses to the Stock-Yard, 1850. British settlers in Australia. The horses are hardy, and perform long, nay surprising journeys, during which they are not supplied with any provender

Background imageImmigration 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 imageImmigration Collection: Great Riot at the Astor Place, n.d. Creator: Nathaniel Currier

Great Riot at the Astor Place, n.d. Creator: Nathaniel Currier
Great Riot at the Astor Place, n.d

Background imageImmigration Collection: The kind of work drought refugees and Mexicans do in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937

The kind of work drought refugees and Mexicans do in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The kind of work drought refugees and Mexicans do in the Imperial Valley, California. Planting cantaloupe

Background imageImmigration Collection: Housing, within five minutes walk of City Hall, City of Los Angeles, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Housing, within five minutes walk of City Hall, City of Los Angeles, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing. Los Angeles. Within five minutes walk of City Hall. Rent eight dollars to twelve dollars monthly

Background imageImmigration Collection: Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, one quarter mile from City Hall, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, one quarter mile from City Hall, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican quarter of Los Angeles. One quarter mile from City Hall. Area has been condemned and will be torn down shortly to make space for the new Union Railroad station. Average rent is eight dollars

Background imageImmigration Collection: Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, California. Average rental is eight dollars. Some houses have plumbing

Background imageImmigration Collection: Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, California. Average rental eight dollars. Some houses have plumbing

Background imageImmigration Collection: Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, one quarter mile from City Hall, California, 1936

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, one quarter mile from City Hall, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican quarter of Los Angeles. One quarter mile from City Hall. Areas have been condemned and will be torn down shortly to make space for the new Union Railroad station

Background imageImmigration Collection: Mexican townfolk sacking peppers near Stockton, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mexican townfolk sacking peppers near Stockton, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican townfolk sacking peppers near Stockton, California

Background imageImmigration Collection: Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, one quarter mile from City Hall, California, 1936

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, one quarter mile from City Hall, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican quarter of Los Angeles. One quarter mile from the City Hall. California

Background imageImmigration Collection: Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, one quarter mile from City Hall, California, 1936

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, one quarter mile from City Hall, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican quarter of Los Angeles. One quarter mile from City Hall, California

Background imageImmigration Collection: Why?, from Judge, published July 21, 1888. Creator: Bernard Gillam

Why?, from Judge, published July 21, 1888. Creator: Bernard Gillam
Why?, from Judge, published July 21, 1888

Background imageImmigration Collection: Off for the melon fields (Mexican labor), 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Off for the melon fields (Mexican labor), 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Off for the melon fields (Mexican labor). Imperial Valley, California

Background imageImmigration Collection: Mexican field worker, father of six, Imperial Valley, Riverside County, California, 1935

Mexican field worker, father of six, Imperial Valley, Riverside County, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican field worker, father of six. Imperial Valley, Riverside County, California

Background imageImmigration Collection: 95 year old who came to Utah from Denmark as a Mormon convert when a boy, Escalante, Utah, 1936

95 year old who came to Utah from Denmark as a Mormon convert when a boy, Escalante, Utah, 1936
Came to Utah from Denmark as a Mormon convert when a boy. Now ninety-five years old. Escalante, Utah

Background imageImmigration Collection: Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, California. Average rental is eight dollars. Some houses have plumbing

Background imageImmigration Collection: Mexican cotton picker, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageImmigration Collection: Mexicans bound for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas, near Bakersfield, California, 1936

Mexicans bound for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas, near Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexicans bound for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas. Near Bakersfield, California

Background imageImmigration Collection: Mexican townfolk sacking peppers near Stockton, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mexican townfolk sacking peppers near Stockton, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican townfolk sacking peppers near Stockton, California

Background imageImmigration Collection: Mexican field hand, New Mexico, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mexican field hand, New Mexico, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican field hand. New Mexico

Background imageImmigration Collection: Mexican cantaloupe worker at 5:00 am, Imperial Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mexican cantaloupe worker at 5:00 am, Imperial Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican cantaloupe worker at 5:00 a.m. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageImmigration Collection: Inspecting a freight train from Mexico for smuggled immigrants, El Paso, Texas, 1938

Inspecting a freight train from Mexico for smuggled immigrants, El Paso, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Inspecting a freight train from Mexico for smuggled immigrants. El Paso, Texas

Background imageImmigration Collection: Mexicans entering the United States, United States immigration station, El Paso, Texas, 1938

Mexicans entering the United States, United States immigration station, El Paso, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexicans entering the United States. United States immigration station, El Paso, Texas

Background imageImmigration Collection: Crowds around post office, Lower East Side, New York, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Crowds around post office, Lower East Side, New York, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Crowds around post office. Lower East Side, New York

Background imageImmigration Collection: Crossing the international bridge between Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas, 1937

Crossing the international bridge between Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Crossing the international bridge between Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas

Background imageImmigration Collection: El Paso housewives after a day's shopping in Juarez, Mexico, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

El Paso housewives after a day's shopping in Juarez, Mexico, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
El Paso housewives after a day's shopping in Juarez, Mexico where they benefit by the rate of exchange. Texas

Background imageImmigration Collection: Mexican picking cantaloupes in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mexican picking cantaloupes in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican picking cantaloupes in the Imperial Valley, California. This is highly skilled labor

Background imageImmigration Collection: Mexicans picking cantaloupes one mile north of the Mexican border, Imperial Valley, Califoria, 1937

Mexicans picking cantaloupes one mile north of the Mexican border, Imperial Valley, Califoria, 1937
Mexicans picking cantaloupes one mile north of the Mexican border. Imperial Valley, Califoria. 6:00 a.m. This is highly skilled labor



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