Internally Displaced Persons Collection

The Ruins of Paris: Porte Maillot and the Avenue de la Grande Armée
The Ruins of Paris: Porte Maillot and the Avenue de la Grande Armée, 1871. Fall of the Paris Commune

The Civil War in Paris: fugitive residents at the northern railway station, 1871

Prussian barricade on the Rueil road: French peasants waiting to pass to their villages, 1871. Franco-Prussian War

Migratory families at 7 a.m. near Imperial Valley, California

Industrialized agricultural, near Niland
Near Niland, Imperial Valley, California. Industrialized agricultural. New housing on large ranch for agricultural workers who live and work on ranch the year round

Orange packer of Sunkist oranges. Self-built trailer. California

Industrialized agriculture, from Texas farmer to migratory worker in California
Industrialized agriculture. From Texas farmer to migratory worker in California. Kern County

Part of family arrived the night before from Rockwell, Texas. Picked their way across the country. Encamped on the river bottom. Near Holtville. Imperial Valley, California

Part of family arrived the night before from Rockwell, Texas. Picked their way across the country. Encamped on the river bottom. Near Holtville. Imperial Valley, California

Young mother, aged twenty-two, has one little girl three years old. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. In mobile unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp. New baby expected in December

Young mother, aged twenty-two, has one little girl three years old. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. In mobile unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp. New baby expected in December

Family of six in tent after supper. Came to potato harvest after father was laid off of WPA (Work Projects Administration) in Boise, Idaho. Oldest child is twelve. Little boy has dysentery

Homeless mother and youngest child of seven
On U.S. 99. Near Brawley, Imperial County. Homeless mother and youngest child of seven walking the highway from Phoenix, Arizona where they picked cotton

Migratory family arriving at growers camp for pickers. Car bears Wyoming license, the probable state of origin of the family. Imperial Valley, California

Migratory labor workers, Brawley
Migratory labor workers. Brawley, Imperial Valley, California

Homeless mother and youngest child of seven
On U.S. 99. Near Brawley, Imperial County. Homeless mother and youngest child of seven walking the highway from Phoenix, Arizona where they picked cotton

Living conditions for migratory children in private auto camp during pea harvest. Tent space fifty cents a week. Outskirts of Calipatria, California

Family of homeless, walking people are left at the edge of the next town
After a lift of five miles by a passing motorist, the family of homeless, walking people are left at the edge of the next town. [Signs: Manns Super Service - 40 ft

Homeless family of seven, walking the highway
On U.S. 99. Near Brawley, Imperial County. Homeless family of seven, walking the highway from Phoenix, Arizona, where they picked cotton

FSA camp for migratory agriculture workers
Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for migratory agriculture workers. Farmersville, California. Meeting of camp council

Baby with club feet wearing homemade splints
Tulare County, California. In Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for migratory workers. Baby with club feet wearing homemade splints inside shoes

Sons, migratory workers, bring father
Tulare County, California. Camp for migratory agricultural workers at Farmersville. Sons, migratory workers, bring father, who is sick and old to the camp clinic

Two families originating from Independence
Between Tulare and Fresno. Two families originating from Independence, Kansas, on U.S. 99. Started out from Fresno that morning for work cotton chopping

Father and son building house on outskirts of Salinas, California. Settlement of recently migrated lettuce workers

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cates, Cow Hollow farmers. Malheur County, Oregon

Two families originating from Independence
Between Tulare and Fresno. Two families originating from Independence, Kansas, on U.S. 99. Started out from Fresno that morning for work cotton chopping

Meeting of the camp council, FSA camp
Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for migratory agricultural workers. Farmersville, California. Meeting of the camp council

Father and son planting potatoes
Outskirts of Salinas, California. Father and son planting potatoes. These people are lettuce workers, migrants from Southwest

Father and son, recent migrants to California Salinas
Father and son, recent migrants to California, building house in rapidly growing settlement of lettuce workers on fringe of town. Salinas, California

In FSA migrant labor camp during pea harvest
In Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant labor camp during pea harvest. Family from Oklahoma with eleven children. Father, eldest daughter and eldest son working

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