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Living Conditions Collection

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: A mother getting the children ready for a neighborhood birthday party, Washington, D. C. 1942

A mother getting the children ready for a neighborhood birthday party, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. A mother getting the children ready for a neighborhood birthday party

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Water-tank in St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Water-tank in St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Water-tank in St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, [London], 1858. There are certain portions of London where the buildings are dilapidated and most of the inhabitants squalid...It should, however

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: 'The Last Trial of Madame Palissy' - painted by W. J. Grant - one of the prize pictures of... 1858

"The Last Trial of Madame Palissy" - painted by W. J. Grant - one of the prize pictures of... 1858
"The Last Trial of Madame Palissy" - painted by W. J. Grant - one of the prize pictures of the Glasgow Art Union, 1858

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: The 'Strand Buildings' (Model Lodging-House) to be erected in Eagle-Court, 1857. Creator: Unknown

The "Strand Buildings" (Model Lodging-House) to be erected in Eagle-Court, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The "Strand Buildings" (Model Lodging-House) to be erected in Eagle-Court, [London], 1857. A philanthropic effort is now being made to provide the operative classes with a superior

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Scene of the Recent Accident at Cork, 1856. Creator: Unknown

Scene of the Recent Accident at Cork, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the Recent Accident at Cork, 1856. Disaster in Ireland, ...at Penrose's-lane...about forty people...had assembled...at the wake of an infant child...the flooring gave way...[the guests]

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: One Third of a Nation, Portland, OR, 1938. Creator: Unknown

One Third of a Nation, Portland, OR, 1938. Creator: Unknown
One Third of a Nation, Portland, OR, 1938. Walnut St. Theatre...Ask About the Big Theatre Party - "One Third of a Nation"..."A Play that Any Play-Goer with a Heart

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914

Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Poor neighbourhood, USA

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914

Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Poor neighbourhood, USA

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914

Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Poor neighbourhood, USA

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914

Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Poor neighbourhood, USA

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Home of a dust bowl refugee in California, Imperial County, California, 1937

Home of a dust bowl refugee in California, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of a dust bowl refugee in California. Imperial County

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Little Oklahoma, the community that grew out of the need for help in the potato... CA, 1936

Little Oklahoma, the community that grew out of the need for help in the potato... CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Little Oklahoma, the community that grew out of the need for help in the potato and cotton fields. California

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: House in 'Little Oklahoma', California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

House in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
House in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Home of a dust bowl refugee in California, Imperial County, California, 1937

Home of a dust bowl refugee in California, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of a dust bowl refugee in California. Imperial County

Background imageLiving Conditions 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 imageLiving Conditions 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 imageLiving Conditions Collection: Street and homes in 'Little Oklahoma', California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Street and homes in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Street and homes in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Mexican field laborers houses, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mexican field laborers houses, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican field laborers houses. Brawley, Imperial Valley, California

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Shack in 'Little Oklahoma', California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Shack in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Shack in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Background imageLiving Conditions 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 imageLiving Conditions 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 imageLiving Conditions 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 imageLiving Conditions 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 imageLiving Conditions Collection: Company housing for Mexican cotton pickers, South of Corcoran, California, 1936

Company housing for Mexican cotton pickers, South of Corcoran, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Company housing for Mexican cotton pickers, showing the San Joaquin Valley in the background. South of Corcoran, California

Background imageLiving Conditions 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 imageLiving Conditions 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. City of Los Angeles. Within five minutes walk of City Hall. Rent eight dollars monthly

Background imageLiving Conditions 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 imageLiving Conditions 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 imageLiving Conditions 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 imageLiving Conditions 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 imageLiving Conditions Collection: Housing for Oklahoma refugees, California, Kern County, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Shack in 'Little Oklahoma', California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Shack in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Shack in "Little Oklahoma." Lots 50 x 150, cost one hundred and twenty to two hundred dollars. Bought on hope and sold on promises. No work since last fall

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Freight car converted into house in 'Little Oklahoma, ' California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Freight car converted into house in "Little Oklahoma, " California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Freight car converted into house in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Migrant workers camp, outskirts of Marysville, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant workers camp, outskirts of Marysville, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant workers camp, outskirts of Marysville, California. The new migratory camps now being built by the Resettlement Administration will remove people from unsatisfactory living conditions such as

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Turpentine worker's family near Cordele, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Turpentine worker's family near Cordele, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine worker's family near Cordele, Alabama. Father's wages one dollar a day. This is the standard of living the turpentine trees support

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Date picker's home, Coachella Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Date picker's home, Coachella Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Date picker's home. Coachella Valley, California

Background imageLiving Conditions 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 imageLiving Conditions Collection: [Untitled, possibly related to: Housing, Los Angeles], 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

[Untitled, possibly related to: Housing, Los Angeles], 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Housing. Los Angeles. Within five minutes walk of City Hall. Rent eight dollars to twelve dollars monthly]

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Squatter camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatter camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatter camp. California

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Wife and child of migrant worker, encamped near Winters, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Wife and child of migrant worker, encamped near Winters, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wife and child of migrant worker, encamped near Winters, California. This is a proposed location of Resettlement Administration migrant camp

Children of drought refugees camped by highway outside of Fresno, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of drought refugees camped by highway outside of Fresno, California. The parents are working in the cotton field

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Migratory orange picker's camp, Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory orange picker's camp, Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory orange picker's camp. Exeter, California

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Drought refugees from Oklahoma in cotton camp near Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought refugees from Oklahoma in cotton camp near Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees from Oklahoma in cotton camp near Exeter, California

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Sharecropper eating near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecropper eating near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper eating near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: People living in miserable poverty, Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, 1936

People living in miserable poverty, Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
People living in miserable poverty. Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: Refugee agricultural laborer on the roadside in Arizona, near the Casa Grande project, 1938

Refugee agricultural laborer on the roadside in Arizona, near the Casa Grande project, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Refugee agricultural laborer on the roadside in Arizona, near the Casa Grande project (Farm Security Administration). "I was on this here project, Work Projects Administration

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: The home of a family in Oklahoma County, Elm Grove, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The home of a family in Oklahoma County, Elm Grove, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The home of a family in Oklahoma County. Elm Grove, Oklahoma

Background imageLiving Conditions Collection: People living in miserable poverty, Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, 1936

People living in miserable poverty, Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
People living in miserable poverty, Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma



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