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Background imageMigrant Collection: The Flight into Egypt; Book of Hours, about 1420. Creator: Spitz Master

The Flight into Egypt; Book of Hours, about 1420. Creator: Spitz Master
The Flight into Egypt; Book of Hours, about 1420. Additional Info:In the Hours of the Virgin in this book of hours, the Vespers service opens with a miniature of the Flight into Egypt

Background imageMigrant Collection: The Flight into Egypt; Book of Hours, 1544. Creator: Unknown

The Flight into Egypt; Book of Hours, 1544. Creator: Unknown
The Flight into Egypt; Book of Hours, 1544

Background imageMigrant Collection: The Flight into Egypt; Book of Hours, about 1460. Creator: Unknown

The Flight into Egypt; Book of Hours, about 1460. Creator: Unknown
The Flight into Egypt; Book of Hours, about 1460

Background imageMigrant Collection: The Flight into Egypt; Book of Hours

The Flight into Egypt; Book of Hours, about 1466-1470

Background imageMigrant Collection: Remains of the Dutch steamer Willem III

Remains of the Dutch steamer Willem III. burnt off the Isle of Wight, 1871. The screw steam-ship Willem III

Background imageMigrant Collection: Penn. [i.e. Pennsylvania] coal strike - some of the 500 in Atlantic camp

Penn. [i.e. Pennsylvania] coal strike - some of the 500 in Atlantic camp, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageMigrant Collection: Hop-pickers on the Road - drawn by Phiz, 1858. Creator: Hablot Knight Browne

Hop-pickers on the Road - drawn by Phiz, 1858. Creator: Hablot Knight Browne
Hop-pickers on the Road - drawn by Phiz, 1858. Seasonal farm workers

Background imageMigrant Collection: Michael Benedicks (1768-1845), married to 1

Michael Benedicks (1768-1845), married to 1. Fanny Isak (1775-1802), 2. Henriette von Halle (1786-1855), 1824

Background imageMigrant Collection: Michael Benedicks (1768-1845), married to 1

Michael Benedicks (1768-1845), married to 1. Fanny Isak (1775-1802), 2. Henriette von Halle (1786-1855), 1824

Background imageMigrant Collection: The Revolution in Sicily - the people relanding with their chattels at Messina

The Revolution in Sicily - the people relanding with their chattels at Messina, after the Battle of Melazzo, from a sketch by T. Nast, 1860

Background imageMigrant Collection: Migratory cotton picker with her baby, 1939. Creator: Unknown

Migratory cotton picker with her baby, 1939. Creator: Unknown
Migratory cotton picker with her baby, 1939

Background imageMigrant Collection: Migratory cotton workers, 1939. Creator: Unknown

Migratory cotton workers, 1939. Creator: Unknown
Migratory cotton workers, 1939

Background imageMigrant Collection: In Search of a New Home - A Scene in the Far West, 1891. Creator: John Charlton

In Search of a New Home - A Scene in the Far West, 1891. Creator: John Charlton
In Search of a New Home - A Scene in the Far West, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Background imageMigrant Collection: The Emigration of the Russian Jews - Sketches on board the Guion Liner 'Wisconsin'

The Emigration of the Russian Jews - Sketches on board the Guion Liner "Wisconsin", The Rush for the First Meal, 1891. From "The Graphic

Background imageMigrant Collection: The Emigration of the Russian Jews - Sketches on board the Guion Liner 'Wisconsin'

The Emigration of the Russian Jews - Sketches on board the Guion Liner "Wisconsin", off Queenstown on Sunday Morning - The Ruling Passion, 1891. From "The Graphic

Background imageMigrant Collection: The Emigration of the Russian Jews - The Doctor Examining Steerage Passengers

The Emigration of the Russian Jews - The Doctor Examining Steerage Passengers before their Departure from Liverpool on board the Guion Liner "Wisconsin" in the Mersey, 1891

Background imageMigrant Collection: Main street storefront, Chickasaw, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Main street storefront, Chickasaw, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Main street storefront, Chickasaw, Oklahoma. This is a region from which hundreds of farm families have fled to the west. ['Loans - We Buy & Sell Clothing Luggage Guns etc - Used Clothing']

Background imageMigrant Collection: Migrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso

Migrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Drought refugees - penniless Oklahomans camped along highway

Drought refugees - penniless Oklahomans camped along highway
Drought refugees. Penniless Oklahomans camped along highway. Came seven months ago. "Can't make it. Want to go back. Ate up our car. Ate up our tent. Living like hogs." California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Children of Oklahoma migrants in agricultural workers camp near Calipatria

Children of Oklahoma migrants in agricultural workers camp near Calipatria, California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Children of Oklahoma migrants, near Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Children of Oklahoma migrants, near Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of Oklahoma migrants in agricultural workers camp near Calipatria, California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, California, with migrant mother and child

Background imageMigrant Collection: Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, talking with one of the members. California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California

Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California
Example of self-resettlement in California. Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio

Background imageMigrant Collection: On the move, Wagoner, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

On the move, Wagoner, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On the move. Wagoner, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

Background imageMigrant Collection: Oklahoma refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageMigrant Collection: Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson

Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California, Kern County

Background imageMigrant Collection: Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California

Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California
Example of self-resettlement in California. Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio

Background imageMigrant Collection: Resettled child of Bosque Farms, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Resettled child of Bosque Farms, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Resettled child of Bosque Farms, New Mexico. She herds cows for neighboring families for five cents per day

Background imageMigrant Collection: Migrant agricultural worker's family, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant agricultural worker's family, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is a native Californian

Background imageMigrant Collection: Little Oklahoma, the community that grew out of the need for help in the potato

Little Oklahoma, the community that grew out of the need for help in the potato and cotton fields. California

Background imageMigrant Collection: House in 'Little Oklahoma'

House in "Little Oklahoma"
House in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma

Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma
Southern California desert. Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, stalled on the desert in southern California with no money. He and his ten children are facing future in California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Family of four to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration

Family of four to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. "They won't go until they get so hungry that there's nothing else for them to do

Background imageMigrant Collection: Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma
Some of the carrot pickers in the Coachella Valley. There are one hundred people in this field coming from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Mexico. California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. "We come from all states and we can't make a dollar in this field noways

Background imageMigrant Collection: Housing for migratory cotton workers five miles north of Corcoran

Housing for migratory cotton workers five miles north of Corcoran, California. The famous strikers concentration camp in 1933 was in Corcoran

Background imageMigrant Collection: Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran

Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran, California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Oklahomans in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahomans in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahomans in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Camp bulletin board in Shafter camp for migratory workers

Camp bulletin board in Shafter camp for migratory workers, Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp, California

Background imageMigrant Collection: One of three families camped behind a billboard on U

One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99. Kern County, California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Campers bulletin board, Shafter camp, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Campers bulletin board, Shafter camp, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Campers bulletin board near entrance of Shafter camp for migrant workers. California

Background imageMigrant Collection: End of the Halloween party, Shafter migrant camp

End of the Halloween party, Shafter migrant camp
End of the Halloween party. Shafter migrant camp. California

Background imageMigrant 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 imageMigrant Collection: Freightcar converted into home in 'Little Oklahoma'

Freightcar converted into home in "Little Oklahoma"
Freightcar converted into home in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Tubercular migrant in a potato pickers camp

Tubercular migrant in a potato pickers camp. Kern County, California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Home in 'Little Oklahoma'

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

Background imageMigrant Collection: Housing for migratory workers in cotton

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

Background imageMigrant Collection: Migrant agricultural worker's family

Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is native Californian. Nipomo, California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Street and homes in 'Little Oklahoma'

Street and homes in "Little Oklahoma"
Street and homes in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Mexican children playing in ditch

Mexican children playing in ditch which runs through company cotton camp near Corcoran, California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Migrants from Delaware picking berries in southern New Jersey

Migrants from Delaware picking berries in southern New Jersey

Background imageMigrant Collection: Three families camped on the plains along US 99 in California

Three families camped on the plains along US 99 in California
Three families camped on the plains along U.S. 99 in California. They are camped behind a billboard which serves as a partial windbreak. All are in need of work

Background imageMigrant Collection: Drought refugees in Phoenix, Arizona, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought refugees in Phoenix, Arizona, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees in Phoenix, Arizona. One of the many cases of Tennessee ex-farmers drifting around, looking for work in cotton

Background imageMigrant Collection: Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California

Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California
Example of self-resettlement in California. Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio

Background imageMigrant Collection: Migrant agricultural worker's family

Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven children without food. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is a native Californian. Nipomo, California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Shack in 'Little Oklahoma'

Shack in "Little Oklahoma"
Shack in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. Coachella Valley, California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. Coachella Valley, California

Background imageMigrant Collection: One of the hundred carrot pullers in this field in the Coachella Valley

One of the hundred carrot pullers in this field in the Coachella Valley, California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma

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 imageMigrant Collection: Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma

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 imageMigrant Collection: Mexican gang of migratory laborers under a Japanese field boss

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

Background imageMigrant Collection: Mexican gang of migratory laborers under a Japanese field boss

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

Background imageMigrant Collection: Kern County camp for migrants, fifteen miles out of Bakersfield

Kern County camp for migrants, fifteen miles out of Bakersfield
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 imageMigrant 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 imageMigrant Collection: Drought refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

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

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

Background imageMigrant Collection: Oklahomans bound for Oregon along a highway in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahomans bound for Oregon along a highway in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahomans bound for Oregon along a highway in California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Oklahoma sharecropper and family entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahoma sharecropper and family entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma sharecropper and family entering California. Stalled on the desert near Indio, California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Drought refugees in California migrant camp, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageMigrant Collection: Filipino gang labor in pea fields near Pismo Beach

Filipino gang labor in pea fields near Pismo Beach, Nipomo, California. Work for Japanese, live on Japanese ranches. Sixty men in this gang

Background imageMigrant Collection: Children of Oklahoma drought refugee in migratory camp in California

Children of Oklahoma drought refugee in migratory camp in California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Mother and three children in a California squatter camp, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mother and three children in a California squatter camp, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mother and three children in a California squatter camp

Background imageMigrant Collection: Migrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway

Migrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway

Background imageMigrant Collection: Aged woman from Oklahoma, Kern County migrant camp

Aged woman from Oklahoma, Kern County migrant camp
Aged woman from Oklahoma. Kern County migrant camp, California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Part of migrant family of five encamped near Porterville

Part of migrant family of five encamped near Porterville, California, while waiting for work in the orange groves

Background imageMigrant Collection: Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies

Background imageMigrant Collection: Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies

Background imageMigrant Collection: Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies

Background imageMigrant Collection: Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt

Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern County

Background imageMigrant Collection: Shack in 'Little Oklahoma'

Shack in "Little Oklahoma"
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 imageMigrant Collection: Freight car converted into house in 'Little Oklahoma

Freight car converted into house in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Background imageMigrant Collection: Family of one of the evicted sharecroppers...Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family of one of the evicted sharecroppers...Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family of one of the evicted sharecroppers from Arkansas who has been resettled at Hill House, Mississippi



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