Migrant Worker Collection (page 5)

Cotton pickers from Webber Falls, Oklahoma in Firebaugh, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Firebaugh, California. Came from Webber Falls, Oklahoma with two grown sons in 1938. Cotton pickers

Cotton pickers from Webber Falls, Oklahoma in Firebaugh, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Firebaugh, California. Came from Webber Falls, Oklahoma with two grown sons in 1938. Cotton pickers

Oklahomans, drought refugees in a southern California squatter's camp, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahomans, drought refugees in a southern California squatter's camp

Oklahoma grandmother in southern California squatter's camp, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma grandmother in southern California squatter's camp. "Yes'm we're getting along just fine"

Oklahoma sharecropper entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma sharecropper entering California stalled on the desert with his wife and four children

Oklahoma sharecropper entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma sharecropper entering California stalled on desert with his wife and four children

Speaker, migratory worker, Conference to Aid Agricultural Organization, Bakersfield, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Speaker, migratory worker, leader in the cotton strike, at Conference to Aid Agricultural Organization (Steinbeck Committee), Bakersfield, California

Oklahomans encamped on a river bottom near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahomans encamped on a river bottom near Holtville, California

Along a California highway, a dust bowl refugee bound for Oregon, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Along a California highway, a dust bowl refugee bound for Oregon

Dust bowl refugee from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dust bowl refugee from Chickasaw, Oklahoma. Imperial Valley, California. "Black Sunday, 1934, that was the awfullest dust we ever did see"

Migratory laborers, near Shafter, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Shafter, California. Migratory laborers

Migrant family in Farm Security Administration camp, Westley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Westley, California. Migrant family in Farm Security Administration camp. Unable to obtain work in pea fields because of labor surplus in height of season

Drought refugees from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees from Chickasaw, Oklahoma. Three families traveling together. They can't travel because of lack of money for trailer license. Near Santa Maria, California

Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant

Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant

Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant

A mother in California who with her family will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief... 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A mother in California who with her husband and her two children will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration

Drought refugees, camp along the roadside, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp along the roadside. Drought refugees. Imperial County, California

Refugee families encamped near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Refugee families encamped near Holtville, California

Drought refugees in California near Holtville, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees in California near Holtville

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937
Coachella Valley, California. Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Mexico. "We come from all states, and we can't make a dollar a day in this field noways

Near Tracy, California - Gang of Filipinos in pea field, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Tracy, California. Gang of Filipinos in pea field

Drought refugee from Oklahoma in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugee from Oklahoma in California

Oklahoma drought refugee, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This is a hard way to serve the Lord. Oklahoma drought refugee, California

California migratory farm laborers, outskirts of Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California migratory farm laborers, drought refugees from Oklahoma, camped in the brush on the river bottom with no water or sanitation. On the outskirts of Brawley. Imperial Valley, California

Children of migratory carrot pullers, Mexicans, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of migratory carrot pullers, Mexicans. Imperial Valley, California

Children of migratory carrot pullers, Mexicans, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of migratory carrot pullers, Mexicans. Imperial Valley, California

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937
Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Mexico. Coachella Valley, California. "We come from all states and we can't make a dollar a day in this field noways

Filipino crew of fifty-five boys cutting and loading lettuce, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Filipino crew of fifty-five boys cutting and loading lettuce. Imperial Valley, California

Filipino crew of fifty-five boys cutting and loading lettuce, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Filipino crew of fifty-five boys cutting and loading lettuce. Imperial Valley, California

Sign at a tomato packing shed for migrant and local labor, Hazelhurst, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sign at a tomato packing shed for migrant and local labor. Hazelhurst, Mississippi. ['Attention All Employees! No Checks Issued without Social Security Account Number

Migrant potato pickers pitching... Near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant potato pickers pitching their tent. Often they are without water and sanitary conditions. Near Shafter, California

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937
Some of the carrot pullers in the Coachella Valley. There are one hundred people in this field coming from Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. California

Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers, Kern County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers. Kern County, California. The growers set price of cotton at seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds picked

Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers, Kern County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers. Kern County, California. The growers set price of cotton at seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds picked

Migratory field worker, leader of the cotton strike of October 1938, Kern County, California, 1938
Migratory field worker, leader of the cotton strike of October 1938, which took place just before the election. Kern County, California

From Oklahoma farm (April 1938) to strike leader in California, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
From Oklahoma farm (April 1938) to strike leader in California. Cotton strike (Nov. 1938). He displays his union membership book. "Vote No on No

Industrialized agriculture, from Texas farmer to migratory worker in California, Kern County, 1938
Industrialized agriculture. From Texas farmer to migratory worker in California. Kern County

Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, California. These cotton pickers are being paid seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds

Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, California. These cotton pickers are being paid seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds

Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, California. These cotton pickers are being paid seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds

Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, California. These cotton pickers are being paid seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds

Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, California. These cotton pickers are being paid seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds

Mexican grandmother...harvesting tomatoes, Santa Clara Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican grandmother who migrates with large family each year from Glendale, Arizona, following crops thru California and return. Here shown harvesting tomatoes, Santa Clara Valley, California

Family of migratory cotton pickers, originally from Oklahoma, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Living conditions of workers in agriculture on whom depend the crops of California. Family of migratory cotton pickers, originally from Oklahoma, living in abandoned cow barn. Note bed in corner

Oklahoman from Chickasaw in potato pickers camp, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Texans and Oklahomans, drought-stricken ex-farmers, are fast supplanting Mexican labor in the California harvests. Oklahoman from Chickasaw in potato pickers camp. Kern County, California

Home of Tennessee family of seven, now migratory workers... outside of Sacramento, California
Home of Tennessee family of seven, now migratory workers living in camp outside of Sacramento, California. Father was coal miner in Tennessee but when the mines were not working received two days a

Drought refugees waiting for relief checks, Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California

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