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Chinese quarter of the Chincha Islands, 1864. Creator: UnknownChinese quarter of the Chincha Islands, [Peru], 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Oswald Younghusband of the quarter inhabited by Chinese labourers employed in the guano trade
Hop-pickers on the Road - drawn by Phiz, 1858. Creator: Hablot Knight BrowneHop-pickers on the Road - drawn by Phiz, 1858. Seasonal farm workers. Here meet together the respectable poor and the disreputable poor, the honest labourer and the thief (doing honest work now)
Filipinos cutting lettuce, near Westmorland, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNear Westmorland. Filipinos cutting lettuce. California
Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeFamily between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people
Once a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Coast, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeOnce a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Coast. California
Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers, Lindsay, Tulare County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeLindsay, California. Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers. (Tulare County)
Migrant cotton pickers, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigrant cotton pickers. Texas
Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble, looking for work...California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble. Looking for work in the peas. California
Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble, looking for work... CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble. Looking for work in the peas. California
Drought refugees - penniless Oklahomans camped along highway, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeDrought 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
Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers, Lindsay, Tulare County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeLindsay, California. Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers. Tulare County
Field worker irrigating alfalfa and barley fields, Near Indio, Coachella Valley, California, 1937Field worker irrigating alfalfa and barley fields. The field produces eleven cuttings of alfalfa a year, yields nine to ten tons to the acre; sold for twenty-two dollars per ton in 1936
Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California, 1936Example of self-resettlement in California. Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio
On the move, Wagoner, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeOn the move. Wagoner, Wagoner County, Oklahoma
Oklahoma refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeOklahoma refugees. California
Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt, California, Kern County, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeGrandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California, Kern County
Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California, 1936Example of self-resettlement in California. Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio. Forced by the drought of 1936 to abandon their farm
Little Oklahoma, the community that grew out of the need for help in the potato... CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeLittle Oklahoma, the community that grew out of the need for help in the potato and cotton fields. California
House in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeHouse in "Little Oklahoma, " California
Dust bowl refugee in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeDust bowl refugee in California. "We was starved out and we live on perhaps. We could maybe find a little work if we could afford to roll"
Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, stalled on the desert in southern California with no money, 1937Southern 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
Family of four to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration, Holtville, California, 1937Family 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
Lettuce cutting in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeLettuce cutting in the Imperial Valley, California. A Filipino crew of fifty-five boys, migrants
Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937Some 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
Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeCarrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. "We come from all states and we can't make a dollar in this field noways
Oklahomans in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeOklahomans in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California
Filipino gang of spinach harvesters, near Santa Maria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNear Santa Maria, California. Filipino gang of spinach harvesters
Freightcar converted into home in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeFreightcar converted into home in "Little Oklahoma, " California
Tubercular migrant in a potato pickers camp, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeTubercular migrant in a potato pickers camp. Kern County, California
Home in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeHome in "Little Oklahoma, " a community that has grown out of migrant potato and cotton workers. California
Refugees camped by the roadside beside an irrigated pea field, nine miles from Calipatria, CA, 1937Forty families of drought and depression refugees camped by the roadside beside an irrigated pea field. A freeze which destroyed the pea crop threw practically every family in this camp on emergency
Street and homes in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeStreet and homes in "Little Oklahoma, " California
Migrants from Delaware picking berries in southern New Jersey, 1936 Creator: Dorothea LangeMigrants from Delaware picking berries in southern New Jersey
Migrant cotton pickers at lunchtime, near Radstown, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigrant cotton pickers at lunchtime. Near Radstown, Texas
Mexican migratory citrus worker's family, near Strathmore, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNear Strathmore, California. Mexican migratory citrus worker's family. Camped here
Drought refugees in Phoenix, Arizona, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeDrought refugees in Phoenix, Arizona. One of the many cases of Tennessee ex-farmers drifting around, looking for work in cotton
Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California. 1936Example of self-resettlement in California. Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio
Shack in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeShack in "Little Oklahoma, " California
Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. Coachella Valley, California
One of the hundred carrot pullers in this field in the Coachella Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeOne of the hundred carrot pullers in this field in the Coachella Valley, California
Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937Carrot 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
Mexican migratory laborer thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants, Imperial Valley, California, 1937One 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