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Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Texas drought refugees in cotton camp near Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Texas drought refugees in cotton camp near Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Texas drought refugees in cotton camp near Exeter, California

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Drought refugees from Texas encamped in California near Exeter, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought refugees from Texas encamped in California near Exeter, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees from Texas encamped in California near Exeter. Seven in family

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Oklahoma mother of five children, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno, 1936

Oklahoma mother of five children, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma mother of five children, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Mother of five children from Oklahoma, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno, 1936

Mother of five children from Oklahoma, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mother of five children from Oklahoma, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Cotton hoers leaving Greenville at 5 am for a day's work on the plantations, Mississippi, 1937

Cotton hoers leaving Greenville at 5 am for a day's work on the plantations, Mississippi, 1937
Cotton hoers leaving Greenville at 5 a.m. for a day's work on the plantations. Wages one dollar a day, one dollar and twenty-five cents on a few plantations. Hoers carry their lunches

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Mexican field hand, New Mexico, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mexican field hand, New Mexico, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican field hand. New Mexico

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Migrant pea pickers, near Westley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant pea pickers, near Westley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant pea pickers from many states line up with their filled hampers on the edge of the field. They wait their turn for weighing. Near Westley, California

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Moving day on the Delta cotton lands, Arkansas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Moving day on the Delta cotton lands, Arkansas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Moving day on the Delta cotton lands. Arkansas

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family 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

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family 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

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Mexican cantaloupe worker at 5:00 am, Imperial Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mexican cantaloupe worker at 5:00 am, Imperial Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican cantaloupe worker at 5:00 a.m. Imperial Valley, California

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

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, 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 Workers Collection: Oklahoma migrant, Texas. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahoma migrant, Texas. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma migrant, Texas. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies. The father, aged thirty-five, is an intelligent fellow, a painter by trade

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California home of Oklahoma drought refugee

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California home of Oklahoma drought refugee

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California home of Oklahoma drought refugee

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Drought refugees from Abilene, Texas, following the crops of California as migratory workers, 1936

Drought refugees from Abilene, Texas, following the crops of California as migratory workers, 1936
Drought refugees from Abilene, Texas, following the crops of California as migratory workers. "The finest people in this world live in Texas but I just can't seem to accomplish nothin there

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside, Blythe, California, 1936

Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside, Blythe, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside. They hope to work in the cotton fields. There are seven in family. Blythe, California

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside, Blythe, California, 1936

Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside, Blythe, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside. They hope to work in the cotton fields. The official at the border (California-Arizona) inspection service said that on this day, August 17

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Drought farmers come to town, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought farmers come to town, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought farmers come to town. Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Child of Texas migrant family who follow the cotton crop, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Child of Texas migrant family who follow the cotton crop, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Child of Texas migrant family who follow the cotton crop

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Moving day in the turpentine pine forest country, Northern Florida, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Moving day in the turpentine pine forest country, Northern Florida, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Moving day in the turpentine pine forest country. Northern Florida

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Moving day in the turpentine pine forest country, North Florida, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Moving day in the turpentine pine forest country, North Florida, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Moving day in the turpentine pine forest country. North Florida

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: A new home on wheels (father and son), Yuba County, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

A new home on wheels (father and son), Yuba County, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A new home on wheels (father and son). Yuba County, California

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Migrants from Delaware picking berries in southern New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrants from Delaware picking berries in southern New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrants from Delaware picking berries in southern New Jersey

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Migrants from Delaware picking berries in southern New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrants from Delaware picking berries in southern New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrants from Delaware picking berries in southern New Jersey

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Filipinos waiting for the signal...cutting lettuce, near Westmorland, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939

Filipinos waiting for the signal...cutting lettuce, near Westmorland, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939
Near Westmorland, Imperial Valley. Filipinos waiting for the signal to start cutting lettuce. California

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Filipinos cutting lettuce, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Filipinos cutting lettuce, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Filipinos cutting lettuce. Near Westmorland, Imperial Valley, California]

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Filipinos waiting for the signal... cutting lettuce, near Westmorland, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939

Filipinos waiting for the signal... cutting lettuce, near Westmorland, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939
Filipinos waiting for the signal to start cutting lettuce. Near Westmorland, Imperial Valley, California

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Migratory labor camp during pea harvest, FSA, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

Migratory labor camp during pea harvest, FSA, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA). Migratory labor camp during pea harvest. Brawley, Imperial Valley, California

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Grower's camp for pickers on large pea ranch... near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

Grower's camp for pickers on large pea ranch... near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939
Grower's camp for pickers on large pea ranch along ditch bank. Growers camps in Imperial Valley and elsewhere have been much improved this year largely because of influence of Farm Security

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Mexican picking cantaloupes in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mexican picking cantaloupes in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican picking cantaloupes in the Imperial Valley, California. This is highly skilled labor

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: One of a row of tents, home of a pea picker, near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939

One of a row of tents, home of a pea picker, near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of a row of tents, home of a pea picker. Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Migrant family from Oklahoma, first occupants of Westley camp, California, 1939

Migrant family from Oklahoma, first occupants of Westley camp, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma, first occupants of Westley camp. California

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Mexicans picking cantaloupes one mile north of the Mexican border, Imperial Valley, Califoria, 1937

Mexicans picking cantaloupes one mile north of the Mexican border, Imperial Valley, Califoria, 1937
Mexicans picking cantaloupes one mile north of the Mexican border. Imperial Valley, Califoria. 6:00 a.m. This is highly skilled labor

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Drought refugees from Colorado, outskirts of San Bernardino, California. 1935

Drought refugees from Colorado, outskirts of San Bernardino, California. 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Outskirts of San Bernardino, California. A new home in California. Drought refugees from Colorado now making a new start in California. Living in Cotton Gardens

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Mexicans picking cantaloupes, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mexicans picking cantaloupes, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexicans picking cantaloupes one mile north of the Mexican border. Imperial Valley, California. 6:00 a.m. This is highly skilled labor

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Mechanical potato digger in the field, Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mechanical potato digger in the field, Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mechanical potato digger in the field. Shafter, California

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Potato field and pickers near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Potato field and pickers near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato field and pickers near Shafter, California

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Migrant agricultural worker picking potatoes near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant agricultural worker picking potatoes near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural worker picking potatoes near Shafter, California

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Potato pickers, near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Potato pickers, near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Shafter, California. Potatoes are dug by machines and strewn on the ground as the digger goes down the rows. The picker puts the potatoes into sacks suspended from their waist between their

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Potato picker in camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Potato picker in camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato picker in camp near Shafter, California

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Potato picker in camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Potato picker in camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato picker in camp near Shafter, California

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Family of drought refugees on US 99 near Bakersfield, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family of drought refugees on US 99 near Bakersfield, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family of drought refugees on U.S. 99 near Bakersfield, California

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Migrant agricultural workers home, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant agricultural workers home, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural workers home. California. [Makeshift shelter built behind an advertising hoarding: Cyanogas - The Real Hopper Control']

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Oklahoma migratory workers washing in a hot spring in the desert, Imperial Valley, California, 1937

Oklahoma migratory workers washing in a hot spring in the desert, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Oklahoma migratory workers washing in a hot spring in the desert. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageMigrant Workers Collection: Slums of East El Centro, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Slums of East El Centro, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Slums of East El Centro, California. Housing for Mexican field workers. They rent for eight dollars a month. Imperial Valley



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