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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
Migrant agricultural worker's family, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigrant agricultural worker's family. Seven children without food. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is a native Californian. Nipomo, California
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 gang of migratory laborers under a Japanese field boss, Imperial Valley, California, 1937Mexican gang of migratory laborers under a Japanese field boss. These men are thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants. Wages thirty cents an hour
Kern County camp for migrants, fifteen miles out of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeKern 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
Housing for Oklahoma refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeHousing for Oklahoma refugees. California
Drought refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeDrought refugees in California
Drought refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeDrought refugees. California
Oklahomans bound for Oregon along a highway in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeOklahomans bound for Oregon along a highway in California
Oklahoma sharecropper and family entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeOklahoma sharecropper and family entering California. Stalled on the desert near Indio, California
Drought refugees in California migrant camp, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeDrought refugees in California migrant camp
Filipino gang labor in pea fields near Pismo Beach, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeFilipino gang labor in pea fields near Pismo Beach, Nipomo, California. Work for Japanese, live on Japanese ranches. Sixty men in this gang
Children of Oklahoma drought refugee in migratory camp in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeChildren of Oklahoma drought refugee in migratory camp in California
Mother and three children in a California squatter camp, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeMother and three children in a California squatter camp
Migrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway
Aged woman from Oklahoma, Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeAged woman from Oklahoma. Kern County migrant camp, California
Part of migrant family of five encamped near Porterville, CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangePart of migrant family of five encamped near Porterville, California, while waiting for work in the orange groves
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies
Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt, California, Kern County, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeGrandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern County
Shack in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeShack 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
Freight car converted into house in "Little Oklahoma, " California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeFreight car converted into house in "Little Oklahoma, " California
Family of one of the evicted sharecroppers...Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeFamily of one of the evicted sharecroppers from Arkansas who has been resettled at Hill House, Mississippi
Resettled farm child from Taos Junction to Bosque Farms project, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea LangeResettled farm child from Taos Junction to Bosque Farms project. New Mexico
Motherless migrant children - they work in the cotton, 1935. Creator: Dorothea LangeMotherless migrant children. They work in the cotton
Drought refugees from Oklahoma looking for work in the pea fields of California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea LangeDrought refugees from Oklahoma looking for work in the pea fields of California. Near San Jose Mission
Pregnant migrant woman... squatter camp, Kern County, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangePregnant migrant woman living in California squatter camp. Kern County
Drought refugee from Polk, Missouri, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeDrought refugee from Polk, Missouri. Awaiting the opening of orange picking season at Porterville, California
Children of drought refugees camped by highway outside of Fresno, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeChildren of drought refugees camped by highway outside of Fresno, California. The parents are working in the cotton field
Son of cotton picker living in squatters camp near Farmersville, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeSon of cotton picker living in squatters camp near Farmersville, California
Son of migratory worker from Kansas in squatters camp near Farmersville, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeSon of migratory worker from Kansas in squatters camp near Farmersville, California
On location of Resettlement Administration film near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea LangeOn location of Resettlement Administration film near Bakersfield, California. Three brothers, drought refugees from Texas (note water barrel)
Squatters along highway near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea LangeSquatters along highway near Bakersfield, California. Penniless refugees from dust bowl. Twenty-two in family, thirty-nine evictions, now encamped near Bakersfield without shelter
Squatter camp, outskirts of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeSquatter camp. Outskirts of Bakersfield, California. Note number of auto trailers and trailer being constructed on left
Roadside camp near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea LangeRoadside camp near Bakersfield, California. "Come to California." The worldly posessions of refugees from Texas dust, drought and depression
Drought refugee's car on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeDrought refugee's car on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California. Note: the photographer passed twenty-eight cars of this type (drought refugees)
Son of destitute migrant, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeSon of destitute migrant, American River camp, near Sacramento, California. The boy has dysentery
Tubercular mother from Oklahoma now living in the Kern migrant camp (resettlement), CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeTubercular mother from Oklahoma now living in the Kern migrant camp (resettlement), California. She receives daily visits from the county nurse
Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, with drought refugee family, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeTom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, with drought refugee family. California