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Penn. [i.e. Pennsylvania] coal strike - some of the 500 in Atlantic camp, between c1910 and c1915
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)
Michael Benedicks (1768-1845), married to 1. Fanny Isak (1775-1802), 2. Henriette... 1824. Creator: Jakob Axel GillbergMichael Benedicks (1768-1845), married to 1. Fanny Isak (1775-1802), 2. Henriette von Halle (1786-1855), 1824
The Revolution in Sicily - the people relanding with their chattels at Messina... 1860The Revolution in Sicily - the people relanding with their chattels at Messina, after the Battle of Melazzo, from a sketch by T. Nast, 1860
Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889. Creators: Joseph Keppler, Bernhard GillamCartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889
Fremantle in Western Australia: Rottnest Island, the Proposed New Convict Establishment... 1857. Creator: UnknownFremantle in Western Australia: Rottnest Island, the Proposed New Convict Establishment, in the distance, 1857. By reference to the report of the important measure introduced to the House of
Migratory cotton picker with her baby, 1939. Creator: UnknownMigratory cotton picker with her baby, 1939
Migratory cotton workers, 1939. Creator: UnknownMigratory cotton workers, 1939
African Americans leaving the South, 1882. Creator: UnknownAfrican Americans leaving the South, 1882
The Pilgrim Fathers Leaving England, (1902). Creator: C. HowardThe Pilgrim Fathers Leaving England, (1902). English puritans on their way to north America. Quakers on board the Mayflower landed in 1620
In Search of a New Home - A Scene in the Far West, 1891. Creator: John CharltonIn 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
The Emigration of the Russian Jews - Sketches on board the Guion Liner "Wisconsin", 1891. Creator: UnknownThe Emigration of the Russian Jews - Sketches on board the Guion Liner "Wisconsin", The Rush for the First Meal, 1891. From "The Graphic
The Emigration of the Russian Jews - Sketches on board the Guion Liner "Wisconsin", 1891. Creator: UnknownThe Emigration of the Russian Jews - Sketches on board the Guion Liner "Wisconsin", off Queenstown on Sunday Morning - The Ruling Passion, 1891. From "The Graphic
The Emigration of the Russian Jews - The Doctor Examining Steerage Passengers, 1891. Creator: UnknownThe 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
Itinerant worker on U.S. 101 near San Luis Obispo, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeOn U.S. 101 near San Luis Obispo, California. Itinerant worker. Not the old "Bindle-Stiff" type
Cotton pickers emptying sacks, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeKern County, California. Cotton pickers emptying sacks at eleven a.m. Stopped from further work for the day by rain
Main street storefront, Chickasaw, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeMain 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']
Woman in pea picker's camp, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeWoman in pea picker's camp. California. "I seen our corn dry up and blow over the fence back there in Oklahoma"
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
Migrants tents...along the right of way of the southern pacific, near Fresno, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNear Fresno, California. Migrants tents are a common sight along the right of way of the Southern Pacific. [Signs: Railroad Crossing, End of Double Track']
Drought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeDrought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Car of drought refugee on edge of carrot field in the Coachella Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeCar of drought refugee on edge of carrot field in the Coachella Valley. California
Migrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California. Note: the photographer passed twenty-eight cars of this type while driving thirty-five miles between 9:00 and 9
Citrus workers in winter quarters, near Lindsay, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNear Lindsay, California. Citrus workers in winter quarters
Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers, Lindsay, Tulare County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeLindsay, California. Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers. (Tulare County)
Squatter camp on county road near Calipatria, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeSquatter camp on county road near Calipatria. Forty families from the dust bowl have been camped here for months on the edge of the pea fields. There has been no work because the crop was frozen
Auto camp north of Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeAuto camp north of Calipatria, California. Approximately eighty families from the Dust Bowl are camped here. They pay fifty cents a week. The only available work now is agricultural labor
Drought refugee families from Oklahoma on road to Roswell, New Mexico, near Lordsburg, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeDrought refugee families from Oklahoma on road to Roswell, New Mexico, to chop cotton. Near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Ex-tenant farmer from Texas, came to work in the fruit... Coachella Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeEx-tenant farmer from Texas, came to work in the fruit and vegetable harvests. Coachella Valley, California
Itinerant laborers riding the freight, West side of San Joaquin Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeItinerant laborers riding the freight. West side of San Joaquin Valley, California
Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the cotton at Roswell, New Mexico. U.S. Route 70, Arizona
Two boys from New Mexico now in California to work in the harvests, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeTwo boys from New Mexico now in California to work in the harvests
Refugee family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeRefugee family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, camped in the brush in a river bottom near Holtville, California
Tom Collins, manager of Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeTom Collins, manager of Kern County migrant camp, California
Two families of migrants from Missouri looking for work in the pea fields, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeTwo families of migrants from Missouri looking for work in the pea fields. 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
Migrants tents...along the right of way of the Southern Pacific, near Fresno, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNear Fresno, California. Migrants tents are a common sight along the right of way of the Southern Pacific. [Sign: Railroad Crossing']
Migrants tents...along the right of way of the Southern Pacific, near Fresno, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigrants tents are a common sight along the right of way of the Southern Pacific [railroad]. Near Fresno, California
Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers, Lindsay, Tulare County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeLindsay, California. Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers. Tulare County
Migrants winter quarters, Farmersville, Tulare County, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeFarmersville, Tulare County. Migrants winter quarters
Unsanitary privy in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeUnsanitary privy in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California
Children of Oklahoma migrants in agricultural workers camp near Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeChildren of Oklahoma migrants in agricultural workers camp near Calipatria, California
Children of Oklahoma migrants, near Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeChildren of Oklahoma migrants in agricultural workers camp near Calipatria, California
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
Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, California, with migrant mother and child, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeTom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, California, with migrant mother and child
Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, talking with one of the members, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeTom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, talking with one of the members. California
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
Typical Teutonic farm wife and child of Mills, New Mexico, area, 1935. Creator: Dorothea LangeTypical Teutonic farm wife and child of Mills, New Mexico, area. Client for resettlement
Oklahoma refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeOklahoma refugees. California
Camps of migrant pea workers, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeCamps of migrant pea workers. 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
Resettled child of Bosque Farms, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea LangeResettled child of Bosque Farms, New Mexico. She herds cows for neighboring families for five cents per day
Migrant agricultural worker's family, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is a native Californian. Destitute in pea picker's camp, Nipomo, California
Camp of single men by the roadside...come in to work in the pea fields, Nipomo, California, 1935Camp of single men by the roadside. They have come in to work in the pea fields. Nipomo, California
In a migratory camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeIn a migratory camp. California
Migrant family in Kern County, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigrant family in Kern County. This family was sent back at the state line by Los Angeles police. Refused entrance into California
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
Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeCamp of migratory workers. Imperial County, 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
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
Migratory workers "kitchen" near Shafter, Kern County, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigratory workers "kitchen" near Shafter. Kern County, California. Squatters camp
Housing for migratory cotton workers five miles north of Corcoran, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeHousing for migratory cotton workers five miles north of Corcoran, California. The famous strikers concentration camp in 1933 was in Corcoran
Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeCompany housing for cotton workers near Corcoran, California
Oklahomans in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeOklahomans in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California
Nebraska farmer come to pick peas, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNebraska farmer come to pick peas. Near Calipatria, California
Camp bulletin board in Shafter camp for migratory workers, FSA camp, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeCamp bulletin board in Shafter camp for migratory workers, Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp, California. This notice is a statement of self-determined policy drawn up by the camp committee of
One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeOne of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99. Kern County, California
Campers bulletin board, Shafter camp, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeCampers bulletin board near entrance of Shafter camp for migrant workers. California
A sharecropper's car near Hartwell, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeA sharecropper's car near Hartwell, Georgia. [Tyres missing, up on bricks]
