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Migration Collection (#13)

Background imageMigration Collection: Housing for migratory cotton laborers near Casa Grande, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Housing for migratory cotton laborers near Casa Grande, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing for migratory cotton laborers near Casa Grande, Arizona

Background imageMigration Collection: Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California

Background imageMigration Collection: Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California

Background imageMigration Collection: Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, Kern County, 1938

Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, Kern County, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, a Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp. The discussion this evening centers on the possibility of buying kerosene oil in large

Background imageMigration Collection: Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County migrant camp. California

Background imageMigration Collection: Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, Kern County, 1938

Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, Kern County, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, a Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp. The discussion this evening centers on the possibility of buying kerosene oil in large

Background imageMigration Collection: Street and homes in 'Little Oklahoma', California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Street and homes in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Street and homes in "Little Oklahoma." Forty families in this group. Tents, tent houses, shacks, freight cars converted into homes

Background imageMigration Collection: Three families camped on the plains along US99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Three families camped on the plains along US99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Three families camped on the plains along U.S. 99 in California

Background imageMigration Collection: Cotton hoers, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton hoers, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
These cotton hoers work only seasonally on the plantations. The rest of the year they live on odd jobs and relief. Memphis, Tennessee

Background imageMigration Collection: Three families camped on the plains along US99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Three families camped on the plains along US99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Three families camped on the plains along U.S. 99 in California. They are camped behind a billboard which serves as a partial windbreak. All are in need of work

Background imageMigration Collection: Three families camped on the plains along US 99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Three families camped on the plains along US 99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Three families camped on the plains along U.S. 99 in California. They are camped behind a billboard which serves as a partial windbreak. All are in need of work

Background imageMigration Collection: Family camped on U.S. Highway 63, Cache County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family camped on U.S. Highway 63, Cache County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family camped on U.S. Highway 63. Cache County, Oklahoma

Background imageMigration Collection: Three families camped on the plains along US 99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Three families camped on the plains along US 99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Three families camped on the plains along U.S. 99 in California. They are camped behind a billboard which serves as a partial windbreak. All are in need of work

Background imageMigration Collection: Three families camped on the plains along US 99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Three families camped on the plains along US 99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Three families camped on the plains along U.S. 99 in California. They are camped behind a billboard which serves as a partial windbreak. All are in need of work

Background imageMigration Collection: Laundry facilities in migratory labor camp, Imperial Valley, California, near Calipatria, 1937

Laundry facilities in migratory labor camp, Imperial Valley, California, near Calipatria, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Laundry facilities in migratory labor camp. Imperial Valley, California, near Calipatria

Background imageMigration Collection: Auto camp north of Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Auto camp north of Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Auto 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

Background imageMigration Collection: Housing of families living on (WPA) jobs, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Housing of families living on (WPA) jobs, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing of families living on Works Progress Administration (WPA) jobs on the plains, in the brush, and in many cheap auto trailer camps of Kern County, California

Background imageMigration Collection: Housing of families living on (WPA) jobs, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Housing of families living on (WPA) jobs, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing of families living on Works Progress Administration (WPA) jobs on the plains, in the brush, and in many cheap auto trailer camps of Kern County, California

Background imageMigration Collection: Migratory family from Louisiana on Works Progress Administration (WPA), California, 1938

Migratory family from Louisiana on Works Progress Administration (WPA), California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory family from Louisiana, been in California eighteen months now on Works Progress Administration (WPA), receives fifty-five dollars a month

Background imageMigration Collection: Migratory family from Louisiana on Works Progress Administration (WPA), California, 1938

Migratory family from Louisiana on Works Progress Administration (WPA), California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory family from Louisiana, been in California eighteen months now on Works Progress Administration (WPA), receives fifty-five dollars a month

Background imageMigration Collection: Migratory family from Louisiana on Works Progress Administration (WPA), California, 1938

Migratory family from Louisiana on Works Progress Administration (WPA), California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory family from Louisiana, been in California eighteen months now on Works Progress Administration (WPA), receives fifty-five dollars a month

Background imageMigration Collection: Migratory family from Louisiana on Works Progress Administration (WPA), California, 1938

Migratory family from Louisiana on Works Progress Administration (WPA), California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory family from Louisiana, been in California eighteen months now on Works Progress Administration (WPA), receives fifty-five dollars a month

Background imageMigration Collection: Housing of families living on (WPA) jobs, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Housing of families living on (WPA) jobs, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing of families living on Works Progress Administration (WPA) jobs on the plains, in the brush, and in many cheap auto trailer camps of Kern County, California

Background imageMigration Collection: The children at Halloween party in Shafter migrant camp, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The children at Halloween party in Shafter migrant camp, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The children crowd and push to reach the refreshments at Halloween party in Shafter migrant camp. California

Background imageMigration Collection: The children at Halloween party in Shafter migrant cooperative, California, 1938

The children at Halloween party in Shafter migrant cooperative, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The children crowd and push to reach the refreshments at Halloween party in Shafter migrant cooperative. California

Background imageMigration Collection: Orange pickers camp, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Orange pickers camp, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Orange pickers camp. Tulare County, California. Rent one dollar per week

Background imageMigration Collection: Migratory cotton pickers have stopped working because it started to rain, Kern County, CA, 1938

Migratory cotton pickers have stopped working because it started to rain, Kern County, CA, 1938
Migratory cotton pickers have stopped working because it started to rain. Kern County, California

Background imageMigration Collection: Migratory cotton pickers have stopped working because it started to rain, Kern County, CA, 1938

Migratory cotton pickers have stopped working because it started to rain, Kern County, CA, 1938
Migratory cotton pickers have stopped working because it started to rain. Kern County, California

Background imageMigration Collection: Women in auto camp for migrant citrus workers, Tulare County, California, 1938

Women in auto camp for migrant citrus workers, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Women in auto camp for migrant citrus workers. Tulare County, California

Background imageMigration Collection: Texas woman in carrot pullers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Texas woman in carrot pullers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Texas woman in carrot pullers camp. Imperial Valley, California. This sunbonnet is typical of women who came from Texas

Background imageMigration Collection: Texas woman in carrot pullers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Texas woman in carrot pullers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Texas woman in carrot pullers camp. Imperial Valley, California. This sunbonnet is typical of women who came from Texas

Background imageMigration Collection: Nebraska farmer come to pick peas, Near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Nebraska farmer come to pick peas, Near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Nebraska farmer come to pick peas. Near Calipatria, California

Background imageMigration Collection: Part of family arrived the night before...near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

Part of family arrived the night before...near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of family arrived the night before from Rockwell, Texas. Picked their way across the country. Encamped on the river bottom. Near Holtville. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageMigration Collection: Part of family arrived the night before... near Holtville, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939

Part of family arrived the night before... near Holtville, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of family arrived the night before from Rockwell, Texas. Picked their way across the country. Encamped on the river bottom. Near Holtville. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageMigration Collection: Texas woman in carrot pullers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Texas woman in carrot pullers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Texas woman in carrot pullers camp. Imperial Valley, California. This sunbonnet is typical of women who came from Texas

Background imageMigration Collection: Texas woman in carrot pullers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Texas woman in carrot pullers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Texas woman in carrot pullers camp. Imperial Valley, California. This sunbonnet is typical of women who came from Texas

Background imageMigration Collection: Looking Backward, from Puck, n.d. Creator: Joseph Keppler

Looking Backward, from Puck, n.d. Creator: Joseph Keppler
Looking Backward, from Puck, n.d

Background imageMigration Collection: Reindeer, between c1900 and 1923. Creator: Unknown

Reindeer, between c1900 and 1923. Creator: Unknown
Reindeer, between c1900 and 1923. Photo from Herman Weig General Passenger Agt. White Pass and Yukon Route 1919 Conway Bldg. Chicago

Background imageMigration Collection: Reindeer herd, between c1900 and 1927. Creator: Lomen Brothers

Reindeer herd, between c1900 and 1927. Creator: Lomen Brothers
Reindeer herd, between c1900 and 1927

Background imageMigration Collection: Hose team The champion Chinese Hose Team of America, who won the great Hub-and-Hub... 1888

Hose team The champion Chinese Hose Team of America, who won the great Hub-and-Hub... 1888. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Hose team. The champion Chinese Hose Team of America, who won the great Hub-and-Hub race at Deadwood, Dak. July 4th, 1888 []. Twelve member team of Chinese "hose" runners posed in uniform

Background imageMigration Collection: Old Migrant from Ukraine. Irkutsk, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov

Old Migrant from Ukraine. Irkutsk, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov
Old Migrant from Ukraine. Irkutsk, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954) was a Russian artist who in 1904 traveled by prisoner transport from western Russia across Siberia

Background imageMigration Collection: Peasant-Migrant who has Settled in Irkutsk Province. Siberia, 1904

Peasant-Migrant who has Settled in Irkutsk Province. Siberia, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov
Peasant-Migrant who has Settled in Irkutsk Province. Siberia, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954) was a Russian artist who in 1904 traveled by prisoner transport from western Russia across

Background imageMigration Collection: Rand, McNally & Co.'s map of the United States showing, in six degrees the density of pop... 1890

Rand, McNally & Co.'s map of the United States showing, in six degrees the density of pop... 1890
Rand, McNally & Co.'s map of the United States showing, in six degrees the density of population, 1890, (1892). This map, published in 1892 by the Chicago-based Rand McNally and Company

Background imageMigration Collection: Map of the mining district of California, 1851. Creator: William A. Jackson

Map of the mining district of California, 1851. Creator: William A. Jackson
Map of the mining district of California, 1851. This map, produced in two parts in the early years after the California Gold Rush of 1849

Background imageMigration Collection: Migrant farmstead in the settlement of Nadezhdinsk with a group of peasants... between 1905-1915

Migrant farmstead in the settlement of Nadezhdinsk with a group of peasants... between 1905-1915
Migrant farmstead in the settlement of Nadezhdinsk with a group of peasants, Golodnaia [or Golodnaya] Steppe, [Russia/Central Asia?], between 1905 and 1915

Background imageMigration Collection: Cossacks Escorting the Taranchi into Russian Territory During the Occupation of the Ili...19th

Cossacks Escorting the Taranchi into Russian Territory During the Occupation of the Ili...19th cent Creator
Painting of Cossacks Escorting the Taranchi into Russian Territory During the Occupation of the Ili Valley in 1881-1882, 19th century

Background imageMigration Collection: A Transbaikal migrant at work on the banks of the Zeya River, 1909

A Transbaikal migrant at work on the banks of the Zeya River, 1909. Creator: Vladimir Ivanovich Fedorov
A Transbaikal migrant at work on the banks of the Zeya River, 1909. Amur Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife

Background imageMigration Collection: Fate and Migration: A Migrant, Returning to His Homeland, Bids Farewell to the Graves of... 1904

Fate and Migration: A Migrant, Returning to His Homeland, Bids Farewell to the Graves of... 1904
Fate and Migration: A Migrant, Returning to His Homeland, Bids Farewell to the Graves of those Dear to Him Who He Had Lost in the Adopted Land, 1904



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