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Migration Collection (#16)

Background imageMigration Collection: Pea pickers waiting at FSA office for issue of surplus commodities, Calipatria, California, 1939

Pea pickers waiting at FSA office for issue of surplus commodities, Calipatria, California, 1939
Pea pickers waiting at Farm Security Administration (FSA) office for issue of surplus commodities. Calipatria, California

Background imageMigration Collection: Pea picker camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pea picker camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pea picker camp. This family had been farm owners in Oklahoma, lost their farm and for the last three years " have been draggin our children around California

Background imageMigration Collection: Living conditions for migratory children, pea harvest, outskirts of Calipatria, CA, 1939

Living conditions for migratory children, pea harvest, outskirts of Calipatria, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Living conditions for migratory children in private auto camp during pea harvest. Tent space fifty cents a week. Outskirts of Calipatria, California

Background imageMigration Collection: Marble time in FSA migratory labor camp, near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939

Marble time in FSA migratory labor camp, near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Marble time in Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp (emergency.) Plenty of space to play and plenty of companions for the children during pea harvest

Background imageMigration Collection: Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp, Brawley, Imperial County, California, 1939

Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp, Brawley, Imperial County, California, 1939
Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp, 155 migrant families in camp. One-third had no work, two-thirds were finding part time work harvesting spring peas

Background imageMigration Collection: FSA migratory labor camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

FSA migratory labor camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. Part of mobile camp unit, moving from harvest to harvest with workers (emergency)

Background imageMigration Collection: Family of homeless, walking people are left at the edge of the next town, 1939

Family of homeless, walking people are left at the edge of the next town, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
After a lift of five miles by a passing motorist, the family of homeless, walking people are left at the edge of the next town. [Signs: Manns Super Service - 40 ft

Background imageMigration Collection: Homeless family of seven, walking the highway... on U.S. 99, near Brawley, Imperial County, 1939

Homeless family of seven, walking the highway... on U.S. 99, near Brawley, Imperial County, 1939
On U.S. 99. Near Brawley, Imperial County. Homeless family of seven, walking the highway from Phoenix, Arizona, where they picked cotton

Background imageMigration Collection: Grower provides fourteen such shacks... near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, 1939

Grower provides fourteen such shacks... near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grower provides fourteen such shacks in a row for his hop pickers. Josephine County, Oregon. Near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon

Background imageMigration Collection: Drinking water for the whole town... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Drinking water for the whole town... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drinking water for the whole town, also for the migrant camp across the road. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Background imageMigration Collection: Drinking water for the whole town, also for the... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Drinking water for the whole town, also for the... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drinking water for the whole town, also for the migrant camp across the road. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Background imageMigration Collection: Living conditions for migrant potato pickers, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Living conditions for migrant potato pickers, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Living conditions for migrant potato pickers. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. [Note cardboard advertisement used to block car window for privacy]

Background imageMigration Collection: Shack for potato pickers, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Shack for potato pickers, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oregon, Klamath County, Merrill. Shack for potato pickers. Young woman from South Dakota lives in a tent house

Background imageMigration Collection: Migrant boy, family, live in growers camp for... near Grants pass, Josephine County, Oregon, 1939

Migrant boy, family, live in growers camp for... near Grants pass, Josephine County, Oregon, 1939
Oregon. Josephine County, near Grants pass. Migrant boy, family, live in growers camp for hop season

Background imageMigration Collection: Migratory hop pickers, man and wife, work together, Oregon. Polk County, near Independence, 1939

Migratory hop pickers, man and wife, work together, Oregon. Polk County, near Independence, 1939
Oregon. Polk County, near Independence. Migratory hop pickers, man and wife, work together

Background imageMigration Collection: Wife of an ex-logger, now a migratory field... Independence (vicinity), Polk County, Oregon, 1939

Wife of an ex-logger, now a migratory field... Independence (vicinity), Polk County, Oregon, 1939
Independence (vicinity), Polk County, Oregon. Wife of an ex-logger, now a migratory field worker, resting in the shade of the hop vine at noon

Background imageMigration Collection: Bindles on shady side of Pastime Cafe, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Bindles on shady side of Pastime Cafe, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Bindles on shady side of Pastime Cafe. California, Siskiyou County, Tulelake

Background imageMigration Collection: Bindle stiff, used to be logger, Side of Pastime Cafe, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Bindle stiff, used to be logger, Side of Pastime Cafe, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939
Bindle stiff, used to be logger. Side of Pastime Cafe. Idle three weeks before opening of the Klamath Basin potato harvest. California, Siskiyou County, Tulelake

Background imageMigration Collection: Possibly: Idle men seated in shade on the other side... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Possibly: Idle men seated in shade on the other side... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California
[Untitled, possibly related to: Idle men seated in shade on the other side of Pastime Cafe, three weeks before opening of Klamath Basin potato harvest. California, Siskiyou County, Tulelake.]

Background imageMigration Collection: Migratory boy, aged eleven, and his grandmother... near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939

Migratory boy, aged eleven, and his grandmother... near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939
Migratory boy, aged eleven, and his grandmother work side by side picking hops. Started work at five a.m. Photograph made at noon. Temperature 105 degrees. Oregon, Polk County, near Independence

Background imageMigration Collection: Migratory field workers in hop field, near Independence, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory field workers in hop field, near Independence, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory field workers in hop field. Near Independence, Oregon

Background imageMigration Collection: Camp representative of fourteen in group, near West Stayton, Marion County, Oregon, 1939

Camp representative of fourteen in group, near West Stayton, Marion County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oregon, Marion County, near West Stayton. Camp representative of fourteen in group. On growers land adjoining the bean field

Background imageMigration Collection: Another migratory family camp during bean harvest, near West Stayton, Marion County, Oregon, 1939

Another migratory family camp during bean harvest, near West Stayton, Marion County, Oregon, 1939
Oregon, Marion County, near West Stayton. Another migratory family camp during bean harvest

Background imageMigration Collection: Possibly: Migrant pickers harvesting beans, near West Stayton, Marion County, Oregon, 1939

Possibly: Migrant pickers harvesting beans, near West Stayton, Marion County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Oregon, Marion County, near West Stayton. Migrant pickers harvesting beans. Farm people came from South Dakota]

Background imageMigration Collection: Migrant pickers harvesting beans, near West Stayton, Marion County, Oregon, 1939

Migrant pickers harvesting beans, near West Stayton, Marion County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oregon, Marion County, near West Stayton. Migrant pickers harvesting beans. Farm people came from South Dakota

Background imageMigration Collection: Possibly: Migratory worker in auto camp, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Possibly: Migratory worker in auto camp, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Migratory worker in auto camp. Single man, speaks his mind. " Them WPAs are keeping us from a living. They oughtn t to do it. It ain t fair in no way

Background imageMigration Collection: Migratory worker in auto camp, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory worker in auto camp, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory worker in auto camp. Single man, speaks his mind. " Them WPAs are keeping us from a living. They oughtn t to do it. It ain t fair in no way

Background imageMigration Collection: Migratory boy in squatter camp, Washington, Yakima Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory boy in squatter camp, Washington, Yakima Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory boy in squatter camp. Has come to Yakima Valley for the third year to pick hops. Mother: " You d be surprised what that boy can pick." Washington, Yakima Valley

Background imageMigration Collection: The house trailer and the youngest little girl, Washington, Yakima Valley, Toppenish, 1939

The house trailer and the youngest little girl, Washington, Yakima Valley, Toppenish, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The house trailer and the youngest little girl. Washington, Yakima Valley, Toppenish

Background imageMigration Collection: Motherless migrant child, Washington, Toppenish, Yakima Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Motherless migrant child, Washington, Toppenish, Yakima Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Motherless migrant child. Washington, Toppenish, Yakima Valley

Background imageMigration Collection: Grower provides fourteen such shacks in a row... near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, 1939

Grower provides fourteen such shacks in a row... near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, 1939
Grower provides fourteen such shacks in a row for his hop pickers. Josephine County, Oregon. Near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon

Background imageMigration Collection: Former Nebraska farmer, now a migrant farm worker, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

Former Nebraska farmer, now a migrant farm worker, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Former Nebraska farmer, now a migrant farm worker. Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageMigration Collection: Migrant fruit picker (single) takes rest in the mid-morning, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939

Migrant fruit picker (single) takes rest in the mid-morning, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Washington, Yakima Valley. Migrant fruit picker (single) takes rest in the mid-morning. General caption number 3A

Background imageMigration Collection: Young woman from a South Dakota farm where her family... Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

Young woman from a South Dakota farm where her family... Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oregon, Klamath County, Merrill. Young woman from a South Dakota farm, where her family still lives. She and her husband are migratory laborers

Background imageMigration Collection: Head of young woman, migratory hop picker, near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939

Head of young woman, migratory hop picker, near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oregon. Polk County, near Independence. Head of young woman, migratory hop picker

Background imageMigration Collection: Possibly: Wife of an ex-logger, now a migrat... Independence (vicinity), Polk County, Oregon, 1939

Possibly: Wife of an ex-logger, now a migrat... Independence (vicinity), Polk County, Oregon, 1939
[Untitled, possibly related to: Independence (vicinity), Polk County, Oregon. Wife of an ex-logger, now a migratory field worker, resting in the shade of the hop vine at noon. ]

Background imageMigration Collection: Young wife of ex-logger, migratory field worker... near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939

Young wife of ex-logger, migratory field worker... near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939
Oregon, Polk County, near Independence. Young wife of ex-logger, migratory field worker, picking hops

Background imageMigration Collection: Idle men seated in shade on the other side of... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Idle men seated in shade on the other side of... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Idle men seated in shade on the other side of Pastime Cafe, three weeks before opening of Klamath Basin potato harvest. California, Siskiyou County, Tulelake

Background imageMigration Collection: Single man, three weeks before opening of Klamath... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Single man, three weeks before opening of Klamath... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939
Single man, three weeks before the opening of the Klamath Basin potato harvest. California, Siskiyou County, Tulelake

Background imageMigration Collection: Young migrant worker brings his hops to weigh... near Independence, Oregon, 1939

Young migrant worker brings his hops to weigh... near Independence, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young migrant worker brings his hops to weigh scales. From five a.m. until noon, when photograph was made, he had picked eighty pounds, which equals eighty cents. Temperature 105 degrees

Background imageMigration Collection: Young migrant worker brings his hops to weigh scales, near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939

Young migrant worker brings his hops to weigh scales, near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939
Young migrant worker brings his hops to weigh scales. From five a.m. until noon, when photograph was made, he had picked eighty pounds, which equals eighty cents. Temperature 105 degrees

Background imageMigration Collection: Eleven year old boy and his grandmother, migratory... near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939

Eleven year old boy and his grandmother, migratory... near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939
Eleven year old boy and his grandmother, migratory, pick hops side by side. Oregon, Polk County, near Independence

Background imageMigration Collection: Possibly: Migratory field workers in hop field, near Independence, Oregon, 1939

Possibly: Migratory field workers in hop field, near Independence, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Migratory field workers in hop field. Near Independence, Oregon]

Background imageMigration Collection: Cheap auto camp for migratory workers Toppenish, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939

Cheap auto camp for migratory workers Toppenish, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Washington, Yakima Valley, Toppenish. Cheap auto camp for migratory workers waiting for the opening of the hop season. Old fruit tramp (20378-C) lives in this camp

Background imageMigration Collection: Possibly: Camp of migratory families in 'Ramblers Park', Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939

Possibly: Camp of migratory families in "Ramblers Park", Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939
[Untitled, possibly related to: Washington, Yakima Valley. Camp of migratory families in " Ramblers Park." ]

Background imageMigration Collection: Camp of migratory families in 'Ramblers Park', Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939

Camp of migratory families in "Ramblers Park", Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Washington, Yakima Valley. Camp of migratory families in " Ramblers Park."

Background imageMigration Collection: Three migratory families in 'Ramblers Park', Washington, Yakima Valley, 1939

Three migratory families in "Ramblers Park", Washington, Yakima Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Three migratory families in " Ramblers Park." Washington, Yakima Valley

Background imageMigration Collection: Part of family come for work in potatoes, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Part of family come for work in potatoes, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of family come for work in potatoes. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. Left their home in Turkey, Texas, November, 1938. Picked cotton in Arizona till March



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