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Children of drought refugees camped by highway outside of Fresno, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of drought refugees camped by highway outside of Fresno, California. The parents are working in the cotton field

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Squatters along highway near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatters along highway near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatters along highway near Bakersfield, California. Penniless refugees from dust bowl. Twenty-two in family, thirty-nine evictions, now encamped near Bakersfield without shelter

Drought refugee's car on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought 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)

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp talking with drought refugee and her... CA, 1936

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp talking with drought refugee and her... CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp talking with drought refugee and her four sons. California

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma. Arrived in California October 1936 to join the cotton harvest. Near Tulare, California

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Drought refugees from Oklahoma in cotton camp near Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought refugees from Oklahoma in cotton camp near Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees from Oklahoma in cotton camp near Exeter, California

Background imageNatural Disaster 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 imageNatural Disaster 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 imageNatural Disaster Collection: Dust Bowl farm, Coldwater District, near Dalhart, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dust Bowl farm, Coldwater District, near Dalhart, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dust Bowl farm. Coldwater District, near Dalhart, Texas. This farm is occupied. Others in this area have been abandoned

Abandoned farm on the edge of the Great Plains, Roswell (vicinity), New Mexico, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Roswell (vicinity), New Mexico. Abandoned farm on the edge of the Great Plains

Oklahoma roadside encounter day laborers, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma roadside encounter day laborers. "After three years, dry years, not a thing a fellow like me can do. I'd get out

Background imageNatural Disaster 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 imageNatural Disaster 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 imageNatural Disaster 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 imageNatural Disaster Collection: Drought farmers line the shady side of the main street of the town, Sallisaw, Oklahoma, 1936

Drought farmers line the shady side of the main street of the town, Sallisaw, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought farmers line the shady side of the main street on the town while their crops burn up in the fields. "Hello Bill, when's it gonna rain?"

Mailbox in Dust Bowl, Coldwater District, north of Dalhart, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mailbox in Dust Bowl. Coldwater District, north of Dalhart, Texas

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Drought farmers line the shady side of the main street of the town, Sallisaw, Oklahoma, 1936

Drought farmers line the shady side of the main street of the town, Sallisaw, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought farmers line the shady side of the main street of the town while their crops burn up in the fields. "The guvment may keep us a little I reckon." Sallisaw, Oklahoma

Sand drift along fence, Dust Bowl, north of Dalhart, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sand drift along fence. Dust Bowl, north of Dalhart, Texas

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Farmers on main street discussing drought, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, 1936

Farmers on main street discussing drought, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers on main street discussing drought. Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Abandoned farm on the high plains, Texas County, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Abandoned farm on the high plains, Texas County, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned farm on the high plains, Texas County, Oklahoma. "The record of the Great Plains is to a great extent a record of settlement and abandonment." J. Russell Smith

Background imageNatural Disaster 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 imageNatural Disaster Collection: Leveling hummocks in the dust bowl, Coldwater District, 30 miles north of Dalhart, Texas, 1938

Leveling hummocks in the dust bowl, Coldwater District, 30 miles north of Dalhart, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Leveling hummocks in the dust bowl. Coldwater District, thirty miles north of Dalhart, Texas

Background imageNatural Disaster 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

Blowing dust in the Oklahoma Panhandle, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Blowing dust in the Oklahoma Panhandle

Background imageNatural Disaster 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 imageNatural Disaster Collection: Main street during 1936 drought, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Main street during 1936 drought, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Main street during 1936 drought. Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

Background imageNatural Disaster 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 imageNatural Disaster Collection: Farmers, Main street in Oklahoma town - Drought region, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farmers, Main street in Oklahoma town - Drought region, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers. Main street in Oklahoma town. Drought region

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Oklahoma drought farmers, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahoma drought farmers, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. Oklahoma drought farmers. "Nothing to do. These fellers, " said one of them, "are goin to stay right here till they dry up and die too"

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Corn, drought-stricken and eaten off by grasshoppers, Near Russelville, Arkansas, 1936

Corn, drought-stricken and eaten off by grasshoppers, Near Russelville, Arkansas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Corn, drought-stricken and eaten off by grasshoppers. Near Russelville, Arkansas

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Corn, dried up and lying in the field, between Dallas and Waco, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Corn, dried up and lying in the field, between Dallas and Waco, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Corn, dried up and lying in the field. The temperature was over one hundred degrees. Between Dallas and Waco, Texas

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Eroded cotton farm near Jackson, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Eroded cotton farm near Jackson, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eroded cotton farm near Jackson, Mississippi

Tree roots show how the land has been washed away, Wray Plantation, Greene County, Georgia, 1937
The tree roots show how the land has been washed away on this old plantation. Wray Plantation, Greene County, Georgia

Eroding field and fence, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eroding field and fence. Greene County, Georgia

This year (1937) there are floods and heavy rains in the Dust Bowl, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This year (1937) there are floods and heavy rains in the Dust Bowl. Texas

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town

This year (1937) there are floods and heavy rain in the Dust Bowl, Auton, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This year (1937) there are floods and heavy rain in the Dust Bowl. Auton, Texas

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Drought corn, Central Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought corn, Central Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought corn. Central Georgia

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Tenant farmer near Thomaston, Georgia, speaking of the drought, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tenant farmer near Thomaston, Georgia, speaking of the drought, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tenant farmer near Thomaston, Georgia, speaking of the drought: "The crop is nigh to nothin as I ever see"

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas. These people, with all their earthly belongings, are bound for the lower Rio Grande Valley, where they hope to pick cotton. They are from Arkansas

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, are bound for the lower Rio Grande Valley, where they hope to pick cotton. They are from Arkansas

Background imageNatural Disaster Collection: Cut-over long leaf yellow pine forest, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cut-over long leaf yellow pine forest, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cut-over long leaf yellow pine forest. Mississippi



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