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Background imageOkie Collection: Main street storefront, Chickasaw, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Main street storefront, Chickasaw, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Main 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']

Background imageOkie Collection: Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait...Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait...Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait for use on their farms to control the pest. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Background imageOkie Collection: Woman in pea picker's camp, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Woman in pea picker's camp, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Woman in pea picker's camp. California. "I seen our corn dry up and blow over the fence back there in Oklahoma"

Background imageOkie Collection: Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family 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

Background imageOkie Collection: Drought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Background imageOkie Collection: Drought refugee families from Oklahoma on road to Roswell, New Mexico, near Lordsburg, 1937

Drought refugee families from Oklahoma on road to Roswell, New Mexico, near Lordsburg, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugee families from Oklahoma on road to Roswell, New Mexico, to chop cotton. Near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Background imageOkie Collection: Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the cotton at Roswell, New Mexico. U.S. Route 70, Arizona

Background imageOkie Collection: Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the cotton at Roswell, New Mexico. U.S. Route 70, Arizona

Background imageOkie Collection: Drought refugees - penniless Oklahomans camped along highway, California, 1936

Drought refugees - penniless Oklahomans camped along highway, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought 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

Background imageOkie Collection: Farmers sacking grasshopper bait, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farmers sacking grasshopper bait, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers sacking grasshopper bait. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Background imageOkie Collection: Children of Oklahoma migrants in agricultural workers camp near Calipatria, California, 1937

Children of Oklahoma migrants in agricultural workers camp near Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of Oklahoma migrants in agricultural workers camp near Calipatria, California

Background imageOkie Collection: Children of Oklahoma migrants, near Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Children of Oklahoma migrants, near Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of Oklahoma migrants in agricultural workers camp near Calipatria, California

Background imageOkie Collection: Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family 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

Background imageOkie Collection: Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California, 1936

Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California, 1936
Example of self-resettlement in California. Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio

Background imageOkie Collection: On the move, Wagoner, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

On the move, Wagoner, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On the move. Wagoner, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

Background imageOkie Collection: Oklahoma refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahoma refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma refugees. California

Background imageOkie Collection: Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt, California, Kern County, 1936

Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt, California, Kern County, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California, Kern County

Background imageOkie Collection: Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt, California, Kern County, 1936

Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt, California, Kern County, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California, Kern County

Background imageOkie Collection: Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California, 1936

Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California, 1936
Example of self-resettlement in California. Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio. Forced by the drought of 1936 to abandon their farm

Background imageOkie Collection: Little Oklahoma, the community that grew out of the need for help in the potato... CA, 1936

Little Oklahoma, the community that grew out of the need for help in the potato... CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Little Oklahoma, the community that grew out of the need for help in the potato and cotton fields. California

Background imageOkie Collection: House in 'Little Oklahoma', California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

House in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
House in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Background imageOkie Collection: Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, stalled on the desert in southern California with no money, 1937

Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, stalled on the desert in southern California with no money, 1937
Southern 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

Background imageOkie Collection: Family of four to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration, Holtville, California, 1937

Family of four to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration, Holtville, California, 1937
Family 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

Background imageOkie Collection: Oklahomans in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahomans in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahomans in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California

Background imageOkie Collection: One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99, Kern County, California, 1938

One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99. Kern County, California

Background imageOkie Collection: Tenant farmer spreading grasshopper bait, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tenant farmer spreading grasshopper bait, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tenant farmer spreading grasshopper bait in his alfalfa field, five miles from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Background imageOkie Collection: Freightcar converted into home in 'Little Oklahoma', California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Freightcar converted into home in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Freightcar converted into home in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Background imageOkie Collection: Home in 'Little Oklahoma', California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Home in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home in "Little Oklahoma, " a community that has grown out of migrant potato and cotton workers. California

Background imageOkie Collection: Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait for use on their farms, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937

Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait for use on their farms, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait for use on their farms to control the pest. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Background imageOkie Collection: Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico, 1937

Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Background imageOkie 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, " California

Background imageOkie 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 imageOkie Collection: Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California. 1936

Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California. 1936
Example of self-resettlement in California. Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio

Background imageOkie Collection: Shack in 'Little Oklahoma', California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Shack in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Shack in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Background imageOkie Collection: Housing for Oklahoma refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Housing for Oklahoma refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California

Background imageOkie Collection: Two families, camped by the roadside near Santa Maria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Two families, camped by the roadside near Santa Maria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Two families, fifteen people, from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, camped by the roadside near Santa Maria, California. Heading for the pea harvest but stalled because they have no money to buy a trailer's

Background imageOkie Collection: Oklahomans bound for Oregon along a highway in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahomans bound for Oregon along a highway in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahomans bound for Oregon along a highway in California

Background imageOkie Collection: Oklahoma sharecropper and family entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahoma sharecropper and family entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma sharecropper and family entering California. Stalled on the desert near Indio, California

Drought-stricken farmer and family near Muskogee, Oklahoma, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought-stricken farmer and family near Muskogee, Oklahoma. Agricultural day laborer. Muskogee County

Drought-stricken farmer and family near Muskogee, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought-stricken farmer and family near Muskogee, Oklahoma. Agricultural day laborer. Muskogee County

Children of Oklahoma drought refugee in migratory camp in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of Oklahoma drought refugee in migratory camp in California

Background imageOkie Collection: Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99, California. The father, twenty-four, and the mother, seventeen, came from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, early in 1935

Background imageOkie Collection: Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99 in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99 in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99 in California. The father, twenty-four, and the mother, seventeen, came from Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Background imageOkie Collection: Migrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway

Background imageOkie Collection: Aged woman from Oklahoma, Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Aged woman from Oklahoma, Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Aged woman from Oklahoma. Kern County migrant camp, California

Background imageOkie Collection: Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family 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

Background imageOkie Collection: Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family 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

Background imageOkie Collection: Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies



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