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From Wyoming and Missouri eight years...working in lemons... near Strathmore, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNear Strathmore, California. From Wyoming and Missouri, eight years in California working in lemons "It's easy for us because we haven't got a bunch of kids to get drug around"
Oklahoma sharecropper entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeOklahoma sharecropper entering California stalled on desert with his wife and four children
Formerly rehabilitation clients now operating own farm, near Manteca, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeNear Manteca, California. Formerly rehabilitation clients. Now operating own farm under Tenant Purchase Act. A year and a half ahead on their payments. Family labor harvesting milo maize
Formerly rehabilitation client harvesting milo maize, near Manteca, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeNear Manteca, California. Formerly rehabilitation client harvesting milo maize. Now operating own farm under Tenant Purchase Act. A year and a half ahead on their payments
Formerly rehabilitation client harvesting milo maize, Near Manteca, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeNear Manteca, California. Formerly rehabilitation client harvesting milo maize. Now operating own farm under Tenant Purchase Act. A year and a half ahead on their payments
Migratory laborers, near Shafter, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeNear Shafter, California. Migratory laborers
Warehouse used as distributing office for FSA relief grants, Bakersfield, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeWarehouse used as distributing office for Farm Security Administration (FSA) relief grants of commodities to destitute farm labor families. Bakersfield, California
Waiting for the semimonthly relief checks at Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeWaiting for the semimonthly relief checks at Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. Typical story: fifteen years ago they owned farms in Oklahoma
Farmers at tobacco auction, Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeDouglas, Georgia. Farmers at tobacco auction. Common question is "What will it bring this year?"
Tobacco farms, like Southern cotton farms, carry a heavy surplus... near Tifton, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeNear Tifton, Georgia. Tobacco farms, like Southern cotton farms, carry a heavy surplus which they employ at seasonal peaks
South Georgia tobacco sharecropper in town for auction, Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeDouglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecropper in town for auction. Note tobacco sheets in which he brought tobacco from the farm
South Georgia tobacco sharecropper during the tobacco auction, Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeDouglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecropper during the tobacco auction. In order to eke out a living members of the sharecropper families in recent years have begun to migrate to Florida
Each farmer follows his tobacco in the warehouse to learn what price... Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeEach farmer follows his tobacco in the warehouse to learn what price it brings at auction. Douglas, Georgia
South Georgia tobacco sharecroppers, Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeDouglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecroppers. Fords are beginning to appear among the tobacco sharecroppers. They can bring the crop to the auction at the warehouse
FSA tenant purchase clients, Greeks, Near Manteca, California, November 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeNear Manteca, California. November 1938. Farm Security Administration (FSA) tenant purchase clients, Greeks, from Isle of Crete, formerly rehabilitation clients. Taken from ditch-bank
Drought refugee from Oklahoma in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeDrought refugee from Oklahoma in California
Oklahoma drought refugee, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeThis is a hard way to serve the Lord. Oklahoma drought refugee, California
Former tenant farmer from Texas now working in California as a pea picker, Nipomo, California, 1937A former tenant farmer from Texas now working in California as a pea picker. Nipomo, California
Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeVisalia (vicinity), Tulare County, California. The Farm Security Administration. Miners's cooperative farm. Ten families have been established on the old ranch of 500 acres
Board of directors of the Mineral King Farm Association, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeThese three men comprise the board of directors of the Mineral King Farm Association, Tulare County, California. They were elected by their own group to direct this farm unit
Ten families established by the FSA on the... Tulare County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeTen families have been established by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, an old ranch of 500 acres, which they will operate as a farm unit, raising cotton
Children of migratory carrot pullers, Mexicans, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeChildren of migratory carrot pullers, Mexicans. Imperial Valley, California
Ex-tenants, now day laborers, Ellis County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeEx-tenants, now day laborers. Ellis County, Texas
Ten families established by the FSA on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, Tulare County, CA, 1938Visalia (vicinity), Tulare County, California. The Farm Security Administration. Miners's cooperative farm. Ten families have been established on the old ranch of 500 acres
This man was a tenant on the same farm for eighteen years... Ellis County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeThis man was a tenant on the same farm for eighteen years. He has six children. This year he was forced into status of day laborer on the same farm
Ten families established by the FSA on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, Tulare County, CA, 1938Ten families have been established by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, an old ranch of 500 acres, which they will operate as a farm unit, raising cotton
Early stage in the history of the farm experiment, Mineral King Ranch, Tulare County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeEarly stage in the history of the farm experiment on the old Mineral King Ranch. These old buildings in which the ten cooperating families now live will be replaced by modern separate homes
Thirteen-year old sharecropper boy near Americus, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeThirteen-year old sharecropper boy near Americus, Georgia
FSA rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeFarm Security Administration (FSA) rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California
Farm Security Administration (FSA) rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938Farm Security Administration (FSA) rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California
Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, California. These cotton pickers are being paid seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds
Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, California. These cotton pickers are being paid seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds
Sharecropper cultivating cotton with team, Near Shreveport, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeSharecropper cultivating cotton with team. This is a step above the primitive method. Near Shreveport, Louisiana
Halloween party at Shafter camp for migrants, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeYoung migrants waiting for signal to come for refreshments. Halloween party at Shafter camp for migrants, California
White sharecropper family, formerly mill workers, Hartwell, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeWhite sharecropper family, formerly mill workers in the Gastonia textile mills. When the mills closed down seven years ago, they came to this farm near Hartwell, Georgia
Wife and child of sharecropper near Gaffney, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeWife and child of sharecropper near Gaffney, South Carolina. The farmer does a little day labor for his landlord. He received fifty cents a day in 1936, sixty to seventy-five cents in 1937
Landless family of cotton sharecroppers, Macon County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeLandless family of cotton sharecroppers, Macon County, Georgia. For their labor they receive half the crop they produce, and the equivalent of ten dollars a month "furnish" (credit)
Oklahoman from Chickasaw in potato pickers camp, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeTexans and Oklahomans, drought-stricken ex-farmers, are fast supplanting Mexican labor in the California harvests. Oklahoman from Chickasaw in potato pickers camp. Kern County, California
The cotton sharecropper's unit, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeThe cotton sharecropper's unit is one mule and the land he can cultivate with a one-horse plow. Greene County, Georgia
Turpentine still near Valdosta, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeTurpentine still near Valdosta, Georgia. The "cooper" makes barrels to hold the gum. [Signs: Malarial - Groves Chill Tonic'; 666 Liquid - Tablets - Salve - Colds
Home of farmer who has raised cotton for fifty years on his own land, Greene County, Georgia, 1937Home of farmer who has raised cotton for fifty years on his own land. Greene County, Georgia
Aged cotton farmer, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeAged cotton farmer, Greene County, Georgia. He inherited his lands which are now heavily mortgaged
Turpentine worker's home, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeTurpentine worker's home. Georgia
