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Poverty Collection (page 11)

Background imagePoverty Collection: Destitute farm labor families come to FSA distributing depot... Kern County, California, 1938

Destitute farm labor families come to FSA distributing depot... Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute farm labor families come to Farm Security Administration (FSA) distributing depot to apply for food grant. Kern County, California

Background imagePoverty Collection: Cotton hoers are transported to the fields daily during the season, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937

Cotton hoers are transported to the fields daily during the season, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Memphis, Tennessee. Cotton hoers are transported to the fields daily during the season. Truck drivers are paid by the planters and serve as "runners" to recruit the men

Background imagePoverty 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 imagePoverty Collection: Front porch of sharecropper's cabin, Coahoma County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Front porch of sharecropper's cabin, Coahoma County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Front porch of sharecropper's cabin. Coahoma County, Mississippi

Background imagePoverty Collection: Cotton sharecroppers, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton sharecroppers, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton sharecroppers. Greene County, Georgia. They produce little, sell little, buy little

Background imagePoverty Collection: Warehouse, used as distributing office for FSA relief grants... Bakersfield, California, 1938

Warehouse, used as distributing office for FSA relief grants... Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Warehouse, used as distributing office for Farm Security Administration (FSA) relief grants of commodities to destitute farm labor families during cotton strike of October 1938

Background imagePoverty Collection: Cotton workers, outskirts of Firebaugh, west side of San Joaquin Valley, California, 1939

Cotton workers, outskirts of Firebaugh, west side of San Joaquin Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Outskirts of Firebaugh, west side of San Joaquin Valley, California. Six families with twenty-two children live in this house. Cotton workers

Background imagePoverty Collection: A sharecropper's car near Hartwell, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

A sharecropper's car near Hartwell, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A sharecropper's car near Hartwell, Georgia. [Tyres missing, up on bricks]

Background imagePoverty Collection: Tenant Purchase applicants, Stockton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tenant Purchase applicants, Stockton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tenant Purchase applicants. Stockton, California

Background imagePoverty Collection: Sharecropper near Hartwell, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecropper near Hartwell, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper near Hartwell, Georgia

Background imagePoverty Collection: Cultivated fields and abandoned tenant house, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cultivated fields and abandoned tenant house, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cultivated fields and abandoned tenant house. Hall County, Texas

Background imagePoverty Collection: Home of a migrant worker's family, Kern County, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Home of a migrant worker's family, Kern County, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of a migrant worker's family. Kern County, California. Lately came from Oklahoma

Background imagePoverty Collection: Abandoned tenant cabin of the Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Abandoned tenant cabin of the Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned tenant cabin of the Mississippi Delta

Background imagePoverty Collection: School in center of the mechanized plantation area of the Mississippi Delta, 1937

School in center of the mechanized plantation area of the Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
School in center of the mechanized plantation area of the Mississippi Delta

Background imagePoverty Collection: Hooverville of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Hooverville of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hooverville of Bakersfield, California. A rapidly growing community of people living rent-free on the edge of the town dump in whatever kind of shelter available

Background imagePoverty Collection: The town of Mills, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The town of Mills, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The town of Mills, New Mexico. The grain elevator in background at right has been long ago abandoned. The bank is closed

Background imagePoverty 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 imagePoverty Collection: Two Reclining Beggars, and Seated Mother and Child, at Foot of Steps, n.d

Two Reclining Beggars, and Seated Mother and Child, at Foot of Steps, n.d. Creator: Girolamo Macchietti
Two Reclining Beggars, and Seated Mother and Child, at Foot of Steps, n.d

Background imagePoverty Collection: The Prodigal Son in Misery, n.d. Creator: Amos Doolittle

The Prodigal Son in Misery, n.d. Creator: Amos Doolittle
The Prodigal Son in Misery, n.d

Background imagePoverty Collection: The Little Shoe-Shine Boy, n.d. Creator: Charles-Philibert de Lasteyrie

The Little Shoe-Shine Boy, n.d. Creator: Charles-Philibert de Lasteyrie
The Little Shoe-Shine Boy, n.d

Background imagePoverty Collection: Sketch in a House at Fahey's Quay, Ennis - the Widow Connor and her Dying Child, 1850

Sketch in a House at Fahey's Quay, Ennis - the Widow Connor and her Dying Child, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Sketch in a House at Fahey's Quay, Ennis - the Widow Connor and her Dying Child, 1850. Suffering during the Irish Potato Famine: In Ennis I went through the lanes and alleys

Background imagePoverty Collection: Ruins in the Village of Carihaken, County of Galway, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Ruins in the Village of Carihaken, County of Galway, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Ruins in the Village of Carihaken, County of Galway, 1850. Destruction of rural homes by the levellers, during the Irish Potato Famine. The poor were blamed for their situation

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

FSA migrant labor camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant labor camp. Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. 155 migrant families in camp

Background imagePoverty Collection: Tenant Purchase applicants, Stockton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tenant Purchase applicants, Stockton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tenant Purchase applicants. Stockton, California

Background imagePoverty Collection: Winter quarters, migratory agricultural workers, beside the highway, Tulare County, 1939

Winter quarters, migratory agricultural workers, beside the highway, Tulare County, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tulare County. Winter quarters, migratory agricultural workers. Beside the highway. Tulare County, California

Background imagePoverty Collection: Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California, 1938

Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California. Organizer for United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers of America (Congress of Industrial Organizations-CIO)

Background imagePoverty Collection: Cotton hoers are transported to the fields daily during the season, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937

Cotton hoers are transported to the fields daily during the season, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Memphis, Tennessee. Cotton hoers are transported to the fields daily during the season. Truck drivers are paid by the planters and serve as "runners" to recruit the men

Background imagePoverty Collection: Cabins in the corn, South Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cabins in the corn, South Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cabins in the corn. South Georgia

Background imagePoverty Collection: Tubercular migrant in a potato pickers camp, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tubercular migrant in a potato pickers camp, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tubercular migrant in a potato pickers camp. Kern County, California

Background imagePoverty Collection: Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp of migratory agricultural workers. Imperial County, California

Background imagePoverty 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 imagePoverty Collection: Cotton sharecropper family, Macon County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton sharecropper family, Macon County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton sharecropper family. Macon County, Georgia

Background imagePoverty Collection: Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California, 1937

Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California

Background imagePoverty Collection: Housing for migratory workers in cotton, five miles north of Corcoran, California, 1936

Housing for migratory workers in cotton, five miles north of Corcoran, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing for migratory workers in cotton, five miles north of Corcoran, California. The famous strikers concentration camp in 1933 was at Corcoran camp

Background imagePoverty Collection: Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest, near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest, near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939
Near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest. This field owned by proprietor of adjoining grocery store who allows workers to camp here rent-free

Background imagePoverty Collection: In front of city hall, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

In front of city hall, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
In front of city hall, San Francisco, California. The Worker's Alliance, Works Progress Administration (WPA) organize simultaneous demonstrations in the large cities of the nation cut in

Background imagePoverty Collection: Destitute farm families, FSA distributing depot, Bakersfield, Kern County, California, 1938

Destitute farm families, FSA distributing depot, Bakersfield, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute farm families come to FSA (Farm Security Administration) distributing depot to apply for food grant. Bakersfield, Kern County, California

Background imagePoverty Collection: Berry pickers at 5 am, waiting for the truck to haul them to work, Memphis, Tennessee, 1938

Berry pickers at 5 am, waiting for the truck to haul them to work, Memphis, Tennessee, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Berry pickers at 5 a.m. Waiting for the truck to haul them to work. Earn about sixty cents per day. Memphis, Tennessee

Background imagePoverty 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 imagePoverty Collection: Drought refugees stopped at inspection station on the California-Arizona state line, 1937

Drought refugees stopped at inspection station on the California-Arizona state line, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees stopped at inspection station on the California-Arizona state line to have their baggage examined for plant pests 4

Background imagePoverty Collection: Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp of migratory agricultural workers. Imperial County, California

Background imagePoverty Collection: Refugees camped by the roadside beside an irrigated pea field, nine miles from Calipatria, CA, 1937

Refugees camped by the roadside beside an irrigated pea field, nine miles from Calipatria, CA, 1937
Forty families of drought and depression refugees camped by the roadside beside an irrigated pea field. A freeze which destroyed the pea crop threw practically every family in this camp on emergency

Background imagePoverty Collection: Tenement dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon, 133 Aveue D, New York City, 1936

Tenement dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon, 133 Aveue D, New York City, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the rear windows, tenement dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon, 133 Aveue D, New York City. The Solomon family are on the accepted list for resettlement at Hightstown, New Jersey

Background imagePoverty Collection: Migrant agricultural worker's family, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant agricultural worker's family, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is native Californian. Nipomo, California

Background imagePoverty 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 imagePoverty Collection: Cotton sharecropper family, Macon County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton sharecropper family, Macon County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton sharecropper family. Macon County, Georgia

Background imagePoverty Collection: Mexican children playing in ditch, near Corcoran, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mexican children playing in ditch, near Corcoran, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican children playing in ditch which runs through company cotton camp near Corcoran, California

Background imagePoverty Collection: Migrants from Delaware picking berries in southern New Jersey, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrants from Delaware picking berries in southern New Jersey, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrants from Delaware picking berries in southern New Jersey



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