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Drought refugees - penniless Oklahomans camped along highway, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeDrought 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
Migrants tents...along the right of way of the Southern Pacific, near Fresno, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNear Fresno, California. Migrants tents are a common sight along the right of way of the Southern Pacific. [Sign: Railroad Crossing']
Migrants tents...along the right of way of the Southern Pacific, near Fresno, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigrants tents are a common sight along the right of way of the Southern Pacific [railroad]. Near Fresno, California
Horse and wagon is still a common means of transportation... Southeast Missouri Farms, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeHorse and wagon is still a common means of transportation. Family coming from town on a Saturday afternoon. Southeast Missouri Farms
Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers, Lindsay, Tulare County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeLindsay, California. Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers. Tulare County
Migrants winter quarters, Farmersville, Tulare County, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeFarmersville, Tulare County. Migrants winter quarters
Between Laton and Fowler, central San Joaquin Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeBetween Laton and Fowler, central San Joaquin Valley, California. One man-one horse methods are rare in California
Sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, near Hartsville, South Carolina, 1938Near Hartsville, South Carolina, sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, preparatory to curing. Note sled by which tobacco is brought to the barn from the field
News of the surrender of Canton... San Francisco, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeNews of the surrender of Canton to the Japanese. San Francisco, California. Chinatown
Emptying cotton after weighing, small cotton farm, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeEmptying cotton after weighing. Small cotton farm. Kern County, California
Cantaloupe field, desert agriculture on the Mexican border, Imperial Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeCantaloupe field, desert agriculture on the Mexican border. Large-scale corporation farming. Imperial Valley, California
Tractor on Lake Dick project, Arkansas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeTractor on Lake Dick project, Arkansas
Texas tenant farmers who have been displaced from their land by tractor farming, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeTexas tenant farmers who have been displaced from their land by tractor farming
Tenant family...who are rural rehabilitation clients, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeTenant family with six children who are rural rehabilitation clients of the Farm Security Administration. Greene County, Georgia
Sharecropper family near Hazlehurst, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeSharecropper family near Hazlehurst, Georgia
Naval stores processing plant under construction, Near Valdosta, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeNaval stores processing plant under construction. This type of plant (first one at Jacksonville, Florida, second at Valdosta, Georgia) will probably revolutionize the turpentine industry; in future
Cabins at the Delta cooperative farm, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeCabins at the Delta cooperative farm. Hillhouse, Mississippi. [Porches with mosquito screens]
Cabins at the Delta cooperative farms, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeCabins at the Delta cooperative farms. Hillhouse, Mississippi. Screen windows and porches are uncommon in cotton cabins
Abandoned tenant house on a mechanized plantation of the Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeAbandoned tenant house on a mechanized plantation of the Mississippi Delta
The Delta landscape is dotted with cotton cabins... Washington County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeThe Delta landscape is dotted with cotton cabins for sharecroppers. Washington County, Mississippi
Farmers sacking grasshopper bait, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeFarmers sacking grasshopper bait. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Scene in Tombstone, Arizona, once a thriving mining town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeScene in Tombstone, Arizona. Once a thriving mining town
Scene in Tombstone, Arizona, once a thriving mining town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeScene in Tombstone, Arizona, once a thriving mining town
Unsanitary privy in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeUnsanitary privy in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California
Children of Oklahoma migrants in agricultural workers camp near Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeChildren of Oklahoma migrants in agricultural workers camp near Calipatria, California
Children of Oklahoma migrants, near Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeChildren of Oklahoma migrants in agricultural workers camp near Calipatria, California
Auto camp north of Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeAuto camp north of Calipatria, California. Approximately eighty families from the Dust Bowl are camped here. They pay fifty cents a week. The only available work now is agricultural labor
Field worker irrigating alfalfa and barley fields, Near Indio, Coachella Valley, California, 1937Field worker irrigating alfalfa and barley fields. The field produces eleven cuttings of alfalfa a year, yields nine to ten tons to the acre; sold for twenty-two dollars per ton in 1936
Japanese mother and daughter, agricultural workers near Guadalupe, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeJapanese mother and daughter, agricultural workers near Guadalupe, California
Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeFamily 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
Tenant farmer near Thomaston, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeTenant farmer near Thomaston, Georgia, speaking of the drought: "The crop is nigh to nothin as I ever see"
Cotton checkers, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeCotton checkers. San Joaquin Valley, California
Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, California, with migrant mother and child, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeTom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, California, with migrant mother and child
Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, talking with one of the members, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeTom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, talking with one of the members. California
Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio - self-resettlement in California, 1936Example of self-resettlement in California. Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio
On the move, Wagoner, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeOn the move. Wagoner, Wagoner County, Oklahoma
Hoe culture in the South, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeHoe culture in the South. Mississippi
Homesteaders of the farm group are proud of their straight potato row, Hightstown, New Jersey, 1936Hightstown, New Jersey. The homesteaders of the farm group are proud of their straight potato row. They have raised very successful crops. The farm was started in 1934
Typical Teutonic farm wife and child of Mills, New Mexico, area, 1935. Creator: Dorothea LangeTypical Teutonic farm wife and child of Mills, New Mexico, area. Client for resettlement
Widtsoe Valley purchase area, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeWidtsoe Valley purchase area. Utah
Oklahoma refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeOklahoma refugees. California
Ideal grazing conditions are afforded by this area if it is properly utilized... Mew Mexico, 1935Ideal grazing conditions are afforded by this area if it is properly utilized. Overgrazing has depleted natural forage until feeding scenes like this are common. New Mexico
The church, Widtsoe, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeThe church. Widtsoe is a Mormon community, as are all the settlements in the Great Basin. Utah
Camps of migrant pea workers, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeCamps of migrant pea workers. California
Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt, California, Kern County, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeGrandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California, Kern County
