Refugee Camp Collection (page 5)

The incessant struggle for cleanliness amid dust and dirt, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The incessant struggle for cleanliness amid dust and dirt. Imperial County, California

Water supply, California squatter camp near Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Water supply: an open settling basin from the irrigation ditch in a California squatter camp near Calipatria

Water supply, California squatter camp near Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Water supply: an open settling basin from the irrigation ditch in a California squatter camp near Calipatria

Water supply, California squatter camp near Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Water supply: an open settling basin from the irrigation ditch in a California squatter camp near Calipatria

Squatter camp on county road near Calipatria, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatter camp on county road near Calipatria. Forty families from the dust bowl have been camped here for months on the edge of the pea fields. There has been no work because the crop was frozen

Refugee families encamped near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Refugee families encamped near Holtville, California

Drought refugees in California near Holtville, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees in California near Holtville

Citrus workers in winter quarters, Strathmore, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Strathmore, California. Citrus workers in winter quarters

Migrant potato pickers pitching... Near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant potato pickers pitching their tent. Often they are without water and sanitary conditions. Near Shafter, California

Migrant cotton picker's child, Shafter Camp for migrants, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant cotton picker's child who lives in a tent in the government camp instead of along the highway or in a ditch bank. Shafter Camp for migrants, California

Hymn singing at meeting of Mothers Club in Arvin migrant camp, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hymn singing at meeting of Mothers Club in Arvin migrant camp. California. [Hymn book: Vocal Gems edited by R. E. Winsett]

Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, FSA camp, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp in California, opens with prayer. [Note Singer treadle sewing machine]

The last frontier, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The last frontier. Kern County, California. No water, no shade, no sanitation for the families who camp here during the potato harvesting season. When the season is over they move

During the cotton strike, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
During the cotton strike, the International Labor Defense distributes clothing and shoes to destitute families of striking cotton pickers. Kern County, California

Building an auto trailer in a squatter camp, Outskirts of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Building an auto trailer in a squatter camp. Outskirts of Bakersfield, California

Home of Tennessee family of seven, now migratory workers... outside of Sacramento, California
Home of Tennessee family of seven, now migratory workers living in camp outside of Sacramento, California. Father was coal miner in Tennessee but when the mines were not working received two days a

Debris left out on the flats where squatters camp stood, Kern County, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County. Debris left out on the flats where squatters camp stood during work season. These are common sights after the migrants have left

The Great Reaping Day - Oklahoma potato pickers, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Great Reaping Day. Hymn singing, Sunday afternoon. The woman had been "saved" the week before. Oklahoma potato pickers. Kern County, California

Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner, living in American River camp... CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner. Living in American River camp near Sacramento, California

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California

Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, Kern County, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, a Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp. The discussion this evening centers on the possibility of buying kerosene oil in large

Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County migrant camp. California

Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, Kern County, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, a Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp. The discussion this evening centers on the possibility of buying kerosene oil in large

Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County migrant camp. California

Laundry facilities in migratory labor camp, Imperial Valley, California, near Calipatria, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Laundry facilities in migratory labor camp. Imperial Valley, California, near Calipatria

Auto camp north of Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Auto 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

Orange pickers camp, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Orange pickers camp. Tulare County, California. Rent one dollar per week

Women in auto camp for migrant citrus workers, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Women in auto camp for migrant citrus workers. Tulare County, California

Part of family arrived the night before...near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of family arrived the night before from Rockwell, Texas. Picked their way across the country. Encamped on the river bottom. Near Holtville. Imperial Valley, California

Part of family arrived the night before... near Holtville, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of family arrived the night before from Rockwell, Texas. Picked their way across the country. Encamped on the river bottom. Near Holtville. Imperial Valley, California

Illustration of the Great Fire at Enschede, by our special artist: general view of the town... 1862 Creator: Unknown
Illustration of the Great Fire at Enschede, by our special artist: general view of the town after the fire, sketched from the meadows, 1862....about four thousand individuals

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

Food, Southern California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Food. Southern California

Texas tenant farmer in Marysville, California, migrant camp during the peach season, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Texas tenant farmer in Marysville, California, migrant camp during the peach season. 1927 made seven thousand dollars in cotton. 1928 broke even. 1929 went in the hole. 1930 still deeper

Daughter of migratory family in FSA labor camp, Calpatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Daughter of migratory family in Farm Security Administration (FSA) labor camp. Calpatria, Imperial Valley, California

One of a row of tents, home of a pea picker, near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939
One of a row of tents, home of a pea picker. Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. [Note upturned basket for carrying peas, and washboard]

Bean pickers tent, one of fourteen in a group... near West Stayton Marion County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Bean pickers tent, one of fourteen in a group on growers property, adjoining the bean field. Near West Stayton Marion County, Oregon

Families camped on flat before season opens waiting... near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
Families camped on flat before season opens waiting for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) mobile unit to open. No sanitation, no water. Near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Families camped on flat before season opens... near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Families camped on flat before season opens, waiting for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) mobile unit to open. No sanitation, no water. Near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Migrant camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. Unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp]

Young mother, aged twenty-two, has one little girl... FSA, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
Young mother, aged twenty-two, has one little girl three years old. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. In mobile unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp. New baby expected in December

House in camp of carrot pullers, near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
House in camp of carrot pullers. Near Holtville. Imperial Valley, California

Housing of migratory field workers (Mexican)... near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939
Housing of migratory field workers (Mexican) across road from Farm Security Administration camp (FSA). Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

Supper time in FSA migratory emergency camp... the pea fields, Calipatria, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Supper time in Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory emergency camp for workers in the pea fields. Calipatria, California

Migrants tents... along the right of way of the Southern Pacific, Near Fresno, California, 1939
Migrants tents are a common sight along the right of way of the Southern Pacific. Near Fresno, California. [Sign: Railroad Crossing ]

FSA migratory labor camp, Brawley, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Brawley, Imperial Valley. In Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp. Family father, mother and eleven children originally from Mangrum, Oklahoma

Growers camp for migrant labor on the edge of the pea fields, near Calipatria, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. In growers camp for migrant labor on the edge of the pea fields. Public health nurse interviews and advises prospective mother, aged seventeen

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