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Shanty Town Collection

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Chinese quarter of the Chincha Islands, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Chinese quarter of the Chincha Islands, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Chinese quarter of the Chincha Islands, [Peru], 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Oswald Younghusband of the quarter inhabited by Chinese labourers employed in the guano trade

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Maquis in Montmartre seen from rue Caulaincourt in 1903. Creator: Lazar Meyer

Maquis in Montmartre seen from rue Caulaincourt in 1903. Creator: Lazar Meyer
Maquis in Montmartre seen from rue Caulaincourt in 1903

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Rue Lepic and Maquis, Montmartre, c1900. Creator: Auguste Lepere

Rue Lepic and Maquis, Montmartre, c1900. Creator: Auguste Lepere
Rue Lepic and Maquis, Montmartre, c1900

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Home of a dust bowl refugee in California

Home of a dust bowl refugee in California. Imperial County

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Migrants tents...along the right of way of the southern pacific

Migrants tents...along the right of way of the southern pacific
Near Fresno, California. Migrants tents are a common sight along the right of way of the Southern Pacific. [Signs: Railroad Crossing, End of Double Track']

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Citrus workers in winter quarters, near Lindsay, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Citrus workers in winter quarters, near Lindsay, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Lindsay, California. Citrus workers in winter quarters

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Family of rural rehabilitation client

Family of rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Squatter camp on county road near Calipatria, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Auto camp north of Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Two boys from New Mexico now in California to work in the harvests

Two boys from New Mexico now in California to work in the harvests

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran

Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran, California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Refugee family from the Rio Grande Valley

Refugee family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, camped in the brush in a river bottom near Holtville, California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Migrants tents...along the right of way of the Southern Pacific

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

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Migrants tents...along the right of way of the Southern Pacific

Migrants tents...along the right of way of the Southern Pacific
Migrants tents are a common sight along the right of way of the Southern Pacific [railroad]. Near Fresno, California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Migrants winter quarters, Farmersville, Tulare County, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrants winter quarters, Farmersville, Tulare County, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmersville, Tulare County. Migrants winter quarters

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Auto camp north of Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Auto camp north of Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, California, with migrant mother and child

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, talking with one of the members. California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Camps of migrant pea workers, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Camps of migrant pea workers, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camps of migrant pea workers. California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Camps of migrant pea workers, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Camps of migrant pea workers, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camps of migrant pea workers. California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Migrant agricultural worker's family, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Migrant family in Kern County, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family in Kern County, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family in Kern County. This family was sent back at the state line by Los Angeles police

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Home of a dust bowl refugee in California

Home of a dust bowl refugee in California. Imperial County

Background imageShanty Town 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 workers. Imperial County, California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Family of four to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration

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 imageShanty Town Collection: Privy in cheap migratory camp, San Joaquin Valley

Privy in cheap migratory camp, San Joaquin Valley
Privy in cheap migratory camp. San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Housing for migratory cotton workers five miles north of Corcoran

Housing for migratory cotton workers five miles north of Corcoran, California. The famous strikers concentration camp in 1933 was in Corcoran

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran

Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran, California

Background imageShanty Town 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 imageShanty Town Collection: Home of a migrant worker's family

Home of a migrant worker's family. Kern County, California. Lately came from Oklahoma

Background imageShanty Town 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 imageShanty Town Collection: FSA migrant labor camp, Calipatria

FSA migrant labor camp, Calipatria
Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant labor camp. Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. 155 migrant families in camp

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Winter quarters, migratory agricultural workers

Winter quarters, migratory agricultural workers
Tulare County. Winter quarters, migratory agricultural workers. Beside the highway. Tulare County, California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Tubercular migrant in a potato pickers camp

Tubercular migrant in a potato pickers camp. Kern County, California

Background imageShanty Town 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 imageShanty Town Collection: Housing for migratory workers in cotton

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

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest

Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest
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 imageShanty Town 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 imageShanty Town Collection: Refugees camped by the roadside beside an irrigated pea field

Refugees camped by the roadside beside an irrigated pea field
Forty families of drought and depression refugees camped by the roadside beside an irrigated pea field

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Migrant agricultural worker's family

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

Background imageShanty Town 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 imageShanty Town Collection: Drought refugees in Phoenix, Arizona, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought refugees in Phoenix, Arizona, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees in Phoenix, Arizona. One of the many cases of Tennessee ex-farmers drifting around, looking for work in cotton

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Migrant agricultural worker's family

Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven children without food. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is a native Californian. Nipomo, California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Mexican field laborers houses, Brawley

Mexican field laborers houses, Brawley
Mexican field laborers houses. Brawley, Imperial Valley, California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Part of a roadside ranch camp, twelve tents in this group

Part of a roadside ranch camp, twelve tents in this group
Part of a roadside ranch camp. Twelve tents in this group. Owned by one of the large farmers who is opposed to Resettlement Administration's migrant camp. California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Migrant family in Kern County, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family in Kern County, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family in Kern County. This family was sent back at the state line by the Los Angeles police

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Arkansas family in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Arkansas family in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Arkansas family in California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Kern County camp for migrants, fifteen miles out of Bakersfield

Kern County camp for migrants, fifteen miles out of Bakersfield
Kern County camp for migrants. Planned and erected by the Resettlement Administration fifteen miles out of Bakersfield, California. Partially occupied because there is not any work in the fields

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Recreation in a migratory agricultural workers camp near Holtville

Recreation in a migratory agricultural workers camp near Holtville, California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Drought refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees in California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Drought refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Migrant family looking for work in the pea fields

Migrant family looking for work in the pea fields. California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: String of five housecars, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

String of five housecars, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
String of five housecars. This group represents good conditions among pea pickers. California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Pea picker's home, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pea picker's home, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pea picker's home. The condition of these people warrant resettlement camps for migrant agricultural workers. Nipomo, California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Refugee families near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Ditch bank camp for migrant agricultural workers

Ditch bank camp for migrant agricultural workers. California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Drought refugees in California migrant camp, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Drought refugees in California migrant camp, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees in California migrant camp

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Families from the Dust Bowl in Texas in an overnight roadside camp near Calipatria

Families from the Dust Bowl in Texas in an overnight roadside camp near Calipatria
Four families, three of them related with fifteen children, from the Dust Bowl in Texas in an overnight roadside camp near Calipatria, California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Mother and three children in a California squatter camp, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mother and three children in a California squatter camp, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mother and three children in a California squatter camp

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Grandmother of twenty-two children living in Kern County migrant camp

Grandmother of twenty-two children living in Kern County migrant camp. California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Aged woman with three of her twenty-two grandchildren

Aged woman with three of her twenty-two grandchildren, Kern county migrant camp, California. [Sign: Warning! No Visitors. By Order of Health Officer']

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Water supply, Migratory camp for cotton pickers

Water supply, Migratory camp for cotton pickers
Water supply. Migratory camp for cotton pickers. San Joaquin Valley, California. American River camp

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Arkansas family washing dishes, seven months in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Arkansas family washing dishes, seven months in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Arkansas family. Seven months in California. Washing dishes

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Part of migrant family of five encamped near Porterville

Part of migrant family of five encamped near Porterville, California, while waiting for work in the orange groves

Background imageShanty Town Collection: California migrant camp, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Migrant pea pickers camp in the rain, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant pea pickers camp in the rain, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant pea pickers camp in the rain. California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: In one of the largest pea camps in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

In one of the largest pea camps in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
In one of the largest pea camps in California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Migrant camp in California during the pea harvesting

Migrant camp in California during the pea harvesting. San Luis Obispo County, California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Housing for Oklahoma refugees, California, Kern County, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Migrant workers camp, outskirts of Marysville, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant workers camp, outskirts of Marysville, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant workers camp, outskirts of Marysville, California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Dust bowl refugees living in camps in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dust bowl refugees living in camps in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dust bowl refugees living in camps in California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Motherless migrant children - they work in the cotton, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Motherless migrant children - they work in the cotton, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Motherless migrant children. They work in the cotton

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Squatter camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatter camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatter camp. California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Migratory family in auto camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory family in auto camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory family in auto camp. California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Squatter camp near Shafter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatter camp near Shafter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatter camp near Shafter, California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Wife and child of migrant worker

Wife and child of migrant worker, encamped near Winters, California. This is a proposed location of Resettlement Administration migrant camp

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Children of drought refugees camped by highway outside of Fresno

Children of drought refugees camped by highway outside of Fresno, California. The parents are working in the cotton field

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Squatters camp near Farmersville, Tulare County, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatters camp near Farmersville, Tulare County, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatters camp near Farmersville. Tulare County, California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Squatter camp, outskirts of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatter camp, outskirts of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatter camp. Outskirts of Bakersfield, California. Note number of auto trailers and trailer being constructed on left

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Son of destitute migrant, American River camp

Son of destitute migrant, American River camp, near Sacramento, California. The boy has dysentery

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Water supply, American River camp

Water supply, American River camp, California, San Joaquin Valley

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Children of migratory workers, hauling water

Children of migratory workers, hauling water, American River camp, San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageShanty Town Collection: Food supply of migrant family, American River camp near Sacramento

Food supply of migrant family, American River camp near Sacramento
Food supply of migrant family. American River camp near Sacramento, California



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