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Background imageShantytown Collection: Kern County camp for migrants, fifteen miles out of Bakersfield, California, 1936

Kern County camp for migrants, fifteen miles out of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
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 imageShantytown Collection: Recreation in a migratory agricultural workers camp near Holtville, California, 1937

Recreation in a migratory agricultural workers camp near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Recreation in a migratory agricultural workers camp near Holtville, California

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

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

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

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

Background imageShantytown Collection: Migrant family looking for work in the pea fields, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family looking for work in the pea fields, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family looking for work in the pea fields. California

Background imageShantytown 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 imageShantytown 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 imageShantytown 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 imageShantytown Collection: Ditch bank camp for migrant agricultural workers, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Ditch bank camp for migrant agricultural workers, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ditch bank camp for migrant agricultural workers. California

Background imageShantytown 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 imageShantytown Collection: Families from the Dust Bowl in Texas in an overnight roadside camp near Calipatria, California

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

Background imageShantytown 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 imageShantytown Collection: Grandmother of twenty-two children living in Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936

Grandmother of twenty-two children living in Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grandmother of twenty-two children living in Kern County migrant camp. California

Background imageShantytown Collection: Aged woman with three of her twenty-two grandchildren, Kern county migrant camp, California, 1936

Aged woman with three of her twenty-two grandchildren, Kern county migrant camp, California, 1936
Aged woman with three of her twenty-two grandchildren, Kern county migrant camp, California. [Sign: Warning! No Visitors. By Order of Health Officer']

Background imageShantytown Collection: Water supply, Migratory camp for cotton pickers, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936

Water supply, Migratory camp for cotton pickers, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Water supply. Migratory camp for cotton pickers. San Joaquin Valley, California. American River camp

Background imageShantytown 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 imageShantytown Collection: Part of migrant family of five encamped near Porterville, CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Part of migrant family of five encamped near Porterville, CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of migrant family of five encamped near Porterville, California, while waiting for work in the orange groves

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

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

Background imageShantytown 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 imageShantytown 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 imageShantytown Collection: Migrant camp in California during the pea harvesting, San Luis Obispo County, California, 1936

Migrant camp in California during the pea harvesting, San Luis Obispo County, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant camp in California during the pea harvesting. San Luis Obispo County, California

Background imageShantytown 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 imageShantytown 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. The new migratory camps now being built by the Resettlement Administration will remove people from unsatisfactory living conditions such as

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

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

Background imageShantytown 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 imageShantytown 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 imageShantytown Collection: Wife and child of migrant worker, encamped near Winters, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Wife and child of migrant worker, encamped near Winters, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wife and child of migrant worker, encamped near Winters, California. This is a proposed location of Resettlement Administration migrant camp

Background imageShantytown Collection: Children of drought refugees camped by highway outside of Fresno, California, 1936

Children of drought refugees camped by highway outside of Fresno, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of drought refugees camped by highway outside of Fresno, California. The parents are working in the cotton field

Background imageShantytown 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 imageShantytown 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 imageShantytown Collection: Son of destitute migrant, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936

Son of destitute migrant, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Son of destitute migrant, American River camp, near Sacramento, California. The boy has dysentery

Background imageShantytown Collection: Water supply, American River camp, California, San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Water supply, American River camp, California, San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Water supply, American River camp, California, San Joaquin Valley

Background imageShantytown Collection: Children of migratory workers, hauling water, American River camp, San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1936

Children of migratory workers, hauling water, American River camp, San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1936
Children of migratory workers, hauling water, American River camp, San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageShantytown Collection: Food supply of migrant family, American River camp near Sacramento, California, 1936

Food supply of migrant family, American River camp near Sacramento, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Food supply of migrant family. American River camp near Sacramento, California

Background imageShantytown Collection: Dirty clothes and flies, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936

Dirty clothes and flies, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dirty clothes and flies. American River camp, near Sacramento, California

Background imageShantytown Collection: Migratory orange picker's camp, Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory orange picker's camp, Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory orange picker's camp. Exeter, California

Background imageShantytown Collection: Children of destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936

Children of destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of destitute family. American River camp, near Sacramento, California

Background imageShantytown Collection: Destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute family. American River camp. Five children aged two to seventeen. Near Sacramento California. [Sign: "I must have work or food"]

Background imageShantytown Collection: Destitute family, American River camp, Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Destitute family, American River camp, Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute family. American River camp, Sacramento, California

Background imageShantytown Collection: Destitute family, American River camp, Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Destitute family, American River camp, Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute family. American River camp, Sacramento, California. Five children, aged two to seventeen years

Background imageShantytown Collection: Daughter of a migrant fruit worker, American River camp outside of Sacramento, California, 1936

Daughter of a migrant fruit worker, American River camp outside of Sacramento, California, 1936
Daughter of a migrant fruit worker. American River camp outside of Sacramento, California

Background imageShantytown Collection: Child of migratory worker, American River camp near Sacramento, California, 1936

Child of migratory worker, American River camp near Sacramento, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Child of migratory worker. American River camp near Sacramento, California

Background imageShantytown Collection: Wife and five children of migratory fruit worker, American River camp on...Sacramento, CA, 1936

Wife and five children of migratory fruit worker, American River camp on...Sacramento, CA, 1936
Wife and five children of migratory fruit worker. American River camp on outskirts of Sacramento, California. Have worked in the fruit since 1931

Background imageShantytown Collection: Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner, living in the American River Camp... CA, 1936

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

Background imageShantytown Collection: American River camp, Sacramento, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

American River camp, Sacramento, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
American River camp, Sacramento. Home of Tennessee family, now migratory workers. Seven in family, came to California July 1935, following relatives who had come in 1933

Background imageShantytown Collection: Migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento, California on the American River, 1936

Migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento, California on the American River, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento, California on the American River. About thirty families lived on this flat



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