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The cotton lands of Ellis County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeThe cotton lands of Ellis County, Texas, are well adapted to tractor farming but the houses of the farmer tenants stand empty
Tractor and operator, Navarro, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeTractor and operator. Navarro, Texas
Part of family on relief, Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangePart of family on relief. Memphis, Texas
Woman on relief, Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeWoman on relief. Memphis, Texas
This year (1937) there are floods and heavy rains in the Dust Bowl, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeThis year (1937) there are floods and heavy rains in the Dust Bowl. Texas
West Texas tenant farmer's wife, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeWest Texas tenant farmer's wife. She has worked on this land with him for twenty years
West Texas farmer prepares to sow millet, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeWest Texas farmer prepares to sow millet
Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeDust bowl farmers of west Texas in town
Front of general store in small cotton town, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeFront of general store in small cotton town. Texas. ['Selected Planting Cotton Seed Grown From Watson Pedigreed Seed - Tom Bean Gin Co.']
Farm owner near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeFarm owner near Memphis, Texas. He says, "I'd rather have renters than tractors on my place. I oppose the tractors. It puts too many off the land
Hotel in Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeHotel in Memphis, Texas. ['New Cobb Hotel']
A tractor driver on a Texas cotton farm, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeA tractor driver on a Texas cotton farm. He has a wife and two young children. The use of low paid day labor instead of tenant farmers is the rule
Wife of Texas tenant farmer, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeWife of Texas tenant farmer. The wide lands of the Texas Panhandle are typically operated by white tenant farmers, i.e. those who possess teams and tools and some managerial capacity
Abandoned house in Carey, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeAbandoned house in Carey, Texas. Mechanized cotton farming and displacement of tenant families is fast making Carey a ghost town
Farmers on street corner, Odessa, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeFarmers on street corner. Odessa, Texas
Boy riding freight, West Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeBoy riding freight. West Texas
Migrant oil worker and family near Odessa, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigrant oil worker and family near Odessa, Texas
Migrant oil worker and wife near Odessa, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigrant oil worker and wife near Odessa, Texas
Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeFlood refugee family near Memphis, Texas
Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeFlood refugee family near Memphis, Texas. These people, with all their earthly belongings, are bound for the lower Rio Grande Valley, where they hope to pick cotton. They are from Arkansas
Flood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeFlood refugee family near Memphis, Texas, are bound for the lower Rio Grande Valley, where they hope to pick cotton. They are from Arkansas
Outskirts of oil boom town, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeOutskirts of oil boom town. No living quarters available in town. Hundreds of families pouring in for jobs. Texas
Oil tanks near Midland, western Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeOil tanks near Midland, western Texas
Flood refugees near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeFlood refugees near Memphis, Texas. These people, with all their belongings, are bound for the lower Rio Grande Valley, where they hope to pick cotton. They come from Arkansas
Storm cellar on the Texas plains, West Texas Panhandle, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeStorm cellar on the Texas plains. West Texas Panhandle
Flood refugees, four miles out of Memphis, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeFlood refugees, four miles out of Memphis. Hall County, Texas
One of a Texas sharecropper's ten children, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeOne of a Texas sharecropper's ten children. Hall County, Texas
Abandoned tenant house and large-scale wheat field near Kincaid, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeAbandoned tenant house and large-scale wheat field near Kincaid, Texas
Oil tank farm near Odessa, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeOil tank farm near Odessa, Texas
West Texas farmer replanting cotton, near Stanton, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeWest Texas farmer replanting cotton. Had three inches of rain which washed out the first crop. Near Stanton, Texas
Freight moving east near Odessa, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeFreight moving east near Odessa, Texas
Post office, Finlay, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangePost office. Finlay, Texas
The postmaster's seat, Finlay, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeThe postmaster's seat. Finlay, Texas
Abandoned tenant house, Childress County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeAbandoned tenant house. Childress County, Texas
Abandoned tenant house, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeAbandoned tenant house. Hall County, Texas
Western Texas grain elevator, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeWestern Texas grain elevator
Madera County, family from near Dallas, Texas, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeMadera County, family from near Dallas, Texas. Rent is five dollars a month. "There's no future here. I've been following the work (migratory labor)
Cotton pickers in south Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeCotton pickers in south Texas
Ex-tenants, now day laborers, Ellis County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeEx-tenants, now day laborers. Ellis County, Texas
This man was a tenant on the same farm for eighteen years... Ellis County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeThis man was a tenant on the same farm for eighteen years. He has six children. This year he was forced into status of day laborer on the same farm
Mother and child of flood refugee family, near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeMother and child of flood refugee family, near Memphis, Texas
