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Background imageUnemployed Collection: Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Shack in 'Little Oklahoma', California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Shack in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Shack in "Little Oklahoma." Lots 50 x 150, cost one hundred and twenty to two hundred dollars. Bought on hope and sold on promises. No work since last fall

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Squatters along highway near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatters along highway near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatters along highway near Bakersfield, California. Penniless refugees from dust bowl. Twenty-two in family, thirty-nine evictions, now encamped near Bakersfield without shelter

Background imageUnemployed 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 imageUnemployed 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 imageUnemployed Collection: Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years. He is now left stranded in the cut-over area

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years. He is now left stranded in the cut-over area

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Destitute farm labor families, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Destitute farm labor families, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute farm labor families come to Farm Security Administration distributing depot to apply for food grant. Kern County, California

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Unemployment benefits aid begins, State Employment Service office, San Francisco, California, 1938

Unemployment benefits aid begins, State Employment Service office, San Francisco, California, 1938
Unemployment benefits aid begins. Line of men inside a division office of the State Employment Service office at San Francisco, California

Background imageUnemployed Collection: The interview for unemployment compensation, San Francisco, California, 1938

The interview for unemployment compensation, San Francisco, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The interview for unemployment compensation. San Francisco, California

Background imageUnemployed Collection: A tubercular painter from Iowa and part of his family... penniless in New Mexico, 1937

A tubercular painter from Iowa and part of his family... penniless in New Mexico, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A tubercular painter from Iowa and part of his family of nine who are stranded and penniless in New Mexico

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway. Depression refugees from Iowa. Left Iowa in 1932 because of father's ill health

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Tubercular father of a family of nine who are stranded in New Mexico with no money, 1936

Tubercular father of a family of nine who are stranded in New Mexico with no money, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tubercular father of a family of nine who are stranded in New Mexico with no money

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Native Texan farmer on relief, Goodliet, Hardeman County, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Native Texan farmer on relief, Goodliet, Hardeman County, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Native Texan farmer on relief. Goodliet, Hardeman County, Texas. "Tractored out" in late 1937. Now living in town, and on the verge of relief. Wife and two children

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Oklahoma migrant, Texas. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahoma migrant, Texas. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma migrant, Texas. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies. The father, aged thirty-five, is an intelligent fellow, a painter by trade

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Man going home with relief, near Oil City, Carter County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Man going home with relief, near Oil City, Carter County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Man going home with relief. Bought provisions. Near Oil City, Oklahoma. Carter County

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Relief client near Oil City, Carter County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Relief client near Oil City, Carter County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Relief client near Oil City, Oklahoma. Oil City is a source of heavy immigration to California. Carter County, Oklahoma

Background imageUnemployed Collection: House of ex-tenant farmer now on reliefEllis County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

House of ex-tenant farmer now on reliefEllis County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
House of ex-tenant farmer now on relief. Ellis County, Texas

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Stranded residents of Careyville, Florida, , 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Stranded residents of Careyville, Florida, , 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Stranded residents of Careyville, Florida, who formerly obtained a livelihood from the lumber industry

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Stranded residents of Careyville, Florida, , 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Stranded residents of Careyville, Florida, , 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Stranded residents of Careyville, Florida, who formerly obtained a livelihood from the lumber industry

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Stranded residents of Careyville, Florida, , 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Stranded residents of Careyville, Florida, , 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Stranded residents of Careyville, Florida, who formerly obtained a livelihood from the lumber industry

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Part of family on relief, Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Part of family on relief, Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of family on relief. Memphis, Texas

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Woman on relief, Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Woman on relief, Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Woman on relief. Memphis, Texas

Background imageUnemployed Collection: A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia. The father repairs sewing machines, lawn mowers, etc. He is leaving Macon

Background imageUnemployed Collection: A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia. The father repairs sewing machines, lawn mowers, etc. He is leaving Macon

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Farmers on street corner, Odessa, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farmers on street corner, Odessa, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers on street corner. Odessa, Texas

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Home of idle American workman, Near Bridgton, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Home of idle American workman, Near Bridgton, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of idle American workman. Near Bridgton, New Jersey. [Sign: C. Everham. Bricklayer & Plaster']

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Mass meeting of WPA workers parading up Market Street, San Francisco, California, 1939

Mass meeting of WPA workers parading up Market Street, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers parading up Market Street. San Francisco, California. The meeting was held in protest to cuts make by Congress in relief appropriations

Background imageUnemployed Collection: This family...about to be returned to Oklahoma...Neideffer Camp, Imperial Valley, CA, 1937

This family...about to be returned to Oklahoma...Neideffer Camp, Imperial Valley, CA, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This family without food and work about to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. They have lost a baby as a result of exposure during the winter

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Migrant pea workers on the road with tire trouble, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant pea workers on the road with tire trouble, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant pea workers on the road with tire trouble. California

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Migrant pea workers on the road, all their worldly possessions in car and trailer, California, 1936

Migrant pea workers on the road, all their worldly possessions in car and trailer, California, 1936
Migrant pea workers on the road. All their worldly possessions in car and trailer. California

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Migrant pea pickers on the road, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant pea pickers on the road, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant pea pickers on the road. California

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Ex-tenant farmer on relief grant in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Ex-tenant farmer on relief grant in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ex-tenant farmer on relief grant in the Imperial Valley, California

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Ex-tenant farmer on relief grant in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Ex-tenant farmer on relief grant in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ex-tenant farmer on relief grant in the Imperial Valley, California

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Unemployed family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas... near Holtville, California, 1937

Unemployed family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas... near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Unemployed family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, camped on a river bottom near Holtville, California

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Unemployed family... near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Unemployed family... near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Unemployed family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, camped on a river bottom near Holtville, California

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Oklahomans now working or looking for work in the pea harvests of California, Imperial Vallery

Oklahomans now working or looking for work in the pea harvests of California, Imperial Vallery
Oklahomans now working or looking for work in the pea harvests of California. Outskirts of Calipatria. Imperial Valley

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Waiting for the relief checks at Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Waiting for the relief checks at Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Waiting for the relief checks at Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Waiting for the relief checks at Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Waiting for the relief checks at Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Waiting for the relief checks at Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California. Imperial Valley

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Waiting for the relief checks at Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Waiting for the relief checks at Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Warehouse used as distributing office for FSA relief grants, Bakersfield, CA, 1938

Warehouse used as distributing office for FSA relief grants, Bakersfield, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Warehouse used as distributing office for Farm Security Administration (FSA) relief grants of commodities to destitute farm labor families. Bakersfield, California

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Waiting for the relief checks at Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Waiting for the relief checks at Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California

Background imageUnemployed Collection: Waiting for the relief checks at Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Waiting for the relief checks at Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Waiting for the relief checks at Calipatria, California



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