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Listening to speeches at mass meeting of WPA workers protesting... San Francisco, California, 1939Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers protesting congressional cut of relief appropriations. San Francisco, California
Migrant agricultural worker picking potatoes near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigrant agricultural worker picking potatoes near Shafter, California
Mass meeting of WPA workers parading up Market Street, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeMass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers parading up Market Street, San Francisco, California. The meeting was held in protest to cuts made by Congress in relief appropriations
Potato pickers, near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeNear Shafter, California. Potatoes are dug by machines and strewn on the ground as the digger goes down the rows. The picker puts the potatoes into sacks suspended from their waist between their
Mass meeting of WPA workers parading up Market Street, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeMass 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
Mechanical potato digger near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeMechanical potato digger near Shafter, California
Listening to speeches at mass meeting of WPA workers... San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeListening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers protesting congressional cut of relief appropriations. San Francisco, California
Loading a potato truck as it goes down the rows, Near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeLoading a potato truck as it goes down the rows, Near Shafter, California
Potato truck in the field near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangePotato truck in the field near Shafter, California
Listening to speeches at mass meeting of WPA workers... San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeListening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers protesting congressional cut of relief appropriations. San Francisco, California]
Potato picker in camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangePotato picker in camp near Shafter, California
In front of city hall, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeIn front of city hall, San Francisco, California. The Worker's Alliance, Works Progress Administration (WPA) organize simultaneous demonstrations in the large cities of the nation cut in
Family of drought refugees on US 99 near Bakersfield, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeFamily of drought refugees on U.S. 99 near Bakersfield, California
Migrant agricultural workers home, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeMigrant agricultural workers home. California. [Makeshift shelter built behind an advertising hoarding: Cyanogas - The Real Hopper Control']
En-route to pea harvest in Imperial Valley, U.S. 99, Tulare, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeEntered California the fall of 1938. En-route to pea harvest in Imperial Valley. Car broke down. "Want to get back to Missouri if they ever get the money." U.S. 99. Tulare, California
Oklahoma migratory workers washing in a hot spring in the desert, Imperial Valley, California, 1937Oklahoma migratory workers washing in a hot spring in the desert. Imperial Valley, California
Slums of East El Centro, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeSlums of East El Centro, California. Housing for Mexican field workers. They rent for eight dollars a month. Imperial Valley
Cotton picker near Firebaugh, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeCotton picker near Firebaugh, California
White section gang near King City, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeWhite section gang near King City, California. Before the depression this work was done entirely by Mexican labor
Jack Neill, "migratory fruit tramp, " on banks of Pulah Creek near Winters, California, 1935Jack Neill, "migratory fruit tramp, " on banks of Pulah Creek near Winters, California. He owns one acre subsistence farm near Porterville
Migrant Mexican children in contractor's camp at time of early pea harvest, Nipomo, CaliforniaMigrant Mexican children in contractor's camp at time of early pea harvest. Nipomo, California
Children of Oklahoma drought refugees on highway near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea LangeChildren of Oklahoma drought refugees on highway near Bakersfield, California. Family of six; no shelter, no food, no money and almost no gasoline. The child has bone tuberculosis
Oklahoma potato picker's family encamped on the flats near Shafter, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea LangeOklahoma potato picker's family encamped on the flats near Shafter, California
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)
This family...about to be returned to Oklahoma...Neideffer Camp, Imperial Valley, CA, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeThis 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
Drought refugees from Oklahoma at work in the pea fields near Nipomo, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeDrought refugees from Oklahoma at work in the pea fields near Nipomo, California
From Wyoming and Missouri eight years...working in lemons... near Strathmore, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeNear Strathmore, California. From Wyoming and Missouri, eight years in California working in lemons "It's easy for us because we haven't got a bunch of kids to get drug around"
Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers, Lindsay, Tulare County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeLindsay, California. Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers. Tulare County, California
Rest time in nursery school for migrant children at Shafter Camp, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea LangeRest time in nursery school for migrant children at Shafter Camp, California
Refugees from the 1936 drought, came to California for a new start, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeRefugees from the 1936 drought. Came to California for a new start. Now migratory agricultural workers
Mexican family, Brawley County, Imperial Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea LangeMexican family. Brawley County, Imperial Valley, California
Texas family looking for work in the carrot harvest, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeTexas family looking for work in the carrot harvest. California
Home of Mexican field laborers, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea LangeHome of Mexican field laborers. Brawley, Imperial Valley, California
Unemployed family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas... near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeUnemployed family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, camped on a river bottom near Holtville, California