Loaded Cars Heading West

Migrant family's car near Brownsville, Texas

Tracy (vicinity), California. U.S. Highway 99. Missouri family of five, seven months from the drought area.

Mexican child. She helps tie carrots in the field. Coachella Valley, California

Family of drought refugees on U.S. 99 near Bakersfield, California

Migrant drought refugee family stalled on an Arizona highway, between Yuma and Phoenix, on their way to California to work in the harvests

Family of nine from Fort Smith, Arkansas, trying to repair their car on road between Phoenix and Yuma, Arizona. On their way to try to find work in the California harvests

Three related drought refugee families from Oklahoma on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Three related Oklahoma drought refugee families near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Drought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Tracy (vicinity), California. Missouri family of five who are seven months from the drought area on U.S. Highway 99. "Broke, baby sick, and car trouble!"

Car of drought refugee on edge of carrot field in the Coachella Valley. California

Three carloads of Mexicans headed for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas. Near Bakersfield, California

Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma. Arrived in California October 1936 to join the cotton harvest. Near Tulare, California

Migrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California. Note: the photographer passed twenty-eight cars of this type while driving thirty-five miles between 9:00 and 9:45 in the morning