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Collection: Lange, Dorothea FSA/OWI PHotos
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Farmers. Main street in Oklahoma town. Drought region
Drought farmers come to town. Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
Main street during 1936 drought. Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
Farmers on main street discussing drought. Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
Drought farmers line the shady side of the main street of the town while their crops burn up in the fields. "The guvment may keep us a little I reckon." Sallisaw, Oklahoma
Drought farmers line the shady side of the main street on the town while their crops burn up in the fields. "Hello Bill, when's it gonna rain?"
The key figure in the 1936 presidential campaign, the American farmer. Oklahoma
"Old age" near Washington, Pennsylvania
"Old age" near Washington, Pennsylvania
On the move. Wagoner, Wagoner County, Oklahoma
Church in Oklahoma County. Elm Grove, Oklahoma
People living in miserable poverty. Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
On the outskirts of a modern Oklahoma City within sight of its gleaming skyscrapers. The rent, one dollar, is collected by the city and the health officer is in charge, although there is no sanitation
People living in miserable poverty. Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Child living in Oklahoma City shacktown
People living in miserable poverty, Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
People living in miserable poverty, Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
The home of a family in Oklahoma County. Elm Grove, Oklahoma
People living in miserable poverty. Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
The sheriff of McAlester, Oklahoma, sitting in front of the jail. He has been sheriff for thirty years
The sheriff of McAlester, Oklahoma, sitting in front of the jail. He has been sheriff for thirty years
Arkansas farm folks
Drought refugees in Phoenix, Arizona. One of the many cases of Tennessee ex-farmers drifting around, looking for work in cotton