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Collection: Lange, Dorothea FSA/OWI PHotos

1045 photos

Muscella, Georgia. Peach pickers

Thomaston (vicinity), Georgia. A Georgia tenant farmer who says, "THis crop (1936) is nigh to nothin' as I ever see"

A tenant farmer and several members of his family hoeing cotton on their farm in Alabama

Mexican townfolk sacking peppers near Stockton, California

Scene in railroad yard. Sacramento, California

On the sun side of the shed. Transient men, San Francisco, California

Mother and three children in a California squatter camp

Mother and three children in a California squatter camp

Drought-stricken farmer and family near Muskogee, Oklahoma. Agricultural day laborer. Muskogee County

Drought-stricken farmer and family near Muskogee, Oklahoma. Agricultural day laborer. Muskogee County

Calipatria (vicinity), California. Native of Indiana in a migratory labor contractor's camp. "It's root hog or die for us folks"

Employment agency. San Francisco

Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California

Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California

Cabbage harvesting. Imperial Valley, California

Date palms. Coachella Valley, California

Date palms. Coachella Valley, California

Longshoremen's lunch hour. San Francisco waterfront. California

"Skid Row." Howard Street, San Francisco, California

"Skid Row." Howard Street, San Francisco, California

Employment office on Howard Street. San Francisco, California

Employment agency on Howard Street. San Francisco, California

"Skid Row." Howard Street, the street of the unemployed in San Francisco, California

"Skid Row." Howard Street. San Francisco, California