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Collection: Lange, Dorothea FSA/OWI PHotos
1045 photos
Scene along "Skid Row." Howard Street, San Francisco, California
Unemployed men on Howard Street. San Francisco, California
Unemployed men on Howard Street. San Francisco, California
Howard Street in San Francisco, known as "Skid Row," the district of the unemployed
Cabbage cutting and hauling by new Vessey (flat truck) system, now also used in carrots and lettuce. Imperial Valley, California
Field worker irrigating alfalfa and barley fields. The field produces eleven cuttings of alfalfa a year, yields nine to ten tons to the acre; sold for twenty-two dollars per ton in 1936. Near Indio, Coachella Valley, California
Desert agriculture. Brushed chili field. Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch. Imperial Valley, California
Desert agriculture. Brushed chili field. Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch. Imperial Valley, California
Desert agriculture. Brushed chili field. Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch. Imperial Valley, California
Striking longshoremen during the waterfront strike in San Francisco, California
A political problem before the voters of San Francisco, California
Signboards in San Francisco, California
The new theatre, a government-sponsored revival. San Bernardino, California
Children of migrant agricultural workers in California
Woman in pea picker's camp. California. "I seen our corn dry up and blow over the fence back there in Oklahoma"
In Calipatria, California, where thousands of refugees congregate
Southern California desert. Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, stalled on the desert in southern California with no money. He and his ten children are facing future in California
Toward Los Angeles, California
Freight train going east near Yuma, Arizona
Men on "Skid Row." Modesto, California
White section gang near King City, California. Before the depression this work was done entirely by Mexican labor
Children of migratory Mexican field workers. The older one helps tie carrots in the field. Coachella Valley, California
California pea pickers returning to camp after a day's work in the field. Near Santa Clara, California