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Collection: Lange, Dorothea FSA/OWI PHotos

1045 photos

Mechanical potato digger near Shafter, California

Migrant agricultural worker picking potatoes near Shafter, California

Potato field and pickers near Shafter, California

Plant quarantine inspectors examining plane at the Glendale Airport, California

Plant quarantine inspectors examining baggage from Mexico for injurious insects. Glendale Airport, California

Plant quarantine inspector examining baggage brought into the United States by plane from Mexico. Glendale, California

Irrigated field of cotton seventy miles from Phoenix, Arizona

Irrigated fields of Acala cotton seventy miles from Phoenix, Arizona

Family of nine from near Fort Smith, Arkansas, on their way to try to find work in the California harvests. Between Yuma and Phoenix, Arizona. Fourteen such cars were passed one afternoon on this highway

California state quarantine inspection station at Yuma, Arizona. The station is open twenty-four hours a day with one senior and three junior inspectors on duty each shift

California state plant quarantine inspector examining baggage for insect pests. Arizona

Labor Temple. Tucson, Arizona

Sign entering Tombstone, Arizona

Migratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the cotton at Roswell, New Mexico. U.S. Route 70, Arizona

Migratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the cotton at Roswell, New Mexico. U.S. Route 70, Arizona

The postmaster's seat. Finlay, Texas

Post office. Finlay, Texas

El Paso residents at plant quarantine station. El Paso, Texas

Crossing the international bridge between Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas

Inscription on monument dedicated to the copper miners of Arizona. Bisbee, Arizona

West Texas farmer replanting cotton. Had three inches of rain which washed out the first crop. Near Stanton, Texas

West Texas farmer replanting cotton. Had three inches of rain which washed out the first crop. Near Stanton, Texas

Farmer and son near Stanton, Texas. Haven't made a crop of cotton since 1932

Daughter of Mexican field laborer. Near Chandler, Arizona