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Collection: Lange, Dorothea FSA/OWI PHotos
1045 photos
Farm Security Administration Casa Grande project, Arizona. Large-scale corporate farming by sixty-two families who divide profits. Children in this group came from eight different states
Home in a district from which many families immigrate West. Near Sallisaw, Oklahoma. Tenant farm family
Tennessee highway sign. Cannon County, Tennessee
Candidate for congress (General Walter Faulkner) and a Tennessee farmer. Crossville, Tennessee
Thousands of migrant workers are employed for harvesting the potato crop of Kern County, California
She awaits the international streetcar at a corner in El Paso, Texas to return across the bridge
Cotton picker's camp, Salt River Valley, Arizona. For many refugees from the Southwest, Arizona is a stopping point on the way to California, where money can be made during the cotton harvest with which to continue the journey
Casa Grande project, Arizona. Large-scale corporate farming by sixty-two families who divide profits. Children in group came from eight different states
Dust Bowl farm. Coldwater District, north of Dalhart, Texas. This house is occupied; most of the houses in this district have been abandoned
Man living on "Scratch Hill" outside Atoka, Oklahoma. Atoka County, Oklahoma. "I'm going west because this country's through, there isn't anything here for anyone. I'm going west to Lubbock and Arizona. Last year I worked in the cotton"
Southern Arizona, June 1938
Depression and drought struck towns as well as farms. Laborers, clerks, building tradesmen immigrated as well as farm people. Caddo, Oklahoma
Colored boys playing on top of Coca Cola stand. Little Rock, Arkansas
McLennan County Courthouse just before the primary. Waco, Texas
U.S. No. 54, north of El Paso, Texas. One of the westward routes of the migrants
The Black Wax area of Texas is the outstanding cotton producing section of the western cotton belt. Near Georgetown, Texas
Migratory laborer's wife with three children (not in photo). Near Childress, Texas
Campaign posters in garage window, just before the primary. Waco, Texas
McLennan County courthouse just before the primaries. Waco, Texas
Young cotton growing in mechanized field. Hall County, Texas. Anyone who inspects one of these giant mechanized farms must realize that it foreshadows a fundamental change in American agriculture
Wife of a migratory laborer with three children. Near Childress, Texas. Nettie Featherston
Dust bowl farmer with tractor and young son near Cland, New Mexico
The interview for unemployment compensation. San Francisco, California