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Collection: Lange, Dorothea FSA/OWI PHotos

1045 photos

Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Girls' Sunday school class sings between preaching

"Power of the Lord" preaching by a "soldier" saved twelve years before, and with army ever since. Salvation Army, San Francisco, California

Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. In the neighborhood where the Salvation Army operates. Breakfast for his pal, bummed from a restaurant

Texas woman in carrot pullers' camp. Imperial Valley, California. This sunbonnet is typical of women who came from Texas

Migratory field workers at 5 a.m. waiting in the carrot field to hold a place to work, which starts at 8 a.m.

Migrant family from Arkansas playing hill-billy songs. Farm Security Administration emergency migratory camp. Calipatria, California

Farmer who has small plot in rapidly growing settlement of lettuce workers on outskirts of Salinas, California

Laundry facilities for migratory workers in Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp at Westley, California

Laundry facilities in Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant labor camp. Westley, California

Watching ball game. Shafter camp for migrants. California

Housing. Richmond, Virginia. Twelve dollars a month for three rooms

Ball game. Shafter migrant camp. California

Brakeman on the Challenger. Nevada

Brakeman on the Challenger. Nevada

Migratory cotton picker from Kansas on highway near Merced, California

Merced (vicinity), California. Migratory cotton picker on highway near Merced, California. He and his family from Independence, Kansas, have been looking for work chopping cotton

Near Los Banos, California. Migratory agricultural workers. Cotton hoers. Leave the field at the end of the day. Wages twenty cents an hour

Near Los Banos, California. Migratory agricultural workers. Cotton hoers leave the field at end of the day. Wages twenty cents an hour

Tulare County. In Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp. Mother from Oklahoma tends baby with dysentery, and awaits arrival of FSA nurse, camp resident

Tulare County, California. In Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for migratory agricultural workers. Mother with sick baby awaits arrival of FSA camp resident nurse

Between Tulare and Fresno, On U.S. 99. See general caption. Many auto camps of this kind are strewn along the highway

Between Tulare and Fresno on U.S. 99. See general caption. A large variety and great number of small eating places face the highway. This one is managed by ex-Texans, hence "Lone Star Inn"

Between Tulare and Fresno on U.S. 99. Highway gas tanks and signboard approaching town. See general caption

Tulare County, Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp. Migrant mother and child at doorway of steel shelter