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Collection: Lange, Dorothea FSA/OWI PHotos
1045 photos
Sons of tenant farmer go off visiting on Saturday afternoon. Granville County, North Carolina
Noontime. Son and grandson of tenant farmer bring in the mules to water at noon. Granville County, North Carolina
Noontime chores: feeding chickens on tenant farm. Granville County, North Carolina
Noontime chores. Mules are brought in from the field and watered at well across the road from the house. Granville County, North Carolina
Log home of rural non-farm family. Father works in a chair making factory. Orange County, North Carolina
Daughter of tenant churning butter. Randolph County, North Carolina
Appliqued embroideries for sale on street in front of ten cent store. Saturday afternoon. Siler City, North Carolina
Father crippled with rheumatism. When well he works in a chair making factory. Orange County, North Carolina
tenant topping tobacco. Person County, North Carolina
Wife and child of young sharecropper in cornfield beside house. Hillside Farm, Person County, North Carolina
Tobacco farmer, owner of 100 acres. Person County, North Carolina
Young sharecropper and his first child. Hillside Farm. Person County, North Carolina
Sign of service station, U.S. 99. Hop pickers are wanted for four big growers of the area three weeks before opening season. They also advertise in newspapers including San Francisco newspapers, 450 miles away. Josephine County, Oregon
A corner of the (T.P.) Schrock kitchen in their new home. Washington, Yakima Valley
Migratory children living in "Rambler's Park." They have lived on the road for three years. Nine children in the family. Yakima Valley, Washington
Mrs. Schrock takes good care of her family. Yakima Valley, Washington (near Wapato)
Family who traveled by freight train. Washington, Toppenish, Yakima Valley
His family traveled with him on the freights. Washington, Toppenish, Yakima Valley
Mrs. Bouchey gets the morning mail. Wife of tenant purchase client. Washington, Yakima Valley, near Toppenish
Motherless migrant child. Washington, Toppenish, Yakima Valley
Sick migrant child. Washington, Yakima Valley, Toppenish
The oldest girl seated in the doorway of the house trailer cares for the family. Yakima Valley, Washington
Migratory boy in squatter camp. Has come to Yakima Valley for the third year to pick hops. Mother: "You'd be surprised what that boy can pick." Washington, Yakima Valley