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Collection: Lange, Dorothea FSA/OWI PHotos
1045 photos
Migratory child in squatter camp before hop season opens. Her little brothers work in the field. Washington, Yakima Valley
Family living in shacktown community, mostly from Kansas and Missouri. This family has five children, oldest in third grade. Rent seven dollars per month, no plumbing. Husband working on Work Projects Administration wages, forty four dollars
Home of family living in Sumac Park, shacktown community outside of Yakima, Washington. Father is ill and unable to work. They are paying for land (three hundred and fifty dollars) at rate of seven dollars a month
Camp of family with nine children who have been on the road for three years. Washington, Yakima Valley
Washington, Buena, Yakima County. Yakima Valley small town. A county which ranks fifth in the United States in value of agricultural production
Washington, Yakima Valley, near Wapato. Rural Rehabilitation (Farm Security Administration). Chris Adolf, his wife, six of their eight children and his teams
Washington, Yakima Valley. Camp of migratory families in "Ramblers Park."
Washington, Yakima Valley, near Wapato. One of Chris Adolph's younger children. Farm Security Administration Rehabilitation clients
Washington, Yakima Valley, near Wapato. One of Chris Adolph's younger children. Farm Security Administration Rehabilitation clients
Washington, Yakima Valley, near Toppenish. Single itinerant men on way to railroad yard
Washington, Yakima Valley, Toppenish. Cheap auto camp for migratory workers waiting for the opening of the hop season. Old fruit tramp (20378-C) lives in this camp
Washington, western, Thurston County. Malone Company house in abandoned mill village now occupied by Work Projects Administration (WPA) worker. General caption number 39
Oregon, Marion County, near West Stayton. Bean pickers' children in camp at end of day
Washington, Longview. Sign outside entrance of largest lumber mill in the world
Western Washington, Thurston county, Tenino. Facing main street, south end of town on U.S. 99. See general caption number 37
Western Washington, Thurston county, Tenino. Leaving town on U.S. 99. See general caption number 37
Western Washington, Thurston County, Tenino. Feed store opposite bank. See general caption number 37
Oregon, Marion County, near West Stayton. A seasonal office is maintained by the State Employment Service during the bean harvest. See general caption number 46
Oregon, Marion County, near West Stayton. Camp representative of fourteen in group. On grower's land adjoining the bean field. See general caption number 46
Washington, Lewis County, Centralia. Cafe on U.S. 99, formerly the "Oasis"
Western Washington, Lewis County, Vader. Across the counter is Ghost Town Cafe
Sign on post office door: Farm animals and household equipment for sale. Vader, western Washington
Bulldozer contractor's car. Western Washington, Lewis County, near Vader. See general caption number 41