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Collection: Lange, Dorothea FSA/OWI PHotos
1045 photos
Oregon, Josephine County, Grants Pass. "California Day." A picnic in town park on the Rogue River. Hot summer afternoon toward the end of the picnic
Oregon, Josephine County, Grants Pass. "California Day." A picnic in town park on the Rogue River. Hot summer afternoon in summer. Participants register
Oregon, Josephine County, Grants Pass. A picnic in town park on Rogue River. "California Day." Hot Sunday afternoon in summer. Participants register
Oregon, Monroe, Benton County. The Wilhelm mill closed ten years ago and service station "used to be quite a trading center around here until they had good roads."
Washington, Yakima Valley. Migrant fruit picker (single) takes rest in the mid-morning. General caption number 3A
Washington, Yakima Valley. "Fruit tramp." Note design of pear strap, to balance weight of the pears. Contrast with another fruit sack shown by negative 20874-E
Harvesting pears, Pleasant Hill Orchards. Washington, Yakima Valley. See general caption number 34
"Fruit tramp." Note design of pear strap, to balance weight of the pears. Washington, Yakima Valley. See general caption 34
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Ament, dry land wheat farmers who survived in the Columbia Basin. Washington, Grant County, three miles south of Quincy. See general caption number 35
The Arnold children and mother on their newly fenced and newly cleared land. Note strawberry plants. Western Washington, Thurston County, Michigan Hill. See general caption number 36
This family, like others in the area, raise strawberries for commercial crop on their small clearings. Shown coming out of the field in the evening. Near Tenino, Thurston County, western Washington
Note on rural life. Near Rochester, Thurston County, western Washington
Three of the four Arnold children. The oldest boy earned the money to buy his bicycle. Western Washington, Thurston County, Michigan Hill. See general Caption number 36
The youngest Arnold boy who also works at land clearing. Western Washington, Thurston County, Michigan Hill. See general caption number 36
Unemployed lumber worker goes with his wife to the bean harvest. Note social security number tattooed on his arm. Oregon. See general caption number 46
Note on modern architecture and home building. San Francisco, California
"Pond monkey" channels log raft. Keno, Klamath County, Oregon. General caption number 61
Living conditions for migrant potato pickers. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. See caption number 63-1
Migrant potato pickers. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. General caption number 63-1
Drinking water for the whole town, also for the migrant camp across the road. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. See caption numbers 63-1 and 44
Sign on camp site opposite potato packing sheds. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. General caption number 63-1
Part of family come for work in potatoes. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. Left their home in Turkey, Texas, November, 1938. Picked cotton in Arizona till March. Picked fruit in Oregon till June. Picked prunes in Idaho till September 15th
Was Nebraska farmer, now migrant farm worker in the West. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. General caption 62-111