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Collection: Lange, Dorothea FSA/OWI PHotos
1045 photos
Oklahoman, worked three years as farm laborer, starts next year on his own place. Quit school after third day. Can neither read nor write. Is "best farm laborer" this farmer ever had. Near Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon
Mrs. Sam Cates, wife of Cow Hollow farmer. Malheur County, Oregon
All the members of the congregation. Friends church (Quaker). Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon
The Free children in doorway of their home in Sunday clothes. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon
Mr. and Mrs. Wardlow at entrance to their dugout basement home. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon
George Cleaver, new farmer, has five boys. The three older boys, ages twelve, sixteen, and eighteen, are needed at home to develop the farm and do not go to school. Malheur County, Oregon
Sign on old bank building which now houses office of Bureau of Reclamation. Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon
Mrs. Botner arranging her storage cellar. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon
Mr. Wardlow, drought area farmer, adjusting to a Western farm. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon
Tamarack, Adams County, Idaho. This town is nearly deserted since the sawmill shut down
Five members of Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho
Farmyard in Squaw Creek Valley. Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho. Old wagon and buggy against the barn was used for mail until 1921. See general caption 48
The sawmill. Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho. General caption 48
Close-up of the sawmill. Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho. General caption 48
Home of one member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho. "She likes to sit in the door and watch the geese." General caption 48
Wife and baby of president of Ola self-help sawmill co-op in doorway of their home. Gem County, Idaho. General caption 48
Men working in mill. Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho. Man in rear center in black hat is FSA (Farm Security Administration) county supervisor. General caption 48
Farmer starting out on cut-over land building an addition to his one-room cabin. Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho. General caption 54 and 49
Corner of one-room cabin belonging to farmer starting in cut-over area. Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho. See caption 54
Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho. Abandoned storage shed of the Humbird Lumber Company
Abandoned church in cut-over area. Boundary County, Idaho. Two miles south of Canadian line
Horses pasturing among stumps and snags. Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho. General caption 49
Crossroads off the highway in cut-over area. Boundary County, Idaho. General caption 49