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U.S. No. 54, north of El Paso, Texas. One of the westward routes of the migrants

The Black Wax area of Texas is the outstanding cotton producing section of the western cotton belt. Near Georgetown, Texas

Georgetown, United States

Migratory laborer's wife with three children (not in photo). Near Childress, Texas

Childress, United States

Campaign posters in garage window, just before the primary. Waco, Texas

Waco, United States

McLennan County courthouse just before the primaries. Waco, Texas

Waco, United States

Young cotton growing in mechanized field. Hall County, Texas. Anyone who inspects one of these giant mechanized farms must realize that it foreshadows a fundamental change in American agriculture

Hall County, United States

Wife of a migratory laborer with three children. Near Childress, Texas. Nettie Featherston

Childress, United States

Dust bowl farmer with tractor and young son near Cland, New Mexico

Watching ball game. Shafter camp for migrants. California

Shafter, United States

Ball game. Shafter migrant camp. California

Shafter, United States

Westley, California. Migrant family in Farm Security Administration camp. Unable to obtain work in pea fields because of labor surplus in height of season

Westley, United States

Farm-reared youth with no opportunity on the farm, now travelling single among the migrants. Kern County, Calififornia

Kern County, United States

Migrant pea pickers from many states line up with their filled hampers on the edge of the field. They wait their turn for weighing. Near Westley, California

Westley, United States

Migrant pea pickers from many states line up with their filled hampers on the edge of the field. They wait their turn for weighing. Near Westley, California

Westley, United States

Camp of migrant agricultural workers along the highway in California. This signboard is used as a windbreak

Lilac Street, Mission District. Rent fifteen dollars a month for three rooms. San Francisco, California

San Francisco, United States

The interview for unemployment compensation. San Francisco, California

San Francisco, United States

Women packing apricots in large open sheds adjoining the orchards. Brentwood, California

Brentwood, United States

Women packing apricots in large open sheds adjoining the orchards. Brentwood, California

Brentwood, United States

These cotton hoers work from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. for one dollar near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Clarksdale, United States

These cotton hoers work from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. for one dollar near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Clarksdale, United States

Children of the Delta cooperative farm. Hillhouse, Mississippi

Hillhouse, United States

This ex-tenant still lives on the plantation but works for wages of one dollar a day. He estimated that he worked about 190 days during 1936. Near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Clarksdale, United States

Sharecropper cabin. Coahoma County, Mississippi

Coahoma County, United States