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Mechanical potato digger near Shafter, California

Shafter, United States

Migrant potato pickers pitching their tent. Often they are without water and sanitary conditions. Near Shafter, California

Shafter, United States

Migrant agricultural worker picking potatoes near Shafter, California

Shafter, United States

Potato field and pickers near Shafter, California

Shafter, United States

Plant quarantine inspectors examining plane at the Glendale Airport, California

Glendale, United States

Plant quarantine inspectors examining baggage from Mexico for injurious insects. Glendale Airport, California

Glendale, United States

Plant quarantine inspector examining baggage brought into the United States by plane from Mexico. Glendale, California

Glendale, United States

Irrigated field of cotton seventy miles from Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, United States

Irrigated fields of Acala cotton seventy miles from Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, United States

Mexicans picking cantaloupes one mile north of the Mexican border. Imperial Valley, Califoria. 6:00 a.m. This is highly skilled labor

Imperial County, United States

Migrant drought refugee family stalled on an Arizona highway, between Yuma and Phoenix, on their way to California to work in the harvests

Family of nine from Fort Smith, Arkansas, trying to repair their car on road between Phoenix and Yuma, Arizona. On their way to try to find work in the California harvests

Family of nine from near Fort Smith, Arkansas, on their way to try to find work in the California harvests. Between Yuma and Phoenix, Arizona. Fourteen such cars were passed one afternoon on this highway

California state quarantine inspection station at Yuma, Arizona. The station is open twenty-four hours a day with one senior and three junior inspectors on duty each shift

Yuma, United States

Mexican melon picker of the Imperial Valley, unloading his bag. California

Imperial County, United States

Mexican picking melons in the Imperial Valley, California

Imperial County, United States

California state plant quarantine inspector examining baggage for insect pests. Arizona

Three related drought refugee families from Oklahoma on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Lordsburg, United States

Three related Oklahoma drought refugee families near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Lordsburg, United States

Labor Temple. Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, United States

Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Lordsburg, United States

California pea pickers returning to camp after a day's work in the field. Near Santa Clara, California

Santa Clara, United States

Picker carrying peas to the weighmaster. Near Santa Clara, California

Santa Clara, United States

Four families, three of them related with fifteen children, from the Dust Bowl in Texas in an overnight roadside camp near Calipatria, California

Calipatria, United States