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Children of migratory carrot pullers, Mexicans. Imperial Valley, California

Imperial County, United States

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A former tenant farmer from Texas now working in California as a pea picker. Nipomo, California

Nipomo, United States

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Real estate sign along the highway on which hundreds of drought refugees and migrant workers travel. Riverside County, California

Riverside County, United States

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The pea fields of the California coast

Drought refugees in California near Holtville

Holtville, United States

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Drought refugees in California near Holtville

Holtville, United States

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Refugee camp near Holtville

Holtville, United States

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Camp along the roadside. Drought refugees. Imperial County, California

Imperial County, United States

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A mother in California who with her husband and her two children will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. This family had lost a two-year-old baby during the winter as a result of exposure

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Tent housing a family of four who will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. Imperial County, California

Imperial County, United States

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Camp of migratory agricultural workers. Imperial County, California

Imperial County, United States

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Camp of migratory agricultural workers. Imperial County, California

Imperial County, United States

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Auto camp north of Calipatria, California. Approximately eighty families from the Dust Bowl are camped here. They pay fifty cents a week. The only available work now is agricultural labor

Calipatria, United States

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Home of a dust bowl refugee in California. Imperial County

Imperial County, United States

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Squatter camp on county road near Calipatria. Forty families from the dust bowl have been camped here for months on the edge of the pea fields. There has been no work because the crop was frozen

Calipatria, United States

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Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant

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Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant

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Waiting for the semi-monthly relief checks at Calipatria, California

Calipatria, United States

Waiting for the relief checks at Calipatria, California

Calipatria, United States

Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California

Calipatria, United States

Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California. Imperial Valley

Calipatria, United States

Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California

Calipatria, United States

Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant

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Water supply: an open settling basin from the irrigation ditch in a California squatter camp near Calipatria

Calipatria, United States

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