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Children of migratory carrot pullers, Mexicans. Imperial Valley, California
Imperial County, United States
Great Depression
A former tenant farmer from Texas now working in California as a pea picker. Nipomo, California
Nipomo, United States
farmer
Great Depression
Real estate sign along the highway on which hundreds of drought refugees and migrant workers travel. Riverside County, California
Riverside County, United States
Great Depression
The pea fields of the California coast
Drought refugees in California near Holtville
Holtville, United States
Great Depression
Drought refugees in California near Holtville
Holtville, United States
Great Depression
Refugee camp near Holtville
Holtville, United States
Great Depression
Camp along the roadside. Drought refugees. Imperial County, California
Imperial County, United States
Great Depression
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
Great Depression
Tent housing a family of four who will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. Imperial County, California
Imperial County, United States
Great Depression
tents
Camp of migratory agricultural workers. Imperial County, California
Imperial County, United States
Great Depression
Camp of migratory agricultural workers. Imperial County, California
Imperial County, United States
Great Depression
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
Great Depression
Home of a dust bowl refugee in California. Imperial County
Imperial County, United States
Great Depression
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
Great Depression
Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant
Great Depression
Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant
Great Depression
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
Great Depression
Water supply: an open settling basin from the irrigation ditch in a California squatter camp near Calipatria
Calipatria, United States
Great Depression