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Bean thresher. Mechanized agriculture between Turlock and Merced, California

Mexican townfolk sacking peppers near Stockton, California

Stockton, United States

Grandmother of twenty-two children from farm in Oklahoma. Now living in Kern migrant camp, California

Kern County, United States

Grandmother of twenty-two children, from a farm in Oklahoma; eighty years old. Now living in camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California. "If you lose your pluck you lose the most there is in you - all you've got to live with"

Bakersfield, United States

Grandmother of twenty-two children, from a farm in Oklahoma; eighty years old. Now living in camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California. "If you lose your pluck you lose the most there is in you - all you've got to live with"

Bakersfield, United States

Eighty year old woman living in squatters' camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California. "If you lose your pluck you lose the most there is in you - all you've got to live with"

Bakersfield, United States

Housing for workers of the Frick Ranch, California. The condition and plan of this camp show marked influences of Resettlement Administration camps for migrants in this community

Migratory woman, Greek, living in a cotton camp near Exeter, California

Exeter, United States

To serve the crops of California, thousands of families live on wheels. Near Bakersfield, California

Bakersfield, United States

Three carloads of Mexicans headed for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas. Near Bakersfield, California

Mexicans bound for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas. Near Bakersfield, California

Bakersfield, United States

Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma. Arrived in California October 1936 to join the cotton harvest. Near Tulare, California

Tulare, United States

Son of depression refugee from Oklahoma now in California

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp talking with drought refugee and her four sons. California

Kern County, United States

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, with drought refugee family. California

Kern County, United States

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, talking with one of the members. California

Kern County, United States

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, California, with migrant mother and child

Kern County, United States

Tom Collins, manager of Kern County migrant camp, California

Kern County, United States

General view of Kern migrant camp, California

Kern County, United States

Section of Kern migrant camp, California

Kern County, United States

Young cotton picker. Kern County migrant camp, California

Kern County, United States

Cotton picker on her way to the cotton field. Kern migrant camp, California

Kern County, United States

Migrant cotton picker on way to field. Kern migrant camp, California

Kern County, United States

View of Kern migrant camp, California

Kern County, United States