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An oil worker builds himself a trailer and takes to the road. California
Great Depression
Occupants--one more home on wheels. California
Great Depression
"Blue Monday" in a California migratory camp
Great Depression
In a migratory labor camp. California
Great Depression
Homegrown food is homegrown health. Exercise, fresh air, sunshine, as well as good things to eat, mean good health for the whole family. Many hands are making light work of this job
Klamath County, United States
This man is a labor contractor in the pea fields of California. "One-Eye" Charlie gives his views. "I'm making my living off of these people (migrant laborers) so I know the conditions." San Luis Obispo County, California
San Luis Obispo County, United States
Great Depression
Slums of Brawley, California. Imperial Valley
Brawley, United States
Great Depression
Slums of Brawley, California. Imperial Valley
Brawley, United States
Great Depression
Slums of Brawley. Mexican field workers' homes. Imperial Valley, California
Brawley, United States
Great Depression
Dust bowl refugee in California. "We was starved out and we live on perhaps. We could maybe find a little work if we could afford to roll"
Great Depression
Dust bowl refugees living in camps in California
Great Depression
El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Seventeen dollars and seventy cents rent to apply on purchase of three-room house. California
El Monte, United States
El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes, all occupied, each with three quarters of an acre land. Average family income, eight hundred dollars per annum
El Monte, United States
El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes, all occupied, each with three quarters of an acre land. Average family income, eight hundred dollars per annum
El Monte, United States
El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Three-room house seventy dollars and seventy cents monthly. Rent to apply on purchase. Four in family. Father, carpenter, earns seventy dollars monthly. California
El Monte, United States
El Monte Federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes, each with three quarters of an acre land, all occupied. Average family income, eight hundred dollars per annum
El Monte, United States
Childern at the El Monte subsistence homesteads, California
El Monte, United States
El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes, all occupied, each with three quarters of an acre land. Average family income eight hundred dollars per annum
El Monte, United States
U.S. Highway 101 which runs the full length of California, a main artery on which all travel. California, near King City
King City, United States
Great Depression
Sugar beet field freshly plowed by tractor with plowshare attached and showing Mexican operator. California
tractors
"Bum blockade." All heading north. South of King City, California. Difficult to get a record of this movement because these men wouldn't be photographed as a result of Los Angeles police activity
King City, United States
Great Depression
San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads. Forty homes, all occupied, each with nearly an acre of ground. Average income eight hundred dollars yearly. California
San Fernando, United States
San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads. Forty homes, all occupied, each with nearly an acre of ground. Average income eight hundred dollars yearly. California
San Fernando, United States
El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Four in family. Three-room house, seventeen dollars and seventy cents rent to apply on purchase. Father's occupation: carpenter. Earns seventy dollars a month. California
El Monte, United States