California Historic photos, documents, and people

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Near Visalia, California. Rehabilitation family. Farm operations changed from failure to success by following plan devised by Rural Rehabilitation supervisor

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San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads. Forty homes all occupied, each with nearly an acre land. Average yearly income eight hundred dollars. California

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Part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber is assembled in the engine department of North American Aviation, Inc.'s Inglewood, Calif., plant

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Part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber is assembled in the engine department of North American Aviation, Inc.'s Inglewood, Calif., plant

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Pergola, cupboard, and tent platform are standard equipment of Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp. Brawley, Imperial County, California

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Lineup outside of Farm Security Administration grant office (relief to farm laborers) early in the morning, before the office has opened. Tulare, California

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Migrant pea pickers from many states line up with their filled hampers on the edge of the field. They wait their turn for weighing. Near Westley, California

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Migrant pea pickers from many states line up with their filled hampers on the edge of the field. They wait their turn for weighing. Near Westley, California

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Metal parts are placed on masonite by this woman employee before they slide under the multi-ton hydropress, North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.