California Historic photos, documents, and people

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Calipatria, Imperial County. Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp. Tent space fifty cents a week. California

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Mexicans picking cantaloupes one mile north of the Mexican border. Imperial Valley, Califoria. 6:00 a.m. This is highly skilled labor

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Mother of family of migrant fruit workers encamped on the outskirts of Porterville, California, waiting for work in the orange groves

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Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is native Californian. Nipomo, California

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Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is native Californian. Nipomo, California

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The careful hands of women are trained in precise aircraft engine installation duties at Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

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Wood is cut to the exact shape for assembling crates for shipping supplies and spare parts from North American's shipping department

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Outskirts of Salinas, California. Rapidly growing settlement of lettuce workers. Family from Oklahoma settling in makeshift dwelling

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U.S. 99, Kern County, California. Migrants travel seasonally back and forth between Imperial and San Joaquin Valleys over this ridge