California Historic photos, documents, and people

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North American B-25 bomber is prepared for painting on the outside assembly line, North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.

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Real estate sign along the highway on which hundreds of drought refugees and migrant workers travel. Riverside County, California

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Army Air Force test pilots prepare to make a routine test flight in a North American B-25 bomber prior to acceptance by the Army

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Army Air Force test pilots prepare to make a routine test flight in a North American B-25 bomber prior to acceptance by the Army

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Looking east down the railroad track, near Calipatria, California. Single men, itinerants with "bindles" waiting for the freight

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Billboard on U.S. Highway 99 in California. National advertising campaign sponsored by the National Association of Manufacturers

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Cabbage cutting and hauling by new Vessey (flat truck) system, now also used in carrots and lettuce. Imperial Valley, California

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Calipatria (vicinity), California. Native of Indiana in a migratory labor contractor's camp. "It's root hog or die for us folks"

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Mobile housing--a trend. One of the many housecars under construction by homeless people who formerly lived in tents. California