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Calipatria, United States
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Pickers coming into the weigh master. Pea field near Calipatria, California
Calipatria, Imperial Valley. Idle pea pickers discuss prospects for work. California
Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. Part of mobile camp unit, moving from harvest to harvest with workers (emergency)
Marble time in Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp (emergency.) Plenty of space to play and plenty of companions for the children during pea harvest. Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California
Marble time in Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp (emergency.) Plenty of space to play and plenty of companions for the children during pea harvest. Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California
Migrant children in Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp. Note type of boots worn by boy shooting marbles which tell his state of origin. Near Calipatria, Imperial County, California
Pea picker camp. This family had been farm owners in Oklahoma, lost their farm and for the last three years "have been draggin' our children around California. We're a have-to case." Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California
Pea pickers waiting at Farm Security Administration (FSA) office for issue of surplus commodities. Calipatria, California
Row boss. Formerly a pea picker. Near Calipatria, California
Calipatria, Imperial County. Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp. Tent space fifty cents a week. California
End of the day. Near Calipatria, California. Pea pickers
Living conditions for migratory children in private auto camp during pea harvest. Tent space fifty cents a week. Outskirts of Calipatria, California
Migrant family from Arkansas playing hill-billy songs. Farm Security Administration emergency migratory camp. Calipatria, California
Large-scale industrialized agriculture. Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. Migratory workers packing peas for market on edge of pea field. This is an attempt to market a field pack, in contrast to usual pack in shed
Outside the Farm Security Administration (FSA) grant office during pea harvest. Calipatria, California. During the spring of 1938 for the first time the labor surplus has grown so large that relief grants were necessary even during the peak of harvest
Looking east down the railroad track, near Calipatria, California. Single men, itinerants with "bindles" waiting for the freight
Pea pickers line up on edge of field at weigh scale. Near Calipatria, Imperial County, California
Four families, three of them related with fifteen children, from the Dust Bowl in Texas in an overnight roadside camp near Calipatria, California
In Calipatria, California, where thousands of refugees congregate
Water supply in a squatter camp near Calipatria is an open settling basin fed by an irrigation ditch
Water supply: an open settling basin from the irrigation ditch in a California squatter camp near Calipatria
Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California
Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California. Imperial Valley