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Imperial County, United States
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In a carrot pickers' camp, Imperial Valley, California. Woman from Broken Bow, Oklahoma. "Are you going to take my picture, wait till I get my hair combed"
Texas woman in carrot pullers' camp. Imperial Valley, California. This sunbonnet is typical of women who came from Texas
Pea harvest. Large-scale industrialized agriculture on Sinclair Ranch. Imperial Valley, California
Eight related persons just arriving in this roadster from Texas. In search of employment as pea pickers. On U.S. 80. Imperial Valley, California
Migratory family arriving at grower's camp for pickers. Car bears Wyoming license, the probable state of origin of the family. Imperial Valley, California
Mexican girl who picks peas for the eastern market. Imperial Valley, California
Mexican picking melons in the Imperial Valley, California
Mexican melon picker of the Imperial Valley, unloading his bag. California
Mexicans picking cantaloupes one mile north of the Mexican border. Imperial Valley, Califoria. 6:00 a.m. This is highly skilled labor
Ditch bank housing for Mexican field workers. Imperial Valley, California
Ditch bank housing for Mexican field workers. Imperial Valley, California
Dust bowl refugee from Chickasaw, Oklahoma. Imperial Valley, California. "Black Sunday, 1934, that was the awfullest dust we ever did see"
The incessant struggle for cleanliness amid dust and dirt. Imperial County, California
Young Oklahoma mother, age eighteen, penniless, stranded in California. Imperial Valley
Drought refugee living in a camp on the bank of an irrigation ditch
Former tenant farmers on relief
Ex-tenant farmer on relief grant in the Imperial Valley, California
Drought and depression refugee from Oklahoma now working in the pea fields of California. Imperial Valley
Migratory Mexican field worker's home on the edge of a frozen pea field. Imperial Valley, California
Migratory field worker's home on the edge of a pea field. The family lived here through the winter. Imperial Valley, California
Migratory workers from Oklahoma washing in hot spring in the desert. Imperial Valley, California
Home of a dust bowl refugee in California. Imperial County
Capped cantaloupe. Imperial Valley, California