Imperial County, California Historic photos, documents, and people

Desert agriculture. Brushed chili field. Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch. Imperial Valley, California

Desert agriculture. Brushed chili field. Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch. Imperial Valley, California

Desert agriculture. Brushed chili field. Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch. Imperial Valley, California

Water supply: an open settling basin from the irrigation ditch in a California squatter camp near Calipatria

Drought and depression refugee from Oklahoma now working in the pea fields of California. Imperial Valley

The kind of work drought refugees and Mexicans do in the Imperial Valley, California. Planting cantaloupe

field worker. Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. He has just made himself shoes out of that old tire

Unemployed family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, camped on a river bottom near Holtville, California

In a carrot pullers' camp near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. Woman from Broken Row, Oklahoma

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