Imperial County, California Historic photos, documents, and people

Migratory Mexican field worker's home on the edge of a frozen pea field. Imperial Valley, California

Water supply in a squatter camp near Calipatria is an open settling basin fed by an irrigation ditch

Pea harvest. Large-scale industrialized agriculture on Sinclair Ranch. Imperial Valley, California

Pea pickers line up on edge of field at weigh scale. Near Calipatria, Imperial County, California

Migratory workers from Oklahoma washing in hot spring in the desert. Imperial Valley, California

Lettuce cutting in the Imperial Valley, California. A Filipino crew of fifty-five boys, migrants

Filipino crew of fifty-five boys cutting and loading lettuce. Imperial Valley, California

Laundry facilities in migratory labor camp. Imperial Valley, California, near Calipatria

Children of Oklahoma migrants in agricultrual workers' camp near Calipatria, California

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