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Kern County, United States
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Camped in the rain behind billboard: three families, fourteen children. On U.S. 99. Near Famosa or Vamosa, Kern County, California
U.S. 99, Kern County, California. Migrants travel seasonally back and forth between Imperial and San Joaquin Valleys over this ridge
On U.S. 99 between Bakersfield and the Ridge, en route to San Diego. Migrant man shaving by roadside. See general caption 1.
Kern County, California is largely in the hands of big landowners. Also it is a mecca for migrants from the Southwest
Kern County, California. Sign on U.S. 99 main highway between Los Angeles and San Francisco
Loading bins of potato planter which fertilizes and plants potatoes in one operation. Kern County, California
Kern County, California. Beside U.S. 99. Large-scale agriculture
Kern County, California. County road between potato fields
Sunday morning, Kern County, California. Many Texans, Oklahomans, Arkansans are settling in this country. Their cultures and forms of religious expression are being transferred with them
Young girl, migratory worker, beside the tent in which she lives. Kern County, California
Singing hymns before opening of meeting of Mothers' Club at Arvin Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for migrants, California
Striking cotton pickers talk it over. The strike is failing. Kern County, California. "I don't care: Let them throw me in jail. There's somebody will take my place"
Billboard along U.S. 99 behind which three destitute families of migrants are camped. Kern County, California
Destitute farm labor families come to Farm Security Administration distributing depot to apply for food grant. Kern County, California
Migratory field worker, leader of the cotton strike of October 1938, which took place just before the election. Kern County, California
One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99. Kern County, California
Gas station. Kern County, California
Pickers leaving the cotton field at noontime. Small cotton farm, Kern County, California
Destitute farm labor families come to Farm Security Administration distributing depot to apply for food grant. Kern County, California
Sunday morning, Kern County, California. Many Texans, Oklahomans, Arkansans, are settling in this country; their cultures and forms of religious expression are being transferred with them
Small cotton farmer stays at the wagon and keeps acocunt of the weight of each sack brought in by pickers from the field. Kern County, California
Thousands of migrant workers are employed for harvesting the potato crop of Kern County, California
Farm-reared youth with no opportunity on the farm, now travelling single among the migrants. Kern County, Calififornia