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Kern County, United States
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Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, California, with migrant mother and child
Tom Collins, manager of Kern County migrant camp, California
Section of Kern migrant camp, California
Tubercular mother from Oklahoma now living in the Kern migrant camp (resettlement), California. She receives daily visits from the county nurse. Her husband works in the cotton field and can pick one hundred pounds a day
View of Kern migrant camp, community center at left. California
View of Kern County migrant camp showing community garden plots. California
View of Kern migrant camp showing outdoor clubroom with protection from the sun. California
View of Kern migrant camp showing one of three sanitary units. California
View of Kern migrant camp, California
General view of Kern migrant camp, California
Young cotton picker. Kern County migrant camp, California
Cotton picker on her way to the cotton field. Kern migrant camp, California
Migrant cotton picker on way to field. Kern migrant camp, California
Hooverville of Bakersfield, California. A rapidly growing community of people living rent-free on the edge of the town dump in whatever kind of shelter available. Approximately one thousand people now living here and raising children
"Home" of a migrant worker's family. Kern County, California. Lately came from Oklahoma
Cotton pickers camp. Kern County, California
Roadside ranch camp owned by large grower who is opposed to Resettlement Administration's Kern County migrant camp. California
Kern County migrant camp. California
Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California, Kern County
Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern County
Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern County
Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern County
Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California, Kern County