Kern County, California - Historic photos, documents, and people

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Destitute farm labor families come to Farm Security Administration distributing depot to apply for food grant. Kern County, California

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U.S. 99, Kern County, California. Migrants travel seasonally back and forth between Imperial and San Joaquin Valleys over this ridge

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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

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Singing hymns before opening of meeting of Mothers' Club at Arvin Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for migrants, California

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Conference called by the Steinbeck Committee to Aid Agricultural Organization during the cotton strike. Bakersfield, California

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Roadside ranch camp owned by large grower who is opposed to Resettlement Administration's Kern County migrant camp. California

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On U.S. 99 between Bakersfield and the Ridge, en route to San Diego. Migrant man shaving by roadside. See general caption 1.

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Squatter camp. Outskirts of Bakersfield, California. Note number of auto trailers and trailer being constructed on left

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Farm-reared youth with no opportunity on the farm, now travelling single among the migrants. Kern County, Calififornia

Kern County, California Historic photos, documents, and people