Kern County, California Historic photos, documents, and people

"Home" of a migrant worker's family. Kern County, California. Lately came from Oklahoma

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, talking with one of the members. California

Sunday school for migrant children in a potato pickers' camp. Kern County, California

Sunday school for migrant children in a potato pickers' camp. Kern County, California

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, California, with migrant mother and child

Mexicans bound for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas. Near Bakersfield, California

One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99. Kern County, California

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, with drought refugee family. California

Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California, Kern County

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