Klamath County, Oregon Historic photos, documents, and people

Oregon, Klamath County, Merrill. Young woman from a South Dakota farm, where her family still lives. She and her husband are migratory laborers and live in a shack in Klamath County waiting for potato

Young mother brings her child to the trailer clinic on the day when the doctor will be in camp to examine some of the children. Klamath County, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp

Homegrown food is homegrown health. Exercise, fresh air, sunshine, as well as good things to eat, mean good health for the whole family. Many hands are making light work of this job

Mother and two children, husband, his brother and brother's wife shown. Near Klamath Falls, Oregon. Rural shack community on outskirts of town. General caption number 47

Manager of mobile unit (FSA - Farm Security Administration) on day camp opened, in registration tent. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. General caption number 62-1

Manager of mobile unit (FSA - Farm Security Administration) on day camp opened in registration tent. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. General caption number 62-1

Young mother, twenty five, says "Next year we'll be painted and have a lawn and flowers." Rural shacktown, near Klamath Falls, Oregon. General caption number 47

Young migrant mother has just finished washing. Merrill FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp, Klamath County, Oregon. See general caption 62

The children, seen in opening of tent in earlier photograph, before their new home. Rural shacktown. Near Klamath Falls, Oregon

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