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my Dad, Jerry Lee washing his first car.
Baltimore, Maryland. Trolleys and cars leaving the Bethlehem Farifield shipyard on the road to Baltimore at three p.m. Workers are sharing the front car
Washington, D.C. Sleeping in a car on Sunday in Rock Creek Park
New home of Schroeder family. They left South Dakota three years ago in this car. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon. General caption number 67-111
Migratory family arriving at grower's camp for pickers. Car bears Wyoming license, the probable state of origin of the family. Imperial Valley, California
During the cotton strike, the father, a striking picker, has left his wife and child in the car while he applies to the Farm Security Administration for an emergency food grant. Shafter, California
Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Three related Oklahoma drought refugee families near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Three related drought refugee families from Oklahoma on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Family of nine from Fort Smith, Arkansas, trying to repair their car on road between Phoenix and Yuma, Arizona. On their way to try to find work in the California harvests
Family of drought refugees on U.S. 99 near Bakersfield, California
Texas family looking for work in the carrot harvest. California
Mexican child. She helps tie carrots in the field. Coachella Valley, California
Carrot pullers from Texas. Texas farmer on edge of carrot field. In California for two weeks, migrating after three years of crop failures. Combined earnings, man and wife tying carrots: One dollar and twelve cents a day
Texan refugees' car. They are seeking work in the carrot fields of the Coachella Valley. California
Missouri family of five, seven months from the drought area, on U.S. Highway 99 near Tracy, California
Tracy (vicinity), California. Missouri family of five who are seven months from the drought area on U.S. Highway 99. "Broke, baby sick, and car trouble!"
Tracy (vicinity), California. U.S. Highway 99. Missouri family of five, seven months from the drought area.
Car of drought refugee on edge of carrot field in the Coachella Valley. California
Drought refugee's car on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California. Note: the photographer passed twenty-eight cars of this type (drought refugees) between Bakersfield and Famoso, thirty-five miles, between 9:00 and 9:45 in the morning
Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma. Arrived in California October 1936 to join the cotton harvest. Near Tulare, California
Three carloads of Mexicans headed for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas. Near Bakersfield, California
Migrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California. Note: the photographer passed twenty-eight cars of this type while driving thirty-five miles between 9:00 and 9:45 in the morning
Migrant family's car near Brownsville, Texas