Droughts

15 photos

Drought refugees from Chickasaw, Oklahoma. Three families traveling together. They can't travel because of lack of money for trailer license. Near Santa Maria, California

Forty families of drought and depression refugees camped by the roadside beside an irrigated pea field. A freeze which destroyed the pea crop threw practically every family in this camp on emergency relief. Nine miles from Calipatria, 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!"

The kind of work drought refugees and Mexicans do in the Imperial Valley, California. Planting cantaloupe

Drought refugees from Oklahoma at work in the pea fields near Nipomo, California

Drought refugees from Oklahoma at work in the pea fields near Nipomo, California

Children of drought refugees camped by highway outside of Fresno, California. The parents are working in the cotton field

Texas drought refugees in cotton camp near Exeter, California

Corn, drought-stricken and eaten off by grasshoppers. Near Russelville, Arkansas

Drought farmers line the shady side of the main street on the town while their crops burn up in the fields. "Hello Bill, when's it gonna rain?"

Farmers on main street discussing drought. Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

California home of Oklahoma drought refugee

Drought corn. Central Georgia

Drought refugees in California

Outskirts of San Bernardino, California. A new home in California. Drought refugees from Colorado now making a new start in California. Living in Cotton Gardens.