Great Depression

322 photos

California migrant camp

Arkansas family. Seven months in California. Washing dishes

One pea picker's home. One-half mile off Highway 101 at Nipomo, California

Pea picker's home. The condition of these people warrant resettlement camps for migrant agricultural workers. Nipomo, California

String of five housecars. This group represents good conditions among pea pickers. California

Migrant family looking for work in the pea fields. California

Camps of migrant pea workers. California

Camps of migrant pea workers. California

Oklahoma refugees. California

Drought refugees. Penniless Oklahomans camped along highway. Came seven months ago. "Can't make it. Want to go back. Ate up our car. Ate up our tent. Living like hogs." California

Drought refugees. California

Drought refugees in California

Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California

Arkansas family in California

Part of a roadside ranch camp. Twelve tents in this group. Owned by one of the large farmers who is opposed to Resettlement Administration's migrant camp. California

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

Mission District. San Francisco, California. Rent twenty to twenty-two dollars a month for three or four rooms

In a migratory camp. California

"The trek of bums, tramps, single transients and undesirable indigents out of Los Angeles County because of police activity." California

"The trek of bums, tramps, single transients, and undesirable indigents out of Los Angeles County because of police activity." California

Two families of migrants from Missouri looking for work in the pea fields. California

Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble. Looking for work in the peas. California

Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble. Looking for work in the peas. California

Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble. Looking for work in the peas. California