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Young girl, migratory worker, beside the tent in which she lives. Kern County, California
Three families camped on the plains along U.S. 99 in California. They are camped behind a billboard which serves as a partial windbreak. All are in need of work
Migratory family from Louisiana, been in California eighteen months now on Works Progress Administration (WPA), receives fifty-five dollars a month. No house available in nearest town under twenty dollars a month
One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99. Kern County, California
Colored itinerants on oil tank cars passing through Kingsbury, California
Sunday morning, Kern County, California. Many Texans, Oklahomans, Arkansans are settling in this country. Their cultures and forms of religious expression are being transferred with them
Auto camp which rents tent space where migrant citrus workers live. Tulare County, California
Destitute farm labor families come to Farm Security Administration distributing depot to apply for food grant. Kern County, California
Sunday morning, Kern County, California. Many Texans, Oklahomans, Arkansans, are settling in this country; their cultures and forms of religious expression are being transferred with them
Migrant agricultural workers, idle in town during the potato harvest. Shafter, California
Farm-reared youth with no opportunity on the farm, now travelling single among the migrants. Kern County, Calififornia
Camp of migrant agricultural workers along the highway in California. This signboard is used as a windbreak
Children from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, in a potato pickers' camp near Shafter, California
Family of ex-sharecroppers from Arkansas, near Little Rock, on California highway. Tehachapi grade
Family of drought refugees on U.S. 99 near Bakersfield, California
Potato picker in camp near Shafter, California
Oklahomans in potato pickers' camp near Shafter, California
High school with Federal Art Project mural, Fullerton, California
Migrant potato pickers pitching their tent. Often they are without water and sanitary conditions. Near Shafter, California
Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Three related Oklahoma drought refugee families 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
Three related drought refugee families from Oklahoma on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico