Great Depression

322 photos

Recreation in a migratory agricultural workers' camp near Holtville, 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!"

Car of drought refugee on edge of carrot field in the Coachella Valley. California

Ex-tenant farmer from Texas, came to work in the fruit and vegetable harvests. Coachella Valley, California

Children of Oklahoma migrants in agricultrual workers' camp near Calipatria, California

Strawberry grower from Oklahoma near Judsonia forced to join the migratory workers in California for the season because the 1936 drought caused a shortage of plants

Laundry facilities in migratory labor camp. Imperial Valley, California, near Calipatria

Washing facilities for families in migratory pea pickers' camp. Imperial Valley, California. Mostly Oklahomans and Texans

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

Migratory labor camp in the Santa Clara Valley. Near San Jose, California

1936 drought refugee from Polk, Missouri. Awaiting the opening of orange picking season at Porterville, California

Housing for migratory workers in cotton, five miles north of Corcoran, California. The famous strikers' concentration camp in 1933 was at Corcoran camp

Awaiting the opening of orange picking season. Migrant camp near Porterville, California

Wife and child of migrant worker, encamped near Winters, California. This is a proposed location of Resettlement Administration migrant camp

Migratory workers' "kitchen" near Shafter. Kern County, California. Squatters' camp

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

Son of cotton picker living in squatters' camp near Farmersville, California

Privy in cotton camp for migratory workers. California

Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran, 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

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

Son of migratory worker from Kansas in squatters' camp near Farmersville, California

Squatter camp. Outskirts of Bakersfield, California. Note number of auto trailers and trailer being constructed on left

Squatters' camp near Farmersville. Tulare County, California