Great Depression

322 photos

Destitute family. American River camp, Sacramento, California

Destitute family. American River camp. Five children aged two to seventeen. Near Sacramento California

Children of destitute family. American River camp, near Sacramento, California

Migratory orange picker's camp. Exeter, California

Sanitary facilities for migratory workers. Ditch bank camp. Squatters near Arvin, Kern County, California

Dirty clothes and flies. American River camp, near Sacramento, California

Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran, California

Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran, California

Mexican children playing in ditch which runs through company cotton camp near Corcoran, California

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

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

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

Privy in cotton camp for migratory workers. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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