Dust Bowl Migration Archives Photograph Collection – Migrant Life

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Pea pickers' camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California
Pea pickers’ camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California
LC-USF34- 019136-E

Pear picker, Calipatria, California
Pear picker, Calipatria, California
LC-USF34- 019300-E

Pregnant woman, Kern County, California
Pregnant woman, Kern County, California
LC-USF34- 009033-C

Migrant woman
Arkansas Mother Migrated for a New Start
November 1936
LC-USF-34-018661-C

Near Bakersfield, California
Near Bakersfield, California
LC-USF34- 000959-E

Florence Thompson, Nipomo, California
Florence Thompson, Nipomo, California
March 1936
LC-USF-34-009097-C

Drought refugees
Drought refugees
LC-USF34- 016348-C

Young migrant, Kern County, California
Young migrant, Kern County, California
LC-USF34- 018580-C

Young refugee, Imperial Valley, California
Young refugee, Imperial Valley, California
LC-USF34- 001735-ZE

Migrant worker, California
Migrant worker, California
LC-USF34- 019182-E

Migrants in California
Migrants in California
LC-USF34- 002480-E

Migrant family, Placer County, California
Migrant family, Placer County, California

Migrant grandmother, Kern County, California
Migrant grandmother, Kern County, California
LC-USF346- 001780

Citrus worker, Tulare, California
Citrus worker, Tulare, California
LC-USF34- 018425-E

Potato picker, Shafter, California
Potato picker, Shafter, California
LC-USF34- 016500-E

Drought refugees (2)
Drought refugees (2)
LC-USF34- 001823-C

Tubercular migrant, Kern County, California
Tubercular migrant, Kern County, California
LC-USF34- 016401-E

Oklahoma mother, near Fresno, California
Oklahoma mother, near Fresno, California
LC-USF34- 009839-C

Migrant children
Migrant children
LC-USF34- 009840-C

In a migrant camp, California
In a migrant camp, California
LC-USF34- 002384-E

Morning service
Morning service
LC-USF34- 018780-E

Near Shafter, California
Near Shafter, California
LC-USF34- 016517-E

Florence Thompson and her children, Nipomo, California
Florence Thompson and her children, Nipomo, California
March 1936
LC-USF34- 009098