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Waiting for the potato harvest to open, 150 migratory families from eleven states are camped in the brush along the highway. No water, no toilets provided. This is a newly developed potato area. Large scale industrialized farming, 3000 additional acres under cultivation this year for the first time. Seven miles east of Bakersfield, California

Migrant potato pickers pitching their tent. Often they are without water and sanitary conditions. Near Shafter, California

Large-scale, mechanized farming. The potato planter, operated by a crew of three men, makes the rows, fertilizes and plants potatoes in one operation. Kern County, California

Migratory labor digging potatoes, season very bad, market poor, left potatoes in ground as long as possible, hoping for rise in prices. Often not worth digging, left to rot in ground. Near Homestead, Florida

Migratory labor digging potatoes, season very bad, market poor, left potatoes in ground as long as possible, hoping for rise in prices. Often not worth digging, left to rot in ground. Near Homestead, Florida

Tubercular migrant in a potato pickers' camp. Kern County, California

Near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest. This field owned by proprietor of adjoining grocery and general store who allows workers to camp here rent-free. Approximately sixty families were living in camp here

Near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest. This field owned by proprietor of adjoining grocery and general store who allows workers to camp here rent-free. Approximately sixty families were living in camp here

Fort Kent, Aroostook County, Maine. Spring potato planting on the French Acadian farm of Leonard Gagnon. A hired hand dumping out potatoes into a tub before pouring them into seeder

Waiting for the potato harvest to open, 150 migratory families from eleven states are camped in the brush along the highway. No water, no toilets provided. This is a newly developed potato area. Large scale industrialized farming, 3000 additional acres under cultivation this year for the first time. Seven miles east of Bakersfield, California

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Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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california kern county bakersfield migrants nitrate negatives bakersfield calif potato harvest potato harvest families eleven states brush highway water toilets area potato area large scale large scale acres cultivation year miles seven miles great depression great depression photographs history of bakersfield california united states history library of congress
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01/01/1938
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Lange, Dorothea, photographer
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Bakersfield (Calif.) ,  35.37333, -119.01861
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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california kern county bakersfield migrants nitrate negatives bakersfield calif potato harvest potato harvest families eleven states brush highway water toilets area potato area large scale large scale acres cultivation year miles seven miles great depression great depression photographs history of bakersfield california united states history library of congress