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Daughter of migratory family in Farm Security Administration (FSA) labor camp. Calpatria, Imperial Valley, California

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Calipatria, Imperial Valley

Migrant woman standing in doorway of shack. Photoprint by Dorothea Lange. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Migrant workers.

Pea pickers in California. "Mam, I've picked peas from Calipatria to Ukiah. This life is simplicity boiled down." California

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Water supply: an open settling basin from the irrigation ditch in a California squatter camp near Calipatria

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Waiting for the semimonthly relief checks at Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. Typical story: fifteen years ago they owned farms in Oklahoma. Lost them through foreclosure when cotton prices fell after the war. Became tenants and sharecroppers. With the drought and dust they came West, 1934-1937. Never before left the county where they were born. Now although in California over a year they haven't been continuously resident in any single county long enough to become a legal resident. Reason: migratory agricultural laborers

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Water supply: an open settling basin from the irrigation ditch in a California squatter camp near Calipatria

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Calipatria (vicinity), California. Native of Indiana in a migratory labor contractor's camp. "It's root hog or die for us folks"

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Auto camp north of Calipatria, California. Approximately eighty families from the Dust Bowl are camped here. They pay fifty cents a week. The only available work now is agricultural labor

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

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Auto camp north of Calipatria, California. Approximately eighty families from the Dust Bowl are camped here. They pay fifty cents a week. The only available work now is agricultural labor

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Four families, three of them related with fifteen children, from the Dust Bowl in Texas in an overnight roadside camp near Calipatria, California

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Squatter camp on county road near Calipatria. Forty families from the dust bowl have been camped here for months on the edge of the pea fields. There has been no work because the crop was frozen

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Auto camp north of Calipatria, California. Approximately eighty families from the Dust Bowl are camped here. They pay fifty cents a week. The only available work now is agricultural labor

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Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California

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Squatter camp on county road near Calipatria. Forty families from the dust bowl have been camped here for months on the edge of the pea fields. There has been no work because the crop was frozen

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Water supply: an open settling basin from the irrigation ditch in a California squatter camp near Calipatria

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

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Auto camp north of Calipatria, California. Approximately eighty families from the Dust Bowl are camped here. They pay fifty cents a week. The only available work now is agricultural labor

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Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California

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Calipatria (vicinity), California. Native of Indiana in a migratory labor contractor's camp. "It's root hog or die for us folks"

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Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California

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In Calipatria, California, where thousands of refugees congregate

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Auto camp north of Calipatria, California. Approximately eighty families from the Dust Bowl are camped here. They pay fifty cents a week. The only available work now is agricultural labor

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Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California. Imperial Valley

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Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California

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Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California

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Four families, three of them related with fifteen children, from the Dust Bowl in Texas in an overnight roadside camp near Calipatria, California

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Drought refugees waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California

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Auto camp north of Calipatria, California. Approximately eighty families from the Dust Bowl are camped here. They pay fifty cents a week. The only available work now is agricultural labor

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Water supply: an open settling basin from the irrigation ditch in a California squatter camp near Calipatria

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In Calipatria, California, where thousands of refugees congregate

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Forty families of drought and depression refugees camped by the roadside beside an irrigated pea field. A freeze which destroyed the pea crop threw practically every family in this camp on emergency relief. Nine miles from Calipatria, California

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Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California

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Waiting for the semimonthly relief checks at Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. Typical story: fifteen years ago they owned farms in Oklahoma. Lost them through foreclosure when cotton prices fell after the war. Became tenants and sharecroppers. With the drought and dust they came West, 1934-1937. Never before left the county where they were born. Now although in California over a year they haven't been continuously resident in any single county long enough to become a legal resident. Reason: migratory agricultural laborers

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Oklahomans now working or looking for work in the pea harvests of California. Outskirts of Calipatria. Imperial Valley

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Waiting for the semi-monthly relief checks at Calipatria, California

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Auto camp north of Calipatria, California. Approximately eighty families from the Dust Bowl are camped here. They pay fifty cents a week. The only available work now is agricultural labor

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Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California

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Waiting for the relief checks at Calipatria, California

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

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Drought refugees waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California

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Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California

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Water supply: an open settling basin from the irrigation ditch in a California squatter camp near Calipatria

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Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California

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Waiting for the relief checks at Calipatria, California

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Auto camp north of Calipatria, California. Approximately eighty families from the Dust Bowl are camped here. They pay fifty cents a week. The only available work now is agricultural labor

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Oklahomans now working or looking for work in the pea harvests of California. Outskirts of Calipatria. Imperial Valley

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Forty families of drought and depression refugees camped by the roadside beside an irrigated pea field. A freeze which destroyed the pea crop threw practically every family in this camp on emergency relief. Nine miles from Calipatria, California

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Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California. Imperial Valley

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Waiting for the semi-monthly relief checks at Calipatria, California

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Waiting for relief checks. Calipatria, California

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Squatter camp on county road near Calipatria. Forty families from the dust bowl have been camped here for months on the edge of the pea fields. There has been no work because the crop was frozen

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Grower's camp for pickers on large pea ranch along ditch bank. Growers' camps in Imperial Valley and elsewhere have been much improved this year largely because of influence of Farm Security Administion (FSA) migrant camp program. Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

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One of migratory family in Farm Security Administration (FSA) labor camp. Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

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Pea pickers near Calipatria, California

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Lunchtime in the field. Camp in background. Near Calipatria, California. Pea fields

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Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp. Tent space fifty cents per week. Calipatria, Imperial County

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Calipatria, Imperial Valley. In FSA (Farm Security Administration) emergency migratory labor camp. Left Oklahoma December 11, 1937 with husband and two children and son-in-law. Ex-tenant farmers on third and fourths in cotton. Had fifty dollars when set out. Went to Phoenix, picked cotton and pulled bolls, made eighty cents a day with two people picking bolls. Stayed until school closed. Went to Idaho, picked peas until August, left McCarl with forty dollars "in hand." Went to Cedar City and Parowan, Utah, a distance of 700 miles. Picked peas through September. Went to Hollister, Calipatria. Picked peas through October. Left for Calipatria for early peas which froze. Now receiving FSA food grant and waiting for work to begin. "Back in Oklahoma we was sinkin.' You work your head off for a crop and then see it burn up. You live in debts that you can never get out of. This isn't a good life, but I say it's a better life than that was."

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Pea pickers coming in to the weigh master. Near Calipatria, California. Sinclair Ranch

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Home of Mexican family. Migratory workers. Across the road from the Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp (emergency). Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

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Calipatria, Imperial Valley. Idle pea pickers discuss prospects for work. California

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Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant labor camp. Two trailers, one to be used by camp manager for living quarters and office, the other as a clinic and health center. Comprise part of the mobile camp unit. This unit will follow the workers from harvest to harvest, where emergency camps will be started

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Lunchtime in the field. Camp in background. Near Calipatria, California. Pea fields

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Calipatria, Imperial Valley, In Farm Security Administration (FSA) emergency migratory labor camp. Daughter of ex-tenant farmers on thirds and fourths in cotton. Had fifty dollars when set out. Went to Phoenix, picked cotton, pulled bolls made eighty cents a day with two people pulling bolls. Stayed until school closed. Went to Idaho, picked peas until August. Left McCall with forty dollars "in hand." Went to Cedar City and Parowan, Utah, a distance of 700 miles. Picked peas through September. Went to Hollister, California. Picked peas through October. Left Hollister for Calipatria for early peas which froze. Now receiving Farm Security Administration food grant and waiting for work to begin. "Back in Oklahoma, we are sinking. You work your head off for a crop and then see it burn up. You live in debts that you can never get out of. This isn't a good life, but I say that it's a better life than it was."

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Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp (emergency). Migrant family, new arrivals, erect their tent on allotted camp site. Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

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Migrant children in Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp. Note type of boots worn by boy shooting marbles which tell his state of origin. Near Calipatria, Imperial County, California

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Pregnant woman, the daughter of a migrant family. Imperial Valley, California

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500 pea pickers in field of large-scale Sinclair Ranch. Newly planted to peas. Near Calipatria, California

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Large-scale industrialized agriculture. Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. Migratory workers packing peas for market on edge of pea field. This is an attempt to market a field pack, in contrast to usual pack in shed

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End of the day. Near Calipatria, California. Pea pickers

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Pea pickers line up on edge of field at weigh scale. Near Calipatria, Imperial County, California

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Migrant family from Arkansas playing hill-billy songs. Farm Security Administration emergency migratory camp. Calipatria, California

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Outside the Farm Security Administration (FSA) grant office during pea harvest. Calipatria, California. During the spring of 1938 for the first time the labor surplus has grown so large that relief grants were necessary even during the peak of harvest

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One of a row of tents, home of a pea picker. Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

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Looking east down the railroad track, near Calipatria, California. Single men, itinerants with "bindles" waiting for the freight

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500 pea pickers in field of large-scale Sinclair ranch, newly planted to peas. Near Calipatria, California

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Pea pickers line up on edge of field at weigh scale. Near Calipatria, Imperial County, California

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End of the day. Near Calipatria, California. Pea fields

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A black and white photo of people in a field, Pea pickers near Calipatria, California

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Pea pickers coming into weigh master. 500 pea pickers in field of large-scale Sinclair Ranch, newly planted to peas. Near Calipatria, California

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Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp (emergency). This camp was established for the spring pea harvest. 155 families were living on the site two weeks after the camp was opened. Photograph shows two trailers recently purchased. One to be used as living quarters, office and headquarters for the camp manager (FSA). The other for health services. These trailers will follow the harvests as part of a mobile emergency camp. Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

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500 pea pickers in field of large-scale Sinclair Ranch. Newly planted to peas. Near Calipatria, California

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Marble time in Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp (emergency). Plenty of space to play and plenty of companions for the children during pea harvest. Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley. California

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Outside the Farm Security Administration (FSA) grant office during pea harvest. Calipatria, California. During the spring of 1938 for the first time the labor surplus has grown so large that relief grants were necessary even during the peak of harvest

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Calipatria, Imperial County. Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp. Tent space fifty cents a week. California

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Near Calipatria. Pea picker at the end of the day

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Car on siding across tracks from pea packing plant. Twenty-five year old itinerant, originally from Oregon. "On the road eight years, all over the country, every state in the union, back and forth, pick up a job here and there, travelling all the time." Calipatria, Imperial Valley

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Pickers coming into the weigh master. Pea field near Calipatria, California

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Calipatria, Imperial Valley. Visiting public health doctor conducts well-baby clinic in local school building adjacent to pea harvest. Many migratory mothers attend

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End of the day. Near Calipatria, California. Pea fields

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Young migrant mother who lives in one of the tents. California. Farm Security Administration (FSA) emergency camp. Calipatria

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One of a row of tents, home of a pea picker. Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

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Pea pickers near Calipatria, California

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Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. In grower's camp for migrant labor on the edge of the pea fields. Public health nurse interviews and advises prospective mother, aged seventeen, before arrival of first baby. Husband, aged twenty-three, is out picking. Made seventy-three cents this morning

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Pea pickers near Calipatria, California

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Calipatria, Imperial Valley, In Farm Security Administration (FSA) emergency migratory labor camp. Daughter of ex-tenant farmers on thirds and fourths in cotton. Had fifty dollars when set out. Went to Phoenix, picked cotton, pulled bolls made eighty cents a day with two people pulling bolls. Stayed until school closed. Went to Idaho, picked peas until August. Left McCall with forty dollars "in hand." Went to Cedar City and Parowan, Utah, a distance of 700 miles. Picked peas through September. Went to Hollister, California. Picked peas through October. Left Hollister for Calipatria for early peas which froze. Now receiving Farm Security Administration food grant and waiting for work to begin. "Back in Oklahoma, we are sinking. You work your head off for a crop and then see it burn up. You live in debts that you can never get out of. This isn't a good life, but I say that it's a better life than it was."

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Calipatria, Imperial Valley. Visiting public health doctor conducts well-baby clinic in local school building adjacent to pea harvest. Many migratory mothers attend

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Nebraska farmer come to pick peas. Near Calipatria, California

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Outside Farm Security Administration (FSA) grant office during the pea harvest. Calipatria, California. During the spring of 1938, for the first time the labor surplus had grown so large that relief grants were necessary even during the peak of harvest

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Son-in law of migratory family in Farm Security Administration (FSA) labor camp. Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

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