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The Calloway Canal - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

View of tracks at the Southern Pacific Railroad bridge over the Calloway Canal, Kern County, California.

Buena Vista Farm - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Men with horses and wagons in field unloading and stacking alfalfa hay at the Buena Vista Farm, Kern County, California. No. 665.

Residence General Beale, Tejon ranch, Kern County, Cal.

Three men, each with a dog, outside of residence of Gen. Beale, Tejon ranch, Kern County, California. No. W515.

Antimony mines and buildings, Kern County, Calif., about forty miles from Bakersfield

Photographic views of Kern County, Calif., ca. 1888. No. 453. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kern River. Rio Bravo Ranch. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photograph shows a view of the Kern River on the Rio Bravo Ranch, Kern County, California. Watkins photo. no. 474.

The superintendent's home, general view - San Emigdio Ranch, Kern County, Calif.

No. 312. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tejon ranch. Indian reservation ; the church

Church on Indian reservation, Tejon ranch, Kern County, California. Watkins' photo. no. W535.

Kern River. A beautiful stream. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photograph shows a view of the Kern River in the foot hills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, on the Rio Bravo Ranch, Kern County, California. Watkins photo. no. 473.

Map of a portion of Kern County, California. : showing ranches, lakes, rivers, canals, sloughs, and artesian wells.

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Kern River. Cañon. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photograph shows a view of the Kern River canyon in the foot hills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Kern County, California. Watkins photo. no. 470.

[James Ranch, showing the superintendent's home and horse-drawn farm machinery in front of house, Kern County, Calif.]

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[Jackson Ranch--Irrigating alfalfa: filling a check--Kern County, California]

Branch ditch of the Calloway canal, with heads of two horses in foreground.

[The Calloway Canal showing the weirs at Poso Creek with woman(?) in horse-drawn cart in foreground]

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McClung ranch. The superintendent's residence, the arbor

Girl standing in front of a row of bushes, Kern County, California. No. 626.

Midway looking south east, Panoramic Photograph

J130862 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; August 25, 1909. Stamped on verso: "West Coast Art Co. (Inc.), 213-14-15 Henne Bldg., Los Angeles. Phone Main 8729. Price $2.00. No. 1015. Or More

Kern, California, gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph

J130915 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; August 21, 1909. No. 1017.

Midway looking west, gelatin silver print

J130865 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; August 25, 1909. Stamped on verso: "West Coast Art Co. (Inc.), 213-14-15 Henne Bldg., Los Angeles. Phone Main 8729. Price $1.50. No. 1016. Or More

Maricopa oil field, gelatin silver print

J130863 U.S. Copyright Office Stamped on verso: "West Coast Art Co. (Inc.), 213-14-15 Henne Bldg., Los Angeles. Price, 2[...]0. Order by number. Mail orders receive prompt attention. Write for prices on new wor More

Monte Cristo Oil Co. - Public domain portrait print

J139164 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; March 14, 1910. No. 565.

Reed lease looking N. from Job Hill showing Caufield lease, Sterling R[...] Oil Co., Linda Vista and Piedmont properties

J138839 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; March 3, 1910. Stamped on verso: "West Coast Art Co. (Inc.), 115 East Jefferson St., Los Angeles. Phone 22049. Price $1.70. No. 558. Order by More

Santa Fe Lease, gelatin silver print

J139165 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; March 19, 1910. No. 556.

Maricopa oil district, California

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Honolulu Oil Co., gelatin silver print

J140529 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; March 28, 1910; DLC/PP-1910:44025. No. 572.

Hale - McLeod oil property, Kern River field, Calif., Oct. 5th 1911

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Potato harvesters. Kern County, California

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Potato harvesters. Kern County, California

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Cotton pickers camp. Kern County, California

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"Home" of a migrant worker's family. Kern County, California. Lately came from Oklahoma

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Kern County migrant camp. California

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View of Kern migrant camp, California

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Tubercular mother from Oklahoma now living in the Kern migrant camp (resettlement), California. She receives daily visits from the county nurse. Her husband works in the cotton field and can pick one hundred pounds a day

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Grandmother of twenty-two children living in Kern County migrant camp. California

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Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California, Kern County

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While the mothers are working in the fields, the preschool children of migrant families are cared for in nursery school under trained teachers. Kern migrant camp, California

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While the mothers are working in the fields, the preschool children of migrant families are cared for in nursery school under trained teachers. Kern migrant camp, California

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View of Kern County migrant camp. California

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Nursery. Kern migrant camp, California

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View of Kern migrant camp showing outdoor clubroom with protection from the sun. California

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View of Kern migrant camp, community center at left. California

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Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, California, with migrant mother and child

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Community barber shop in Kern County migrant camp, California

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View of Kern County migrant camp showing community garden plots. California

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California photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

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Section of Kern migrant camp, California

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Recreational facilities for the children, Kern migrant camp, California

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Kern County migrant camp. California

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Entrance and view of Kern migrant camp. California

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Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp talking with drought refugee and her four sons. California

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Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern County

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Roadside ranch camp owned by large grower who is opposed to Resettlement Administration's Kern County migrant camp. California

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Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California, Kern County

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General view of Kern migrant camp, California

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Some of the facilities of the Kern County migrant camp, California

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Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, talking with one of the members. California

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Migrant family in Kern County. This family was sent back at the state line by Los Angeles police. Refused entrance into California, and it was only after they had wired back to Arkansas to borrow fifty dollars cash to show at the border that they were permitted to enter

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Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, with drought refugee family. California

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California photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

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Grapes grown in Kern County, California

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While the mothers are working in the fields, the preschool children of migrant families are cared for in the nursery school under trained teachers, Kern migrant camp, California

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Migrant cotton picker on way to field. Kern migrant camp, California

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Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern County

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View of Kern migrant camp showing one of three sanitary units. California

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Cotton picker on her way to the cotton field. Kern migrant camp, California

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Aged woman with three of her twenty-two grandchildren, Kern county migrant camp, California

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Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California, Kern County

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Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern County

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Grandmother of twenty-two children from farm in Oklahoma. Now living in Kern migrant camp, California

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Aged woman from Oklahoma. Kern County migrant camp, California

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Preschool children in nursery school under supervision of trained teachers. Kern migrant camp, California

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View of Kern County migrant camp. California

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Pregnant migrant woman living in California squatter camp. Kern County

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Texans and Oklahomans, drought stricken ex-farmers, are fast supplanting Mexican labor in the California harvests. Oklahoman from Chickasaw in potato pickers' camp. Kern County, California

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The Great Reaping Day. Hymn singing, Sunday afternoon. The woman had been "saved" the week before. Oklahoma potato pickers. Kern County, California

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

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Sunday school for migrant children in a potato pickers' camp. Kern County, California

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Family of ex-sharecroppers from Arkansas, near Little Rock, on California highway. Tehachapi grade

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Sunday school for migrant children in a potato pickers' camp. Kern County, California

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The Great Reaping Day. Hymn singing, Sunday afternoon. The woman had been "saved" the week before. Oklahoma potato pickers. Kern County, California

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During the cotton strike, the International Labor Defense distributes clothing and shoes to destitute families of striking cotton pickers. Kern County, California

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Small cotton farmer stays at the wagon and keeps acocunt of the weight of each sack brought in by pickers from the field. Kern County, California

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Gas station. Kern County, California

Photo shows an Air pump, with a hand-lettered sign: "This is your country, don't let the big men take it from you."

Meeting of the Mothers' Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp in California, opens with prayer

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Oil fields. Kern County, California

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From Oklahoma farm (April 1938) to strike leader in California. Cotton strike (Nov. 1938). He displays his union membership book. "Vote No on No. 1" refers to proposed anti-picketing law which was later defeated by California electorate. Kern County, California

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Destitute farm labor families come to Farm Security Administration (FSA) distributing depot to apply for food grant. Kern County, California

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Meeting of the Mothers' Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, a Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp. The discussion this evening centers on the possibility of buying kerosene oil in large quantities and distributing it cooperatively in camp, to cut costs. Kerosene is used both for cooking and for lighting purposes

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Kern County, California. Undernourished cotton picker's child listening to speeches of organizer at strike meeting to raise wages from seventy-five cents to ninety cents a hundred pounds. Strike unsuccessful

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Industrialized agriculture. From Texas farmer to migratory worker in California. Kern County

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Kern County, California. Cotton pickers emptying sacks at eleven a.m. Stopped from further work for the day by rain

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Sunday morning, Kern County, California. Many Texans, Oklahomans, Arkansans are settling in this country. Their cultures and forms of religious expression are being transferred with them

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Oil fields. Kern County, California

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Small farm. Kern County, California

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He came from an Oklahoma farm in April, 1938. Became a migratory farm worker in California, joined the United Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers of America (Congress of Industrial Organization-CIO) at the beginning of the cotton strike of October, 1938 and became the leader of the "Flying Squadron" which attempted to picket the large fields of corporation farms by automobile caravans. He drove the first car. Kern County, California

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The last frontier. Kern County, California. No water, no shade, no sanitation for the families who camp here during the potato harvesting season. When the season is over they move on. The tin cans and rubbish remain

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Oil fields. Kern County, California

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Migratory field worker, leader of the cotton strike of October 1938, which took place just before the election. Kern County, California

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Oil fields. Kern County, California

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Arvin camp for migrant workers (Farm Security Administration-FSA) California. A small library in camp with Works Progress Administration (WPA) librarian in charge is now available to agricultural workers. Part of the program for recreational and education instituted in all government camps for migratory farm families

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Type house at "Garden Homes," Kern County, California. Twenty such homes have been completed and are occupied on a tract adjoining the Arvin Migratory Labor Camp. Rent is eight dollars and twenty cents monthly, which includes electricity and water

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Destitute farm labor families come to Farm Security Administration distributing depot to apply for food grant. Kern County, California

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