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Scouts present president with buffalo horn as birthday gift. President Hoover will be 56 years old on Sunday, August 10. Representative Boy Scouts of the District of Columbia presented him with a buffalo horn as a birthday present today. Harold [...], Troop 33, Takoma Park, Md., is shown making the presentation. The horn was prepared by over 200 scouts at their summer camp, Camp Roosevelt on Chesapeake Bay [White House, Washington, D.C.]

Scouts present president with buffalo horn as birthday gift. President...

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Camp site of striking Mexican workers. Corcoran, California

Camp site of striking Mexican workers. Corcoran, California

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

CAMP FIRE GIRLS. MRS. ROOSEVELT, CENTER, MEETS CAMP FIRE GIRLS IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE. THESE GIRLS REPRESENT 250,000 GIRLS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WHO ARE CELEBRATING THE 23RD BIRTHDAY OF THE CAMP FIRE GIRL ORGANIZATION. MRS. ROOSEVELT IS CHAIRMAN OF THE CAMP FIRE GIRL'S NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCILNATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

CAMP FIRE GIRLS. MRS. ROOSEVELT, CENTER, MEETS CAMP FIRE GIRLS IN FRON...

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Migrant workers' camp, outskirts of Marysville, California. The new migratory camps now being built by the Resettlement Administration will remove people from unsatisfactory living conditions such as these and substitute at least the minimum of comfort and sanitation

Migrant workers' camp, outskirts of Marysville, California. The new mi...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Magazines in which Farm Security Administration photos appeared

Magazines in which Farm Security Administration photos appeared

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Drinking water for field worker's family. Imperial Valley, California, near El Centro

Drinking water for field worker's family. Imperial Valley, California,...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man fixing a car - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man fixing a car - FSA / Office of War In...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A sign that says the word is american not american. FSA/OWI Photograph.

A sign that says the word is american not american. FSA/OWI Photograph...

To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Transfer; Un... More

Camping scenes at auto trailer camp at Dennis Port, Massachusetts

Camping scenes at auto trailer camp at Dennis Port, Massachusetts

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a tent, camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dr. Tugwell confers with farmer on lawn of courthouse. Springfield, Colorado

Dr. Tugwell confers with farmer on lawn of courthouse. Springfield, Co...

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Migratory workers. Yakima, Washington

Migratory workers. Yakima, Washington

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Bakersfield, Calif. (vicinity). Grandmother of 22 children, from a farm in Oklahoma, 80 years old, now living in a camp "If you lose your pluck you lose the most there is in your - all you've got to live with."

Bakersfield, Calif. (vicinity). Grandmother of 22 children, from a far...

Corresponding negative no. LC-USF34-9857-C. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress). LOT 344.

Mother of five children from Oklahoma, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno

Mother of five children from Oklahoma, now picking cotton in Californi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Drought committee meeting. Scott City, Kansas. Presidential report

Drought committee meeting. Scott City, Kansas. Presidential report

Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Privy in cotton camp for migratory workers. California

Privy in cotton camp for migratory workers. California

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Store furnishing supplies to auto trailer camp at Dennis Port, Massachusetts

Store furnishing supplies to auto trailer camp at Dennis Port, Massach...

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Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran, California

Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran, California

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

President Roosevelt speaking at Bismarck, North Dakota

President Roosevelt speaking at Bismarck, North Dakota

Photo shows U.S. Secret Service agents Michael "Mike" Reilly, bottom right; and Russell Wood, top right (Source: Secret Service archivist, 2012)

Slums of Brawley, California. Imperial Valley

Slums of Brawley, California. Imperial Valley

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

A black and white photo of a tent and trailer, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a tent and trailer, Great Depression. FSA/O...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Migrant camp, California. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Migrant camp, California. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Recreational facilities for the children, Kern migrant camp, California

Recreational facilities for the children, Kern migrant camp, Californi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Children of migratory workers, hauling water, American River camp, San Joaquin Valley, California

Children of migratory workers, hauling water, American River camp, San...

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

Destitute family. American River camp. Five children aged two to seven...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California

Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California

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Water supply, American River camp, California, San Joaquin Valley

Water supply, American River camp, California, San Joaquin Valley

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

Negroes in the lineup for food at meal time at the camp for flood refugees, Forrest City, Arkansas

Negroes in the lineup for food at meal time at the camp for flood refu...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blacksmith removing shoe from horse. The rope to hold up the hoof is necessary when shoeing an unruly horse. Forest County, Wisconsin. Lumber camp

Blacksmith removing shoe from horse. The rope to hold up the hoof is n...

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Tenant family with six children who are rural rehabilitation clients of the Farm Security Administration. Greene County, Georgia

Tenant family with six children who are rural rehabilitation clients o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man getting his arm wrapped, Arkansas. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a man getting his arm wrapped, Arkansas. Fa...

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A black and white photo of a group of children, Arkansas. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a group of children, Arkansas. Farmers duri...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of people standing around a pile of logs, Arkansas. Farmers during Great Depression.

A group of people standing around a pile of logs, Arkansas. Farmers du...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of two people sitting on a bench, Arkansas. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of two people sitting on a bench, Arkansas. Fa...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panel of Farm Security Administration exhibit

Panel of Farm Security Administration exhibit

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexican beet workers. East Grand Forks, Minnesota

Mexican beet workers. East Grand Forks, Minnesota

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oklahomans encamped on a river bottom near Holtville, California

Oklahomans encamped on a river bottom near Holtville, California

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in the patio of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building. Hearth brooms from Southern Highlands; wall hanging from Delaware; table from New Hampshire; pottery from Piedmont, North Carolina, section and New Hampshire; photograph of Southern Highlands tanner by Doris Ulmann; woven rug from New Hope, Pennsylvania

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Adm...

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Camp cook blowing dinner horn, at camp near Effie, Minnesota

Camp cook blowing dinner horn, at camp near Effie, Minnesota

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mother and baby of beet worker's family near East Grand Forks, Minnesota

Mother and baby of beet worker's family near East Grand Forks, Minneso...

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A black and white photo of a group of people, Arkansas. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a group of people, Arkansas. Farmers during...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Auto trailer camp. Dennis Port, Massachusetts

Auto trailer camp. Dennis Port, Massachusetts

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of men standing next to each other, Arkansas. Farmers during Great Depression.

A couple of men standing next to each other, Arkansas. Farmers during ...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Indian baby in blueberry picker's camp. Littlefork, Minnesota

Indian baby in blueberry picker's camp. Littlefork, Minnesota

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Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in the patio of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building. "Round Up," whittled by Hugh E. Haskins, cowboy from Montana

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Adm...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a couple of people, Florida. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a couple of people, Florida. Farm Security ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a crowd of people, Arkansas. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a crowd of people, Arkansas. Farmers during...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of horses standing next to a log, Minnesota. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A couple of horses standing next to a log, Minnesota. Farm Security Ad...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a woman and a child in a car, Tennessee. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a woman and a child in a car, Tennessee. Fa...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexican beet worker family having coffee after a day's work. East Grand Forks, Minnesota

Mexican beet worker family having coffee after a day's work. East Gran...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in the patio of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building. Carved ivory

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Adm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Corner of room in Edwin Gorder's farmhouse. Williams County, North Dakota

Corner of room in Edwin Gorder's farmhouse. Williams County, North Dak...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a group of people in a factory, Florida. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people in a factory, Florida. Fa...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a group of people, Arkansas. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a group of people, Arkansas. Farmers during...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dishing out and serving food in logging camp near Effie, Minnesota

Dishing out and serving food in logging camp near Effie, Minnesota

Public domain photograph of kitchen, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dining room in the Jorgenson farm home. Divide County, North Dakota

Dining room in the Jorgenson farm home. Divide County, North Dakota

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a group of tents, Arkansas. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a group of tents, Arkansas. Farmers during ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a refugee camp, migrant workers, 1930s, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oklahoma grandmother in southern California squatter's camp. "Yes'm we're getting along just fine"

Oklahoma grandmother in southern California squatter's camp. "Yes'm we...

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Visiting farmers at the O'Brien homesteading shack on farm near Williston, North Dakota

Visiting farmers at the O'Brien homesteading shack on farm near Willis...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Forty families of drought and depression refugees camped by the roadsi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Indian mother and baby, blueberry pickers' camp near Little Fork, Minnesota

Indian mother and baby, blueberry pickers' camp near Little Fork, Minn...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in the patio of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building. Musical instruments: dulcimers, fiddles, Irish bull fiddle, Paul Bunyan harp, others made from cigar box, pitchfork, gourds, cornstalks, bamboo fihing pole; made in lumber camps of Wisconsin and in Southern Highlands. Tapestry made by Katherine McAlister, Blue River, Oregon, from handspun wool, colored with native dyes; group of carvings from Tennessee;

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Adm...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Texas ex-farmer, now a migratory agricultural worker in Nipomo, California

Texas ex-farmer, now a migratory agricultural worker in Nipomo, Califo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Small child of Frank Peaches. Farm near Williston, North Dakota

Small child of Frank Peaches. Farm near Williston, North Dakota

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of people standing around tents in a field, Arkansas. Farmers during Great Depression.

A group of people standing around tents in a field, Arkansas. Farmers ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a refugee camp, migrant workers, 1930s, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Part of the family of a migrant fruit worker from Tennessee, camped near the packinghouse in Winter Haven, Florida

Part of the family of a migrant fruit worker from Tennessee, camped ne...

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Transient Mexican worker's family from Texas. East Grand Forks, Minnesota

Transient Mexican worker's family from Texas. East Grand Forks, Minnes...

Public domain photograph of life in the USA during the 1930s-1940s, war, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in the patio of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building. Deer from New Hampshire

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Adm...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Foreman of the lumber camp at Effie, Minnesota

Foreman of the lumber camp at Effie, Minnesota

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A migrant packinghouse worker shaving. Deerfield Florida

A migrant packinghouse worker shaving. Deerfield Florida

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Lumberjack at camp near Effie, Minnesota

Lumberjack at camp near Effie, Minnesota

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

One of a Mexican field gang of migratory laborers thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants. The young plants are "capped" with wax paper spread over a wire wicket to protect against cold and accelerate growth. The laborers' wages are thirty cents an hour. Imperial Valley, California

One of a Mexican field gang of migratory laborers thinning and weeding...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a logging area, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a logging area, Great Depression. FSA/OWI P...

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A group of people standing in front of a brick building, Arkansas. Farmers during Great Depression.

A group of people standing in front of a brick building, Arkansas. Far...

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Tent housing a family of four who will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. Imperial County, California

Tent housing a family of four who will be returned to Oklahoma by the ...

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Shack occupied by transient sugar beet workers near Fisher, Minnesota

Shack occupied by transient sugar beet workers near Fisher, Minnesota

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Children of migratory Mexican field workers. The older one helps tie carrots in the field. Coachella Valley, California

Children of migratory Mexican field workers. The older one helps tie c...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in the patio of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building. Baskets made from North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, New York, and Indians; weaving; yarn from Tennessee

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Adm...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lumberjack with stake which he has been shaping with broadaxe, at camp near Effie, Minnesta

Lumberjack with stake which he has been shaping with broadaxe, at camp...

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Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in the patio of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building. Handspun and woven rug from Colorado; beaded bridle and beaded papoose carrier made by Sioux Indians; small pottery and corn storage jar, drum and basket made by Indians of the Southwest

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Adm...

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Sanitary plant. Visalia migratory labor camp, California

Sanitary plant. Visalia migratory labor camp, California

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Handbill distributed among cotton workers during strike. California

Handbill distributed among cotton workers during strike. California

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client near Morganza, Louisiana removing bag of food from nail

Wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client near Morganza, Louis...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Steel worker. Midland, Pennsylvania

Steel worker. Midland, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

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

Type house at "Garden Homes," Kern County, California. Twenty such hom...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ex-sharecropper, FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, going to work in the fields, New Madrid County, Missouri

Ex-sharecropper, FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, going to w...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Home of agricultural workers in Arizona. Two families live in this house.  They have been in Arizona for six months. Before that they worked in south Texas, picking cotton. "Blair had a farm near Blair, Texas but didn't get it paid for so we started our moving."  Near the Casa Grande project, Arizona

Home of agricultural workers in Arizona. Two families live in this hou...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Southeast Missouri Farms. Wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, former sharecropper, sweeping floor in shack home

Southeast Missouri Farms. Wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) c...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Near Manteca, California. November 1938. Farm Security Administration (FSA) tenant purchase client's herd

Near Manteca, California. November 1938. Farm Security Administration ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California. Organizer for United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers of America (Congress of Industrial Organizations-CIO) talks to mixed crowd. The strike failed

Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farm Security Administration camp for migrant agricultural workers at Shafter, California

Farm Security Administration camp for migrant agricultural workers at ...

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

Worker in front hoppers. State rice mill, Crowley, Louisiana

Worker in front hoppers. State rice mill, Crowley, Louisiana

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fencing on farm of W.E. Smith, who will be given aid by FSA (Farm Security Administration). Near Morganza, Louisiana

Fencing on farm of W.E. Smith, who will be given aid by FSA (Farm Secu...

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A black and white photo of a store front, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a store front, West Virginia. Farm Security...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Migrant cotton picker's child who lives in a tent in the government camp instead of along the highway or in a ditch bank. Shafter Camp for migrants, California

Migrant cotton picker's child who lives in a tent in the government ca...

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Migratory field workers picking cotton in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Negroes, Mexicans, and refugee whites pick cotton together in this field. These pickers are being paid seventy-five cents per one hundred poounds of picked cotton. Strikers, organizing under the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), are demanding one dollar

Migratory field workers picking cotton in the San Joaquin Valley, Cali...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A woman sitting on a bed in a room, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A woman sitting on a bed in a room, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photogra...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

During the cotton strike, the father, a striking picker, has left his wife and child in the car while he applies to the Farm Security Administration for an emergency food grant. Shafter, California

During the cotton strike, the father, a striking picker, has left his ...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Southeast Missouri Farms. Family of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client on front porch of their old home, just before moving to new home

Southeast Missouri Farms. Family of FSA (Farm Security Administration)...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migratory family from Louisiana, been in California eighteen months now on Works Progress Administration (WPA), receives fifty-five dollars a month. No house available in nearest town under twenty dollars a month

Migratory family from Louisiana, been in California eighteen months no...

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Rural rehabilitation, Tulare County, California. This farm couple have been assisted to independence. In Feburary 1936 they rented a neglected farm of forty acres planted in grapes. They had no equipment, no stock, no seed, no money. Farm Security Administration (FSA) granted a loan of one thousand two hundred and sixty one dollars to cover these items, and four months subsistence for the family. Now November 1938, they are reestablished on a successful diversified farm, with a cash crop provided by vineyard, cows, hogs, and pigs

Rural rehabilitation, Tulare County, California. This farm couple have...

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