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Drought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Drought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico

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General view of grapefruit canning plant. Weslaco, Texas

General view of grapefruit canning plant. Weslaco, Texas

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Icing car of vegetables. Elsa, Texas

Icing car of vegetables. Elsa, Texas

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Packing carrots into boxes. Vegetable packing plant, Elsa, Texas

Packing carrots into boxes. Vegetable packing plant, Elsa, Texas

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Unloading cans from a boxcar is done by picking them up on a row of spikes placed on a T. Cans go directly to the sterilizer and canning machine. Grapefruit juice canning plant, Weslaco, Texas

Unloading cans from a boxcar is done by picking them up on a row of sp...

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Mexican housing at Edcouch, Texas. Notice church in background

Mexican housing at Edcouch, Texas. Notice church in background

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Child of migrant parents sitting on drop bed in trailer home. Weslaco, Texas

Child of migrant parents sitting on drop bed in trailer home. Weslaco,...

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Kitchen of tenant purchase client. Hidalgo County, Texas

Kitchen of tenant purchase client. Hidalgo County, Texas

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Hog house and chicken coop of Hidalgo County, Texas, farm

Hog house and chicken coop of Hidalgo County, Texas, farm

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Lidding machine. Vegetable packing plant, Elsa, Texas

Lidding machine. Vegetable packing plant, Elsa, Texas

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Mexican quarters. San Juan, Texas

Mexican quarters. San Juan, Texas

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Articles on bureau top of trailer home of white migrant. Weslaco, Texas

Articles on bureau top of trailer home of white migrant. Weslaco, Texa...

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Packing carrots. Elsa, Texas. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Packing carrots. Elsa, Texas. Great Depression public domain photograp...

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Trailer camp. McAllen, Texas. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domain photo.

Trailer camp. McAllen, Texas. Farm Security Administartion 1930s publi...

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Spare parts used in grapefruit juice canning plant. Weslaco, Texas

Spare parts used in grapefruit juice canning plant. Weslaco, Texas

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Packing radishes in crates. Elsa, Texas

Packing radishes in crates. Elsa, Texas

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First washing of carrots at vegetable packing plant. Elsa, Texas

First washing of carrots at vegetable packing plant. Elsa, Texas

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White migrant family in trailer home near Edinburg, Texas

White migrant family in trailer home near Edinburg, Texas

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Washing grapefruit. Citrus packing plant, Weslaco, Texas

Washing grapefruit. Citrus packing plant, Weslaco, Texas

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First step in packing carrots is to move them from truck to washing conveyor. Elsa, Texas

First step in packing carrots is to move them from truck to washing co...

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Son of white migrants sitting on trunk in tent home. Weslaco, Texas. See caption 32108-D

Son of white migrants sitting on trunk in tent home. Weslaco, Texas. S...

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Mother and child, white migrants, in trailer home near Edinburg, Texas

Mother and child, white migrants, in trailer home near Edinburg, Texas

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Front of Mexican house. Edcouch, Texas. Decorations on door step are bottle caps

Front of Mexican house. Edcouch, Texas. Decorations on door step are b...

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Irrigating citrus orchard near San Juan, Texas

Irrigating citrus orchard near San Juan, Texas

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Packing broccoli. Elsa, Texas. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Packing broccoli. Elsa, Texas. Great Depression public domain photogra...

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Store. San Juan, Texas. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Store. San Juan, Texas. Great Depression public domain photograph.

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Packing grapefruit. Weslaco, Texas

Packing grapefruit. Weslaco, Texas

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A black and white photo of a group of women working in a factory, Packing grapefruit. Weslaco, Texas

A black and white photo of a group of women working in a factory, Pack...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexic...

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Drought refugee families from Oklahoma on road to Roswell, New Mexico, to chop cotton. Near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Drought refugee families from Oklahoma on road to Roswell, New Mexico,...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Second-hand parts of agricultural machinery. San Juan, Texas

Second-hand parts of agricultural machinery. San Juan, Texas

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Grapefruit, after being washed in vat, are carried by incline conveyor to machine for scrubbing. They are shown here just before dropping into scrubbing machine. Weslaco, Texas

Grapefruit, after being washed in vat, are carried by incline conveyor...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Camp of migrant workers near Mercedes, Texas. See 32108-D

Camp of migrant workers near Mercedes, Texas. See 32108-D

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Agricultural machine junkyard. San Juan, Texas

Agricultural machine junkyard. San Juan, Texas

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Carrots are taken from large trucks and placed on conveyor where they are washed. Vegetable packing plant, Elsa, Texas

Carrots are taken from large trucks and placed on conveyor where they ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Living room of Mexican farm owner. Hidalgo County, Texas

Living room of Mexican farm owner. Hidalgo County, Texas

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Corral of Mexican farm owner, Hidalgo County, Texas

Corral of Mexican farm owner, Hidalgo County, Texas

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Packing grapefruit into sacks. This is common method of packing for relief distribution. Weslaco, Texas

Packing grapefruit into sacks. This is common method of packing for re...

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Migrant father and daughter in camp. Edinburg, Texas

Migrant father and daughter in camp. Edinburg, Texas

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Yard of second-hand farm machinery dealer. San Juan, Texas

Yard of second-hand farm machinery dealer. San Juan, Texas

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Three related drought refugee families from Oklahoma on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Three related drought refugee families from Oklahoma on highway near L...

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Sign. Weslaco, Texas. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Sign. Weslaco, Texas. Great Depression public domain photograph.

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First washing of carrots at vegetable packing plant. Elsa, Texas

First washing of carrots at vegetable packing plant. Elsa, Texas

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Son of migrant worker reaching for lamp atop cabinet in trailer home. Weslaco, Texas. See caption 32108-D

Son of migrant worker reaching for lamp atop cabinet in trailer home. ...

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Irrigating citrus orchard near San Juan, Texas

Irrigating citrus orchard near San Juan, Texas

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Mexican migrant housing. Edcouch, Texas. These units are owned by a labor contractor who rents them for a nominal sum to his group of workers. They remain in the lower valley working in the vegetable and citrus fields for about nine months of the year. The contractor takes them in trucks to west Texas for cotton picking. The Mexicans have in some cases gone into Mississippi and Louisiana for the cotton picking

Mexican migrant housing. Edcouch, Texas. These units are owned by a la...

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Interior of tent of white migrant family near Edinburg, Texas. Bed is on the floor. Tent was made of patched cotton materials of various sorts. The man said he had worked in a cotton mill in Dallas, Texas, and had obtained the materials then

Interior of tent of white migrant family near Edinburg, Texas. Bed is ...

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White migrant camp near Mercedes, Texas. See 32108-D

White migrant camp near Mercedes, Texas. See 32108-D

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Mr. Bias, former cowboy, now travels around the country in a trailer. Has private income. Weslaco, Texas

Mr. Bias, former cowboy, now travels around the country in a trailer. ...

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Lidding machine used in packing vegetables. Elsa, Texas

Lidding machine used in packing vegetables. Elsa, Texas

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White migrant talking in camp near Edinburg, Texas. These people claimed that they were not migrants, even though it was obvious that they were doing migrant day labor and the condition of their tents showed that they had been on the road for a long time. They expressed themselves as needing nothing and desiring no governmental aid. However they agreed to having the pictures made since they felt that there were other people that might be helped in that way

White migrant talking in camp near Edinburg, Texas. These people claim...

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Buildings in Mexican business section. Alamo, Texas

Buildings in Mexican business section. Alamo, Texas

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Packing warehouse. Pharr, Texas

Packing warehouse. Pharr, Texas

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Child of migrant sitting by kitchen cabinet in tent home near Edinburg, Texas

Child of migrant sitting by kitchen cabinet in tent home near Edinburg...

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Unloading carrots from farmers' trucks to carts for easy transportation into plant vegetable packing plant. Elsa, Texas

Unloading carrots from farmers' trucks to carts for easy transportatio...

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White migrant changing tires. Edinburg, Texas

White migrant changing tires. Edinburg, Texas

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Child of migrants. He is sick with measles. Edinburg, Texas

Child of migrants. He is sick with measles. Edinburg, Texas

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Second-hand parts of agricultural machinery. San Juan, Texas

Second-hand parts of agricultural machinery. San Juan, Texas

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Labelling machine. Grapefruit juice canning plant, Weslaco, Texas

Labelling machine. Grapefruit juice canning plant, Weslaco, Texas

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Packing grapefruit juice. Weslaco, Texas

Packing grapefruit juice. Weslaco, Texas

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Shovelling shaved ice into conveyor system. Vegetable packing plant, Elsa, Texas

Shovelling shaved ice into conveyor system. Vegetable packing plant, E...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Straw privy of Mexican farmer near Edinburg, Texas

Straw privy of Mexican farmer near Edinburg, Texas

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Daughter of Mexican farm family at home. Portraits of family are above her. Near Santa Maria, Texas

Daughter of Mexican farm family at home. Portraits of family are above...

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Three related drought refugee families stalled on the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico. From farms near Claremore, Oklahoma. Have been working as migratory workers in Calfornia and Arizona, now trying to get to Roswell, New Mexico, for work chopping cotton. Have car trouble and pulled up alongside the highway. "Would go back to Oklahoma but can't get along there. Can't feed the kids on what they give you (relief budget) and ain't made a crop there you might say for five years. Only other work there is fifty cents a day wages and the farmers can't pay it anyways." One of these families has lost two babies since they left their home in Oklahoma. The children, seventeen months and three years, died in the county hospital at Shafter California, from typhoid fever, resulting from unsanitary conditions in a labor camp

Three related drought refugee families stalled on the highway near Lor...

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Lidding machine with roller conveyor. Citrus packing plant, Weslaco, Texas

Lidding machine with roller conveyor. Citrus packing plant, Weslaco, T...

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FSA (Farm Security Administration) client and wife noting farm income in ledger. Hidalgo County, Texas

FSA (Farm Security Administration) client and wife noting farm income ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Lidding machine used in packing vegetables. Elsa, Texas

Lidding machine used in packing vegetables. Elsa, Texas

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Trailer camp. McAllen, Texas. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Trailer camp. McAllen, Texas. Great Depression public domain photograp...

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Bathroom of tenant purchase house. Hidalgo County, Texas

Bathroom of tenant purchase house. Hidalgo County, Texas

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Farm home of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client who raises citrus fruit as well as livestock. Hidalgo County, Texas

Farm home of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client who raises citr...

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Irrigating citrus orchard near San Juan, Texas

Irrigating citrus orchard near San Juan, Texas

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Farmer feeding cattle silage from trench silo, Hidalgo County, Texas. Livestock and dairy farming is on the upgrade in this section. Citrus fruits, citrus pulps, carrots and cabbages are accepted cattle feed in this section

Farmer feeding cattle silage from trench silo, Hidalgo County, Texas. ...

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Windmill and corral and front yard of Mexican farm owner. Hidalgo County, Texas

Windmill and corral and front yard of Mexican farm owner. Hidalgo Coun...

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Mr. Bias playing the fiddle in his trailer home. He is a former cowboy who travels over the country. He has a small private income. Weslaco, Texas

Mr. Bias playing the fiddle in his trailer home. He is a former cowboy...

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Mexican resident housing. San Juan, Texas

Mexican resident housing. San Juan, Texas

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Migrant white mother washing clothes in front of tent home. Weslaco, Texas. See general caption

Migrant white mother washing clothes in front of tent home. Weslaco, T...

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Meat market and laundry, Mexican section. Alamo, Texas

Meat market and laundry, Mexican section. Alamo, Texas

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Kitchen of tenant purchase client. Hidalgo County, Texas

Kitchen of tenant purchase client. Hidalgo County, Texas

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Kitchen of tenant purchase home. Hidalgo County, Texas

Kitchen of tenant purchase home. Hidalgo County, Texas

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Kitchen of tenant purchase client. Hidalgo County, Texas

Kitchen of tenant purchase client. Hidalgo County, Texas

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Detail of corral of Mexican farm owner. Hidalgo County, Texas

Detail of corral of Mexican farm owner. Hidalgo County, Texas

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FSA (Farm Security Administration) client and wife noting farm income in ledger. Hidalgo County, Texas

FSA (Farm Security Administration) client and wife noting farm income ...

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Wrapping grapefruit in packing process. Weslaco, Texas

Wrapping grapefruit in packing process. Weslaco, Texas

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Pushing in the last few crates of vegetables into boxcar. Elsa, Texas

Pushing in the last few crates of vegetables into boxcar. Elsa, Texas

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White migrant mother with children. Weslaco, Texas. See general caption 32108-D

White migrant mother with children. Weslaco, Texas. See general captio...

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Inspecting and grading grapefruit. Packing plant, Weslaco, Texas

Inspecting and grading grapefruit. Packing plant, Weslaco, Texas

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Wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client with canned goods. Hidalgo County, Texas

Wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client with canned goods. H...

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Farm home built under tenant purchase program. Hidalgo County, Texas

Farm home built under tenant purchase program. Hidalgo County, Texas

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Hat rack of Hidalgo County, Texas, Mexican farm home

Hat rack of Hidalgo County, Texas, Mexican farm home

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Migrant worker on bed in tent home. Mercedes, Texas. See 32108-D

Migrant worker on bed in tent home. Mercedes, Texas. See 32108-D

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Washing table for carrots. Vegetable packing plant, Elsa, Texas

Washing table for carrots. Vegetable packing plant, Elsa, Texas

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Farmstead of small Mexican farmer near Edinburg, Texas

Farmstead of small Mexican farmer near Edinburg, Texas

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Daughter of former white labor contractor, now migrant worker, in tent home. Weslaco, Texas

Daughter of former white labor contractor, now migrant worker, in tent...

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Filling and tying sacks of citrus pulp. Grapefruit juice canning plant, Weslaco, Texas

Filling and tying sacks of citrus pulp. Grapefruit juice canning plant...

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Packing broccoli. Elsa, Texas. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domain photo.

Packing broccoli. Elsa, Texas. Farm Security Administartion 1930s publ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Abandoned citrus grove near Weslaco, Texas. Note the great amount of underbrush. There are several of these abandoned groves in this section, due to lack of finances for cultivation and irrigation. There is also much absentee ownership in the citrus industry

Abandoned citrus grove near Weslaco, Texas. Note the great amount of u...

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Battery of pea shellers near Mercedes, Texas

Battery of pea shellers near Mercedes, Texas

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Migrant camp, Weslaco, Texas. Local employment men say that there was no need for migrant labor to handle the citrus and vegetable crops in the valley, the local supply of labor being ample for this purpose. Most of the local labor is Mexican and the labor contractors favor Mexican labor over white labor, partly because the Mexican will work much cheaper than whites. One white woman who was a permanent resident (her husband was on WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work  Projects Administration) said that the white people who lived in the valley, had no trouble with the Mexicans. The Mexicans were good neighbors, she said, always willing to share what they had. She said the white migrants who came into the valley and resented and misunderstood the Mexicans caused the trouble between the two races. Some towns in this section permit camping only in trailers. The charge for camping in tents is about fifty cents per week, including water, which in some cases must be carried four city blocks. Privies are tin, very bad condition. Garbage is collected only once a week, with large dumps of decaying fruits and vegetables scattered among the camps. Some of the white migrants in this camp were very suspicious of governmental activity, due to the use by south Texas newspapers of the term "concentration camps" referring to FSA (Farm Security Administration) camps

Migrant camp, Weslaco, Texas. Local employment men say that there was ...

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Trailer camp. McAllen, Texas. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Trailer camp. McAllen, Texas. Great Depression public domain photograp...

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Canning machine. Grapefruit juice cannery, Weslaco, Texas

Canning machine. Grapefruit juice cannery, Weslaco, Texas

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