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A group of men standing next to each other, Florida. Farm Security Administration photograph

A group of men standing next to each other, Florida. Farm Security Adm...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migratory workers fishing to eat. Belle Glade, Florida

Migratory workers fishing to eat. Belle Glade, Florida

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a bench, Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a bench, Virginia. Farm Se...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of people working in a field, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of people working in a field, Great Depression...

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

Migratory agricultural workers at a grading station at Belcross, North Carolina

Migratory agricultural workers at a grading station at Belcross, North...

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

Migratory agricultural worker cutting off top on onions in a field near Cedarville, New Jersey

Migratory agricultural worker cutting off top on onions in a field nea...

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

Migratory agricultural workers on board the "Princess Anne" going to the eastern shore of Virgina

Migratory agricultural workers on board the "Princess Anne" going to t...

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

Migratory agricultural workers at an onion grader near Cedarville, New Jersey

Migratory agricultural workers at an onion grader near Cedarville, New...

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

Migratory agricultural worker waiting at the Little Creek end for the Norfolk-Cape Charles ferry

Migratory agricultural worker waiting at the Little Creek end for the ...

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

Virginia: A man wearing a hat and glasses standing next to a fence, Great Depression

Virginia: A man wearing a hat and glasses standing next to a fence, Gr...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migratory laborers like to play baseball. Here is one of them in a catchers uniform at the Agua Fria Migratory Labor Camp, Arizona

Migratory laborers like to play baseball. Here is one of them in a cat...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a baseball paly, player, baseball field, athlete, 1920s, 20th century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migratory laborer at the Agua Fria Migratory Labor Camp, Arizona

Migratory laborer at the Agua Fria Migratory Labor Camp, Arizona

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

Migratory laborers playing checkers in front of juke joint during slack season for vegetable pickers. Belle Glade, Florida

Migratory laborers playing checkers in front of juke joint during slac...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migratory laborers cutting celery. Belle Glade, Florida

Migratory laborers cutting celery. Belle Glade, Florida

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

Richwood, West Virginia. Migratory workers en route to New York state from Richwood

Richwood, West Virginia. Migratory workers en route to New York state ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a truck. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a truck. Office of W...

Public domain photograph of car garage, repair shop, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migratory farm worker. Robstown camp, Texas

Migratory farm worker. Robstown camp, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a group of children. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of children. Office of War Informat...

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

Migratory worker's child at community store, FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp, Sinton, Texas

Migratory worker's child at community store, FSA (Farm Security Admini...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a child of a farmer, migrant worker, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migratory workers. Yakima, Washington

Migratory workers. Yakima, Washington

Public domain image of infant, child, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

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...

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

Migratory packinghouse workers camp near Canal Point, Florida

Migratory packinghouse workers camp near Canal Point, Florida

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

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

Home of Mexican family. Migratory workers. Across the road from the Fa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tractor, farming equipment, agriculture, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Near Los Banos, California. Migratory agricultural workers, cotton hoers. Leave field at the end of the day. Wages twenty cents per hour

Near Los Banos, California. Migratory agricultural workers, cotton hoe...

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

Merced (vicinity), California. Migratory cotton picker on highway near Merced, California. He and his family from Independence, Kansas, have been looking for work chopping cotton

Merced (vicinity), California. Migratory cotton picker on highway near...

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

Migratory laborers' camp. Single-room cabin costs two dollars and fifty cents, double room four dollars per week. Water hauled, usually priced at fifty-five cents for fifty-five gallon tank. Toilet for about 150 people. Near Belle Glade, Florida

Migratory laborers' camp. Single-room cabin costs two dollars and fift...

Public domain photograph of car garage, repair shop, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migratory potato picker in a field owned by T.C. Sawyer of Belcross, North Carolina

Migratory potato picker in a field owned by T.C. Sawyer of Belcross, N...

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

Migratory agricultural workers at the "hopper" end of the grader at Belcross, North Carolina

Migratory agricultural workers at the "hopper" end of the grader at Be...

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

Migratory laborers inspect a trailer. Agua Fria migratory labor camp, Arizona

Migratory laborers inspect a trailer. Agua Fria migratory labor camp, ...

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

Migratory worker at Agua Fria Migratory Labor Camp, Arizona

Migratory worker at Agua Fria Migratory Labor Camp, Arizona

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

Migratory agricultural workers playing cards while waiting for their truck to arrive. They are leaving today for another job at Onley, Virginia. Near Belcross, North Carolina

Migratory agricultural workers playing cards while waiting for their t...

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

A black and white photo of people in a store, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of people in a store, North Carolina. Farm Sec...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migratory laborers cutting celery. Belle Glade, Florida

Migratory laborers cutting celery. Belle Glade, Florida

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

Richwood, West Virginia. Migratory worker en route to New York state from Richwood

Richwood, West Virginia. Migratory worker en route to New York state f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man carrying a suitcase, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man carrying a suitcase, New Jersey. Farm...

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

Migratory vegetable pickers living quarters near Belle Glade, Florida

Migratory vegetable pickers living quarters near Belle Glade, Florida

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

Migratory field workers at 5 a.m. waiting in the carrot field to hold a place to work, which starts at 8 a.m.

Migratory field workers at 5 a.m. waiting in the carrot field to hold ...

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

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

Migratory labor digging potatoes, season very bad, market poor, left p...

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

Belcross (vicinity), North Carolina. Migratory farm workers sleeping in a house where thirty-five persons are housed

Belcross (vicinity), North Carolina. Migratory farm workers sleeping i...

Public domain photograph of 1930s North Carolina, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of three men sitting in front of a building, Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of three men sitting in front of a building, V...

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

A group of people standing around a table, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A group of people standing around a table, North Carolina. Farm Securi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migratory agricultural worker with seven others in the car on their way to Cranberry, New Jersey, for the potato season

Migratory agricultural worker with seven others in the car on their wa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of passengers, mass transit, transportation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boiler in the furnace room. Migratory labor camp, Sinton, Texas

Boiler in the furnace room. Migratory labor camp, Sinton, Texas

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migratory laborer at left talking to the camp manager, right, at the Agua Fria Migratory Labor Camp, Arizona

Migratory laborer at left talking to the camp manager, right, at the A...

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

Migratory agricultural workers stay in this house near Onley, Virginia

Migratory agricultural workers stay in this house near Onley, Virginia

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

A black and white photo of a man sitting on the ground, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting on the ground, North Carolina...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migratory agricultural workers on Route 27 trying to "hitch" north with the potato season. North Carolina

Migratory agricultural workers on Route 27 trying to "hitch" north wit...

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

Migratory agricultural workers at a camp in Staytonville, Delaware

Migratory agricultural workers at a camp in Staytonville, Delaware

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migratory labor camp under construction. Pahokee, Florida

Migratory labor camp under construction. Pahokee, Florida

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migratory laborers and vegetable pickers playing "skin" game in back of juke joint and bar in the Belle Glade area of south central Florida

Migratory laborers and vegetable pickers playing "skin" game in back o...

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

Migratory workers cutting celery. Belle Glade, Florida

Migratory workers cutting celery. Belle Glade, Florida

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

Robstown, Texas. FSA (Farm Security Administration) migratory workers' camp. Migratory worker's wife serving lunch to children in nursery school

Robstown, Texas. FSA (Farm Security Administration) migratory workers'...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a woman smiling. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman smiling. Office of War Information ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Migratory worker's child. Robstown camp, Texas

Migratory worker's child. Robstown camp, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain portrait of a child, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a little girl holding a baby. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a little girl holding a baby. Office of War...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a child of a farmer, migrant worker, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migratory workers camp. Yakima, Washington

Migratory workers camp. Yakima, Washington

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

Migratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the cotton at Roswell, New Mexico. U.S. Route 70, Arizona

Migratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the ...

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

Migratory labor camp in the Santa Clara Valley. Near San Jose, California

Migratory labor camp in the Santa Clara Valley. Near San Jose, Califor...

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

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...

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

West Stayton (vicinity) Marion County, Ore. Migratory bean pickers. Beanfield, showing irrigation

West Stayton (vicinity) Marion County, Ore. Migratory bean pickers. Be...

Photograph shows field of pole beans with water running between rows. LC-USF34-20535-E. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information collection.

Migratory child in camp at end of day. Bean pickers' camp near West Stayton, Oregon. See general caption number 46

Migratory child in camp at end of day. Bean pickers' camp near West St...

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

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

Near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. Migratory labor housing d...

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

Migratory child at end of day in bean pickers' camp near West Stayton, Oregon. See general caption number 46

Migratory child at end of day in bean pickers' camp near West Stayton,...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migratory packinghouse workers living quarters. Belle Glade, Florida

Migratory packinghouse workers living quarters. Belle Glade, Florida

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migratory agricultural laborer making toys for the WPA (Work Projects Administration) nursery school at the Agua Fria migratory labor camp, Arizona. Farm work was slack and this man volunteered to make and repair nursery supplies during his idle time-- no pay being received

Migratory agricultural laborer making toys for the WPA (Work Projects ...

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

Migratory sheep and goat shearer resting after noonday meal on the ranch of rehabilitation borrower in Kimble County, Texas

Migratory sheep and goat shearer resting after noonday meal on the ran...

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

Migratory agricultural workers waiting to go on night shift at the grading station at Camden, North Carolina

Migratory agricultural workers waiting to go on night shift at the gra...

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

A black and white photo of a clothes line, Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a clothes line, Virginia. Farm Security Adm...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migratory agricultural worker delivers his child to the WPA (Work Projects Administration) nursery school at the Agua Fria migratory labor camp. Arizona

Migratory agricultural worker delivers his child to the WPA (Work Proj...

Public domain photograph related to child labor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migratory worker living in trailer settlement near Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Migratory worker living in trailer settlement near Fort Bragg, North C...

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

Migratory farm worker, his wife and daughter in shelter at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) labor camp. Caldwell, Idaho. The housing for migratory workers is row shelters

Migratory farm worker, his wife and daughter in shelter at the FSA (Fa...

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

Migratory construction workers in a general store near Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Migratory construction workers in a general store near Fort Bragg, Nor...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migratory workers returning from day's work. Robstown FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp, Texas

Migratory workers returning from day's work. Robstown FSA (Farm Securi...

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

Migratory worker's wife and child. Robstown camp, Texas

Migratory worker's wife and child. Robstown camp, Texas

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

Migratory workers returned from turnip harvesting. FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp, Robstown, Texas

Migratory workers returned from turnip harvesting. FSA (Farm Security ...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migratory agricultural worker from Florida waiting to leave Belcross, North Carolina to another job at Onley, Virginia. It is Sunday and she is wearing her best clothes

Migratory agricultural worker from Florida waiting to leave Belcross, ...

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

8 a.m. Migratory field workers pulling carrots in a field. Note carrot digging tractor in background. "They'll sleep in the row (to hold a place in the field) to earn sixty cents a day." Near Meloland, Imperial County, California

8 a.m. Migratory field workers pulling carrots in a field. Note carrot...

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

A black and white photo of two men driving a tractor, Florida. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of two men driving a tractor, Florida. Farm Se...

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

Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp at Farmersville, Tulare County, for migratory agricultural laborers. Migratory boys come to the clinic for attention of the resident nurse of the Agricultural Workers' Health and Medical Association (FSA)

Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp at Farmersville, Tulare County...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp (emergency). Migratory workers, in camp for the pea harvest, scan the bulletin board at entrance

Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp (emergency). M...

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

Back of multi-family unit. Migratory labor camp, Sinton, Texas

Back of multi-family unit. Migratory labor camp, Sinton, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Migratory laborer cutting celery. Belle Glade, Florida

Migratory laborer cutting celery. Belle Glade, Florida

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

Migratory workers waiting to receive surplus commodities. Belle Glade, Florida

Migratory workers waiting to receive surplus commodities. Belle Glade,...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a woman standing in front of a window. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman standing in front of a window. Offi...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man in a hat. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a hat. Office of War Information P...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migratory worker and child, FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp, Sinton, Texas

Migratory worker and child, FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp, S...

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

Children and home of migratory cotton workers. Migratory camp, southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Children and home of migratory cotton workers. Migratory camp, souther...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migratory family in auto camp. California

Migratory family in auto camp. California

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

A black and white photo of a man holding a bucket, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man holding a bucket, New Jersey. Farm Se...

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

Migratory cotton pickers have stopped working because it started to rain.  Kern County, California

Migratory cotton pickers have stopped working because it started to ra...

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

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

Migratory labor digging potatoes, season very bad, market poor, left p...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tractor, farming equipment, agriculture, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. Migratory labor housing d...

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

Migratory packinghouse worker's child (see 51134-D and 51137-D). Near Belle Glade, Florida

Migratory packinghouse worker's child (see 51134-D and 51137-D). Near ...

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

Migratory worker in auto camp. Single man, speaks his mind. "Them WPAs are keeping us from a living. They oughtn't to do it. It ain't fair in no way. The government lays them off (that is in Work Projects Administration - 1939) and they come in because they're locals and take the jobs away from us that never had no forty-four dollars a month. I came out of Pennsylvania, used to be an oil worker. I'm getting along in years now and I seen lots of presidents and lots of systems. Voted for Roosevelt both times and I don't know of any president that ever leaned toward the laboring man like him, but this system they've got here in the fruit is a rotten system the way they work it."  Yakima Valley, Washington

Migratory worker in auto camp. Single man, speaks his mind. "Them WPAs...

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

Migratory worker on the Norfolk-Cape Charles Ferry, writing a postcard home to his parents

Migratory worker on the Norfolk-Cape Charles Ferry, writing a postcard...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage Virginia postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of people in a field, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of people in a field, Great Depression. FSA/OW...

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

Migratory fruit workers come to town on Saturday night for a free open air movie sponsored by the local merchants who remain open for business.  Millburg, Michigan

Migratory fruit workers come to town on Saturday night for a free open...

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

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

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

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

Migratory agricultural worker asleep in boxcar. Camden, North Carolina

Migratory agricultural worker asleep in boxcar. Camden, North Carolina

Public domain photograph of 1930s North Carolina, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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