Migrant Work in the 1930s
Dublin Core
Title
Migrant Work in the 1930s
Subject
A Collection and examination of the various types of jobs performed my migrant workers during the 1930s.
Description
This collection explores the array of common wage labor jobs performed by migrant workers all around the country during the great Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s. The range of jobs found consists largely of agricultural work.
Creator
Michael McFadden
Source
Library of Congress,
Contributor
Michael McFadden
Language
English
Collection Items
![[Fleet of Fords in Western ranch]](https://grapesofwrath.sfsuenglishdh.net/files/square_thumbnails/25dc56d5f4472c3c852ecd4cf368b88b.jpg "[Fleet of Fords in Western ranch]")
Work pays America! Prosperity.
1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color. | Poster for Works Progress Administration encouraging laborers to work for America, showing a farmer and a laborer.
Migrant workers grading tomatoes in the packinghouse. Homestead, Florida
1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.
Colored intrastate migrant worker picking strawberries near Hammond, Louisiana
1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm.
Migrant agricultural worker picking potatoes near Shafter, California
1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
When unemployed, migrants work in labor home gardens. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California
1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.
Migrant pea workers on the road. All their worldly possessions in car and trailer. California
1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
Migrant workers hired as strikebreakers after the strike at the King Farm near Morrisville, Pennsylvania
1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.