Migrant Children
Dublin Core
Title
Migrant Children
Subject
Migrant children- Okie children- Government Camps- Children in Government Camps- Child Labor- Okie families- 1930s
Description
Items in this collection reflect the roles of children in Okie families in California during the Dust Bowl Migration.
Date
2017
Contributor
Kylie Madson
Language
English
Collection Items
Caravans of hunger thousands of landless farmers wander California's highways.
6 photomechanical prints : halftone. | Two page spread of photos and captions about the destitue living conditions of migrant laborers and their families in California, includes a map of the state divided by crop regions; one photo of children…
Fruit tramp
1 photographic print. | Migrant worker, veteran of World War I, reclining on ground, with a dog and a boy, near Winters, California.
Pea pickers' child
1 photographic print. | Two girls(?), head-and-shoulders portrait, Nipomo, California.
Drought refugee children from Oklahoma near Shafter, California / Lange, for Resettlement Administration.
"This family of 7 were camped on a flat during the potato harvest, without tent, without water. Water from nearby service station at 5 cents per bucket."
Migrant children, Marysville Camp for migrants / Lange, for Resettlement Administration.
Two migrant children on small wagon.
Migrant children haul water for the family, camping at the edge of desert, between jobs
Three girls carrying tea kettles.
"Pea Picker" Nippomo [sic], CA
!["Pea Picker" Nippomo [sic], CA](https://grapesofwrath.sfsuenglishdh.net/files/square_thumbnails/df1df32ff85d7bb77f6085548f2946eb.jpg ""Pea Picker" Nippomo [sic], CA")
Small girl, Maria, squatting on ground, picking peas, basket beside her.
To harvest the crops of California thousands of families live literally on wheels, San Joaquin Valley
Photograph shows children sitting on top of family belongings piled up on the back of a flatbed truck; two men are standing by the sides of the truck.
Migrant children from Oklahoma on California highway
1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.