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Rear of migrant's truck with dog underneath it. Getting ready to leave for California. Near Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Rear of migrant's truck with dog underneath it. Getting ready to leave for California. Near Muskogee, Oklahoma.
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."
Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata)
This is one of only two land-dwelling turtles in Oklahoma. The adults are relatively small and reach a length of only four to five inches. Ornate Box Turtles are found in a wide range of habitats including prairies, woodlands, stabilized dunes and…
Oklahoma Dust Bowl Refugees. San Fernando, California
Photo of Oklahoma refugees packed up in San Fernando, CA
Abandoned farm in the dust bowl area. Oklahoma
A photo of an abandoned house in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl time period on the Library of Congress website.
Migrant children from Oklahoma on California highway
1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
Family living in Mays Avenue camp. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This family had been farmers in Oklahoma until four years ago. Since then they have lived in community camp getting some food from the vegetable dumps, doing "trashing" and going on the road occasionally as migrant workers. They have been to Arizona several times to pick cotton. The man went there this fall. In this picture they are picking overipe fruit that they picked up at vegetable packing places
Family living in Mays Avenue camp. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This family had been farmers in Oklahoma until four years ago. Since then they have lived in community camp getting some food from the vegetable dumps, doing "trashing" and going on the road…
Food on table in community camp. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Food on table in community camp. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.