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Children of migrant agricultural workers in California
1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
Migrant children from Oklahoma on California highway
1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
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.
"Pea Picker" Nippomo [sic], CA
Small girl, Maria, squatting on ground, picking peas, basket beside her.
Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is native Californian. Nipomo, California
Photo shows Florence Thompson with several of her children in a tent shelter as part of the "Migrant Mother" series. For background information, see "Dorothea Lange's MĚ€igrant Mother' photographs ..." http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.html
Migrant children haul water for the family, camping at the edge of desert, between jobs
Three girls carrying tea kettles.
Migrant children, Marysville Camp for migrants / Lange, for Resettlement Administration.
Two migrant children on small wagon.
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."
Pea pickers' child
1 photographic print. | Two girls(?), head-and-shoulders portrait, Nipomo, California.