Refugee Collection (#5)

Oklahoma potato picker's family encamped on the flats near Shafter, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma potato picker's family encamped on the flats near Shafter, California

Washing facilities for families in migratory pea pickers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Washing facilities for families in migratory pea pickers camp. Imperial Valley, California. Mostly Oklahomans and Texans

This family...about to be returned to Oklahoma...Neideffer Camp, Imperial Valley, CA, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This family without food and work about to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. They have lost a baby as a result of exposure during the winter

Resettled at Bosque Farms project - family of four from Taos Junction, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Resettled at Bosque Farms project. Family of four from Taos Junction shows temporary dwelling

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. Bakersfield, California

Unemployed family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas... near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Unemployed family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, camped on a river bottom near Holtville, California

Unemployed family... near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Unemployed family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, camped on a river bottom near Holtville, California

Oklahomans now working or looking for work in the pea harvests of California, Imperial Vallery
Oklahomans now working or looking for work in the pea harvests of California. Outskirts of Calipatria. Imperial Valley

The Great Reaping Day - Oklahoma potato pickers, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Great Reaping Day. Hymn singing, Sunday afternoon. The woman had been "saved" the week before. Oklahoma potato pickers. Kern County, California

Young Oklahoma mother, age eighteen... CA, Imperial Valley, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young Oklahoma mother, age eighteen, penniless, stranded in California. Imperial Valley

Young Oklahoma mother, age eighteen, penniless, stranded in California, Imperial Valley, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young Oklahoma mother, age eighteen, penniless, stranded in California. Imperial Valley

Oklahoma grandmother in southern California squatter's camp, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma grandmother in southern California squatter's camp. "Yes'm we're getting along just fine"

Oklahoma sharecropper entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma sharecropper entering California stalled on the desert with his wife and four children

Oklahoma sharecropper entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma sharecropper entering California stalled on desert with his wife and four children

Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant

Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant

Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant

A mother in California who with her family will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief... 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A mother in California who with her husband and her two children will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration

Refugee families encamped near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Refugee families encamped near Holtville, California

Building an auto trailer in a squatter camp, Outskirts of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Building an auto trailer in a squatter camp. Outskirts of Bakersfield, California

Home of Tennessee family of seven, now migratory workers... outside of Sacramento, California
Home of Tennessee family of seven, now migratory workers living in camp outside of Sacramento, California. Father was coal miner in Tennessee but when the mines were not working received two days a

The Great Reaping Day - Oklahoma potato pickers, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Great Reaping Day. Hymn singing, Sunday afternoon. The woman had been "saved" the week before. Oklahoma potato pickers. Kern County, California

Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner, living in American River camp... CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner. Living in American River camp near Sacramento, California

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California

Part of family arrived the night before... near Holtville, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of family arrived the night before from Rockwell, Texas. Picked their way across the country. Encamped on the river bottom. Near Holtville. Imperial Valley, California

Child refugees
Trevor Cole

The War in America: refugees from southern cities on the Mississippi, from a sketch by our... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The War in America: refugees from southern cities on the Mississippi, from a sketch by our special artist, 1862. Our special Artist and Correspondent...writes as follows

Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
3786768 Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia; (add.info.: Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia volunteering at a refugee settlement during World War 1. March 1916)

Refugees, Palestine, 1918 (b/w photo)
8617916 Refugees, Palestine, 1918 (b/w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Source: American National Red Cross)

Migrant agricultural worker's family, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is native Californian. Nipomo, California

Texas tenant farmer in Marysville, California, migrant camp during the peach season, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Texas tenant farmer in Marysville, California, migrant camp during the peach season. 1927 made seven thousand dollars in cotton. 1928 broke even. 1929 went in the hole. 1930 still deeper

Aerial view of a huge refugee camp with makeshift houses near Myanmar border, Kutupalong Rohingya camp near Ukhia town, Bangladesh

View shows houses of Palestinians in Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip
A view shows houses of Palestinians in Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip January 3, 2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

A Bangladeshi girl carries her older sisters golden shoes as their family visits Rohingya refugee camp Balukhali near Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh December 8, 2017

Rohingya refugees line up at registration center in Kutupalong refugees camp in Cox s
Rohingya refugees line up at registration center in Kutupalong refugees camp in Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh, October 20, 2017. REUTERS/ Zohra Bensemra TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A Rohingya refugee boys feet are covered with mud after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, at a port in Teknaf, Bangladesh October 25, 2017. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A Syrian flashes V-sign at a refugee camp in the Turkish border town of Altinozu in Hatay province June 17, 2011. Turkey called for Syria to immediately halt a violent crackdown on protesters

A displaced woman from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar town, covers her feet with clothes as she walks towards the Syrian border

Two displaced Iraqi women stop to arrange their belongings as they flee from western Mosul, Iraq May 31, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A Rohingya refugee waits to receive permission from the Bangladeshi army to continue their way after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, at a port in Teknaf, Bangladesh, October 31, 2017

Thousands of lifejackets left by migrants and refugees are piled up at a garbage dump site near the town of Mithymna (also known as Molyvos) on the island of Lesbos, Greece, October 5, 2016

A Rohingya refugee woman protects her son from rain as she looks towards the beach after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, at a port in Teknaf, Bangladesh October 31, 2017

Rohingya refugees climb on a bamboo scaffold as they drill a water well at the Mayner Ghona refugee camp near Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh December 13, 2017

A Rohingya refugee looks at the full moon with a child in tow at Balukhali refugee camp near Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh, December 3, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Venezuelan refugees are seen after disembarking a Brazilian Air Force plane, at Brasilia International Airport in Brasilia, Brazil, July 24, 2018. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

A Rohingya refugee boy walks in the water at a refugee camp near Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Refugees on the SS Sinaia WWII
Refugees playing a game of chess on the SS Sinaia from Marseille during World War II

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From the ravages of war to the pursuit of a better life, the journey of a refugee spans across time and continents. In the midst of World War II, a child finds solace at a receiving center, seeking safety amidst chaos. Across the Atlantic in 1930s USA, a migrant mother dreams of stability for her family as they navigate an uncertain future. Fast forward to Pakistan-Afghanistan border, where UN-Refugees seek shelter from conflict's grip. Meanwhile, in drought-stricken Montana during 1936, one man flees his homeland in South Carolina to escape not only drought but also relentless grasshoppers. In Congo's North Kivu region, hope flickers amidst adversity as refugees strive for peace and security. Mudros becomes home to Russian refugees seeking sanctuary during times of turmoil in Greece. The fight against injustice echoes through protests against refugee detention centers worldwide - voices demanding compassion and understanding resonate loud and clear. History repeats itself as Belgians flee Termonde during World War I's outbreak in 1914 while Belgian refugee children find themselves displaced once again amid WWII's horrors. Through it all, resilience prevails - stories that remind us that humanity knows no borders or boundaries. The plight of refugees serves as a stark reminder that empathy is our greatest strength; together we can build bridges towards a brighter tomorrow.