Shanty Town Collection (#3)

American River camp, Sacramento, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
American River camp, Sacramento. Home of Tennessee family, now migratory workers. Seven in family, came to California July 1935, following relatives who had come in 1933

Migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento, California on the American River, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento, California on the American River. About thirty families lived on this flat

Tubercular mother from Oklahoma now living in the Kern migrant camp (resettlement), CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tubercular mother from Oklahoma now living in the Kern migrant camp (resettlement), California. She receives daily visits from the county nurse

Section of Kern migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Section of Kern migrant camp, California

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, with drought refugee family, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, with drought refugee family. California

Migratory woman, Greek, living in a cotton camp near Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory woman, Greek, living in a cotton camp near Exeter, California

Cotton camp near Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton camp near Exeter, California. The woman is a native of California

Migratory woman, Greek, living in a cotton camp near Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory woman, Greek, living in a cotton camp near Exeter, California

Children of migrant Oklahoma family, now living near Fresno, California, picking cotton, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of migrant Oklahoma family, now living near Fresno, California, picking cotton

Oklahoma mother of five children, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma mother of five children, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno

Part of migrant family of five, encamped near Porterville, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of migrant family of five, encamped near Porterville, California, while waiting for work in the orange groves

Mother of family of migrant fruit workers encamped on outskirts of Porterville, California, 1936
Mother of family of migrant fruit workers encamped on the outskirts of Porterville, California, waiting for work in the orange groves

Home of a family of native Californians, migratory workers, Near Porterville, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of a family of native Californians, migratory workers. Near Porterville, California

Winter migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Winter migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento, California. Each family has to build its own shack; they pay one dollar and twenty-five cents a month ground rent, including water

Migrant winter camp on outskirts of Sacramento, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant winter camp on outskirts of Sacramento, California. Eighty families, build their own shacks, pay one dollar and twenty-five cents a month ground rent which includes water

Cotton pickers camp near Robstown, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton pickers camp near Robstown, Texas

Refugee agricultural laborer on the roadside in Arizona, near the Casa Grande project, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Refugee agricultural laborer on the roadside in Arizona, near the Casa Grande project (Farm Security Administration). "I was on this here project, Work Projects Administration

On the outskirts of a modern Oklahoma City within sight of its gleaming skyscrapers, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On the outskirts of a modern Oklahoma City within sight of its gleaming skyscrapers. The rent, one dollar, is collected by the city and the health officer is in charge, although there is no sanitation

Camp of migratory fruit pickers, Farmington, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp of migratory fruit pickers. Farmington, California

Slums of Brawley, Mexican field workers homes, Imperial Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Slums of Brawley. Mexican field workers homes. Imperial Valley, California

Outskirts of oil boom town, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Outskirts of oil boom town. No living quarters available in town. Hundreds of families pouring in for jobs. Texas

A new home on wheels (father and son), Yuba County, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A new home on wheels (father and son). Yuba County, California

Children of migrant cotton field workers from Sweetwater, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of migrant cotton field workers from Sweetwater, Oklahoma. Eight children in the family. Note the housing. Near Casa Grande project, Arizona

Migrants tents...the right of way of the Southern Pacific, near Fresno, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrants tents are a common sight along the right of way of the Southern Pacific. Near Fresno, California

Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp, Calipatria, Imperial County, 1939
Calipatria, Imperial County. Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp. Tent space fifty cents a week. California. [Signs: Garretts snuff, Model smoking tobacco, Eastside beer]

Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp, Calipatria, Imperial County, 1939
Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp. Tent space fifty cents per week. Calipatria, Imperial County

Stranded in southern California, , 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Stranded in southern California. Belongings of Oklahoma drought refugees camped alongside the road

Child welfare program, Resettlement Administration Marysville camp for migrants, California, 1935
Marysville camp for migrants. Supervised play for the children is part of the child welfare program at the Resettlement Administration camp. California

Destitute pea pickers in California, mother of seven children, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California

Agricultural laborers, winter quarters of migrants, near Brentwood, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Brentwood, California. Winter quarters of migrants. Agricultural laborers

Children from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, in a potato pickers camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, in a potato pickers camp near Shafter, California

Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants, Gridley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants. Gridley, California. Peak of the season is August

Migrant agricultural workers home, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural workers home. California. [Makeshift shelter built behind an advertising hoarding: Cyanogas - The Real Hopper Control']

Orange packer of Sunkist oranges, self-built trailer, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Orange packer of Sunkist oranges. Self-built trailer. California

Drought refugees in migratory agricultural workers camp, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees in migratory agricultural workers camp. California

Citrus workers in winter quarters, near Lindsay, Tulare County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Lindsay, California. Citrus workers in winter quarters. (Tulare County). [Signs: New Chevrolet Trucks for 1939 - Higher Quality - Lower Prices';...'for Enduring Peace - The American

Citrus workers in winter quarters, near Lindsay, Tulare County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Lindsay, California. Citrus workers in winter quarters. (Tulare County)

Migratory field worker's home on the edge of a pea field, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Migratory field worker's home on the edge of a pea field. The family lived here through the winter. Imperial Valley, California

Winter quarters, migratory agricultural workers, beside the highway, Tulare County, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tulare County. Winter quarters, migratory agricultural workers. Beside the highway. Tulare County, California. [Signs: New Chevrolet Trucks for 1939 - Higher Quality - Lower Prices';...'for

Potato harvesters, Kern County, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato harvesters. Kern County, California

Sunday school for migrant children in a potato pickers camp, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sunday school for migrant children in a potato pickers camp. Kern County, California

Migratory workers in winter quarters, Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County, California. Migratory workers in winter quarters

Sunday school for migrant children in a potato pickers camp, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sunday school for migrant children in a potato pickers camp. Kern County, California

Camp of two related families seen from U.S. 99. Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County, California. Camp of two related families seen from U.S. 99. Oil field beyond. Came to California in 1920 from Missouri. Father had job for eight years

Debris left out on the flats where squatters camp stood during work season, Kern County, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County. Debris left out on the flats where squatters camp stood during work season. These are common sights after the migrants have left

Potato harvesters, Kern County, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato harvesters. Kern County, California

Migrant Mexican children in contractor's camp at time of early pea harvest, Nipomo, California
Migrant Mexican children in contractor's camp at time of early pea harvest. Nipomo, California

Young family just arrived from Arkansas camped along the road, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Young family just arrived from Arkansas camped along the road. Imperial Valley, California

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