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"From raw land to hard work: George Cleaver's journey in Malheur County, Oregon, 1939

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Home and family of a Utah coal miner...near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Home and family of a Utah coal miner...near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home and family of a Utah coal miner. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Son of cotton picker living in squatters camp near Farmersville, California, 1936

Son of cotton picker living in squatters camp near Farmersville, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Son of cotton picker living in squatters camp near Farmersville, California

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Son of destitute migrant, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936

Son of destitute migrant, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Son of destitute migrant, American River camp, near Sacramento, California. The boy has dysentery

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Weighing in cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Weighing in cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Weighing in cotton. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Cotton pickers, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton pickers, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton pickers. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Cotton picker, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picker, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picker. San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Children of destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936

Children of destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of destitute family. American River camp, near Sacramento, California

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute family. American River camp. Five children aged two to seventeen. Near Sacramento California. [Sign: "I must have work or food"]

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years. He is now left stranded in the cut-over area

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years. He is now left stranded in the cut-over area

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Heads of families on the Mineral King cooperative farm, Tulare County, California, 1938

Heads of families on the Mineral King cooperative farm, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Heads of families on the Mineral King cooperative farm. Ten families are now established on this 500 acre ranch to be operated as a unit. (Farm Security Administration) Tulare County, California

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Part of a family of ten children who live and farm in the area, Arkansas, 1937

Part of a family of ten children who live and farm in the area, Arkansas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of a family of ten children who live and farm in the area which was flooded in the spring of 1937. They escaped in a boat

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Moving day on the Delta cotton lands, Arkansas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Moving day on the Delta cotton lands, Arkansas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Moving day on the Delta cotton lands. Arkansas

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Child of an impoverished family from Iowa stranded in New Mexico, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Child of an impoverished family from Iowa stranded in New Mexico, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Child of an impoverished family from Iowa stranded in New Mexico

Background imageWorkwear Collection: A tubercular painter from Iowa and part of his family... penniless in New Mexico, 1937

A tubercular painter from Iowa and part of his family... penniless in New Mexico, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A tubercular painter from Iowa and part of his family of nine who are stranded and penniless in New Mexico

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway. Depression refugees from Iowa. Left Iowa in 1932 because of father's ill health

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Lunchtime for cotton hoers, Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Lunchtime for cotton hoers, Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lunchtime for cotton hoers. Mississippi Delta

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Former tenant farmer on a large cotton farm, now a tractor driver, Bell County, Texas, 1937

Former tenant farmer on a large cotton farm, now a tractor driver, Bell County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Former tenant farmer on a large cotton farm now a tractor driver for one dollar a day on same farm. Bell County, Texas

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Man living on 'Scratch Hill' outside Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Man living on "Scratch Hill" outside Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Man living on "Scratch Hill" outside Atoka, Oklahoma. Atoka County, Oklahoma. "I'm going west because this country's through, there isn't anything here for anyone

Background imageWorkwear Collection: The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The threshing of oats. Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Former tenant farmer on a large cotton farm, Bell County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Former tenant farmer on a large cotton farm, Bell County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Former tenant farmer on a large cotton farm. Now a tractor driver for one dollar a day on the same farm. Bell County, Texas

Background imageWorkwear Collection: The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The threshing of oats. Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis

Background imageWorkwear Collection: The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The threshing of oats. Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Son of sharecropper family at work in the cotton near Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937

Son of sharecropper family at work in the cotton near Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Son of sharecropper family at work in the cotton near Chesnee, South Carolina

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Threshing oats, Clayton, Indiana, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Threshing oats, Clayton, Indiana, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Threshing oats. Clayton, Indiana

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Young sharecropper at Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Young sharecropper at Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young sharecropper at Chesnee, South Carolina

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Home on 'Scratch Hill, ' outside Atoka, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Home on "Scratch Hill, " outside Atoka, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home on "Scratch Hill, " outside Atoka, Oklahoma. "I was offered twenty dollars for that house. I pay six dollars rent a year, and have some chickens and a garden"

Background imageWorkwear Collection: The key figure in the 1936 presidential campaign, the American farmer, Oklahoma, 1936

The key figure in the 1936 presidential campaign, the American farmer, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The key figure in the 1936 presidential campaign, the American farmer. Oklahoma

Background imageWorkwear Collection: White tenant farmer works on shares, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

White tenant farmer works on shares, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
White tenant farmer works on shares. North Carolina

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Twelve year old son of a cotton sharecropper near Cleveland, Mississippi, 1937

Twelve year old son of a cotton sharecropper near Cleveland, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Twelve year old son of a cotton sharecropper near Cleveland, Mississippi

Background imageWorkwear Collection: White tenant farmer works on shares, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

White tenant farmer works on shares, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
White tenant farmer works on shares. North Carolina

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Cotton sharecropper family near Cleveland, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton sharecropper family near Cleveland, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton sharecropper family near Cleveland, Mississippi

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Ex-tenant farmer, now a day laborer on large cotton farm near Corsicana, Texas, 1937

Ex-tenant farmer, now a day laborer on large cotton farm near Corsicana, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ex-tenant farmer, now a day laborer on large cotton farm near Corsicana, Texas

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Cotton farmers near Oil City, Carter County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton farmers near Oil City, Carter County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton farmers near Oil City, Oklahoma, day laborers. Carter County, Oklahoma

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Relief client near Oil City, Carter County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Relief client near Oil City, Carter County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Relief client near Oil City, Oklahoma. Oil City is a source of heavy immigration to California. Carter County, Oklahoma

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Day laborer near Oil City, Carter County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Day laborer near Oil City, Carter County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Day laborer near Oil City, Oklahoma. Carter County, Oklahoma

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Tenant farmer spreading grasshopper bait... 5 miles from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937

Tenant farmer spreading grasshopper bait... 5 miles from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tenant farmer spreading grasshopper bait in his alfalfa field, five miles from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Background imageWorkwear Collection: FSA cooperative farm, Lake Dick, Arkansas, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

FSA cooperative farm, Lake Dick, Arkansas, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA) cooperative farm, Lake Dick, Arkansas. All farmers on this project are young Arkansas farmers selected from all parts of the state

Background imageWorkwear Collection: South Carolina sharecropper, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

South Carolina sharecropper, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
South Carolina sharecropper

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Hoe culture in the South - poor white, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Hoe culture in the South - poor white, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hoe culture in the South. Poor white, North Carolina

Background imageWorkwear Collection: North Carolina threshing, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

North Carolina threshing, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
North Carolina threshing

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Migrant shed worker, Northeast Florida, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant shed worker, Northeast Florida, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant shed worker. Northeast Florida

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Peach pickers, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Peach pickers, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Peach pickers. They earn seventy-five cents a day in the orchards. Muscella, Georgia

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils...off of cotton plants, Macon County, Georgia, 1937

Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils...off of cotton plants, Macon County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils which he has picked off of cotton plants. Macon County, Georgia. [Sack made from hog feed bag]

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils...off of cotton plants, Macon County, Georgia, 1937

Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils...off of cotton plants, Macon County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils which he has picked off of cotton plants. Macon County, Georgia

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Georgia peach pickers eating, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Georgia peach pickers eating, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Georgia peach pickers eating. Muscella, Georgia




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