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

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Man in bill cap and dungaree coat, possibly a farmer, between 1941 and 1942. Creator: Unknown

Man in bill cap and dungaree coat, possibly a farmer, between 1941 and 1942. Creator: Unknown
Man in bill cap and dungaree coat, possibly a farmer

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Mr. Leatherman, homesteader, shooting hawks... Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee

Mr. Leatherman, homesteader, shooting hawks... Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee
Mr. Leatherman, homesteader, shooting hawks which have been carrying away his chickens, Pie Town, New Mexico

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Migratory worker, FSA... camp, Robstown, Tex. 1942. Creator: Arthur Rothstein

Migratory worker, FSA... camp, Robstown, Tex. 1942. Creator: Arthur Rothstein
Migratory worker, FSA [Farm Security Administration] camp, Robstown, Texas

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Factory worker at the Paragon Rubber Company, Massachusetts. 1936 (b / w photo)

Factory worker at the Paragon Rubber Company, Massachusetts. 1936 (b / w photo)
875298 Factory worker at the Paragon Rubber Company, Massachusetts. 1936 (b/w photo) by Hine, Lewis Wickes (1874-1940); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Pea picker at the end of the day, near Calipatria, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pea picker at the end of the day, near Calipatria, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Calipatria. Pea picker at the end of the day

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Pea pickers, end of the day, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pea pickers, end of the day, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pea pickers. End of the day. Near Calipatria. California

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Pea pickers coming into the weigh master, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pea pickers coming into the weigh master, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pea pickers coming into the weigh master. Near Calipatria, California

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Hop farmers sons, washing for noon meal on back porch, Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939

Hop farmers sons, washing for noon meal on back porch, Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oregon. Independence, Polk County. Hop farmers sons, washing for noon meal on back porch. They supervise the migratory workers in the field and tend to the weighing of hops

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Mr. Bosley of Bosley reorganization unit, Baca County, Colorado, feeding a sow, 1938

Mr. Bosley of Bosley reorganization unit, Baca County, Colorado, feeding a sow, 1938. Creator: Russell Lee
Mr. Bosley of Bosley reorganization unit, Baca County, Colorado, feeding a sow

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Truck drivers for the Alaska Coal Company, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks

Truck drivers for the Alaska Coal Company, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Truck drivers for the Alaska Coal Company

Background imageWorkwear Collection: California State Employment Service office, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

California State Employment Service office, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California State Employment Service office. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. This office is 500 yards from potato pickers camp

Background imageWorkwear Collection: On main street of potato town during harvest season, Merrill, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

On main street of potato town during harvest season, Merrill, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On main street of potato town during harvest season. Merrill, Oregon. [Klamath potatoes for sale. Sgns: Stolt Lodge Spud Cellar ; Welards Soft Drinks on Tap ]

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Non-farm migrants from Mississippi, came west in 1935, Gilchrist, Oregon, 1939

Non-farm migrants from Mississippi, came west in 1935, Gilchrist, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Non-farm migrants from Mississippi, came west in 1935. They have just applied for work in the Gilchrist lumber mill. Gilchrist, Oregon

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Pond monkey channels log raft, Keno, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pond monkey channels log raft, Keno, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pond monkey channels log raft. Keno, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Pond monkey steers log raft in mill pond, Keno, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

Pond monkey steers log raft in mill pond, Keno, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pond monkey steers log raft in mill pond. Keno, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Pond monkey carrying cable from mill shed to pond, Keno, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

Pond monkey carrying cable from mill shed to pond, Keno, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pond monkey carrying cable from mill shed to pond. Keno, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Klamath Basin potato farmer, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Klamath Basin potato farmer, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Klamath Basin potato farmer. He remembers when the first carload of potatoes left this valley in 1910. In 1934 he lost thirty-five hundred dollars on forty-eight acres of potatoes

Background imageWorkwear Collection: In FSA migratory labor camp, Sinclair Ranch, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

In FSA migratory labor camp, Sinclair Ranch, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
In Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp. Family, mother, father and eleven children, originally from Oklahoma, where he had been a tenant farmer

Background imageWorkwear Collection: One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Row boss, formerly a pea picker, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Row boss, formerly a pea picker, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Row boss. Formerly a pea picker. Near Calipatria, California

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Pea pickers waiting at FSA office for issue of surplus commodities, Calipatria, California, 1939

Pea pickers waiting at FSA office for issue of surplus commodities, Calipatria, California, 1939
Pea pickers waiting at Farm Security Administration (FSA) office for issue of surplus commodities. Calipatria, California

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Half-grown farm boy on main drugstore corner in town, Medford, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Half-grown farm boy on main drugstore corner in town, Medford, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oregon. Medford. Half-grown farm boy on main drugstore corner in town

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Fisherman taking on mackerel aboard the Alden, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1943

Fisherman taking on mackerel aboard the Alden, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Fisherman taking on mackerel aboard the Alden. Gloucester, Massachusetts

Background imageWorkwear Collection: New England fisherman checking baskets of fish as they are lifted from his ship, New York, 1943

New England fisherman checking baskets of fish as they are lifted from his ship, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
New York, New York. New England fisherman checking baskets of fish as they are lifted from his ship

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Gloucester, Massachusetts. Lorenzo Scola maneuvers ship during mackerel chase, 1943

Gloucester, Massachusetts. Lorenzo Scola maneuvers ship during mackerel chase, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Gloucester, Massachusetts. Lorenzo Scola maneuvers ship during mackerel chase

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Vito Camella hollers for help to anchor a dory, Glocester, Massachusetts, 1943

Vito Camella hollers for help to anchor a dory, Glocester, Massachusetts, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Vito Camella hollers for help to anchor a dory. Glocester, Massachusetts

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Mackerel fishing, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks

Mackerel fishing, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Mackerel fishing, Gloucester, Massachusetts. Raking mackerel into the ice hole

Background imageWorkwear Collection: New England fishermen resting on the Fulton docks, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks

New England fishermen resting on the Fulton docks, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
New York, New York. New England fishermen resting on the Fulton docks

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Tulare County, at Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp at Farmersville, California, 1939

Tulare County, at Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp at Farmersville, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tulare County, at Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp at Farmersville, California

Background imageWorkwear Collection: George Cleaver, new farmer, has five boys, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

George Cleaver, new farmer, has five boys, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
George Cleaver, new farmer, has five boys. The three older boys, ages twelve, sixteen, and eighteen, are needed at home to develop the farm and do not go to school. Malheur County, Oregon

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Mother of migrant family sewing, near Vale, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mother of migrant family sewing, near Vale, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mother of migrant family sewing. Near Vale, Malheur County, Oregon

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Stephen brothers, Nyssa Heights district, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Stephen brothers, Nyssa Heights district, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Stephen brothers. Joe, Jim, Eugene, Fred. All from Nebraska. All good farmers. Their combine purchased by FSA (Farm Security Administration) cooperators loan

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Stephen brothers, Joe, Jim, Eugene, Fred, Nyssa Heights district, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939

Stephen brothers, Joe, Jim, Eugene, Fred, Nyssa Heights district, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Stephen brothers. Joe, Jim, Eugene, Fred. All from Nebraska. All good farmers. Their combine purchased by FSA (Farm Security Administration) cooperators loan

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Oklahoman, worked three years as farm laborer... near Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939

Oklahoman, worked three years as farm laborer... near Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoman, worked three years as farm laborer, starts next year on his own place. Quit school after third day. Can neither read nor write. Is " best farm laborer" this farmer ever had

Background imageWorkwear Collection: The Fairbanks home (FSA), Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The Fairbanks home (FSA), Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Fairbanks home (FSA - Farm Security Administration). Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Mr. Roberts in front of his Owyhee project home, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939

Mr. Roberts in front of his Owyhee project home, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mr. Roberts in front of his Owyhee project home. Malheur County, Oregon

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Farmer in his field getting ready to mow hay, Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farmer in his field getting ready to mow hay, Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Possibly related to: Mr. Browning in his field getting ready to mow hay. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Here are the farmers who have bought machinery... West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon, 1939

Here are the farmers who have bought machinery... West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Here are the farmers who have bought machinery cooperatively. Photographed just before they go to dinner on the Miller farm where they are working. West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Couple who have raised ten children on reclaimed land... Irrigon, Morrow County, Oregon, 1939

Couple who have raised ten children on reclaimed land... Irrigon, Morrow County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Couple who have raised ten children on reclaimed land which they cleared twenty years ago. Irrigon, Morrow County, Oregon

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Here are the farmers who have bought machin... West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon

Here are the farmers who have bought machin... West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Here are the farmers who have bought machinery cooperatively. Photographed just before they go to dinner on the Miller farm where they are working. West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Possibly: One of the younger Cleaver boys on new farm in Malheur County, Oregon, 1939

Possibly: One of the younger Cleaver boys on new farm in Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: One of the younger Cleaver boys on new farm in Malheur County, Oregon]

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Stephens brothers, who own combine cooperatively... Nyssa Heights district, Oregon, 1939

Stephens brothers, who own combine cooperatively... Nyssa Heights district, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Stephens brothers, who own combine cooperatively, getting ready to go out to their lettuce field after dinner. Nyssa Heights district, Malheur County, Oregon

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Mr. Roberts, FSA borrower, Owyhee project, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mr. Roberts, FSA borrower, Owyhee project, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mr. Roberts, FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower. Owyhee project. Malheur County, Oregon

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Mr. Granger, seen in doorway of his new barn, Yamhill County, Willamette Valley, Oregon, 1939

Mr. Granger, seen in doorway of his new barn, Yamhill County, Willamette Valley, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mr. Granger, seen in doorway of his new barn. Yamhill County, Willamette Valley, Oregon. Yamhill farms FSA (Farm Security Administration) project. [Wearing Powr House dungarees]

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Yardmen, Grand Island, Nebraska, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Yardmen, Grand Island, Nebraska, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Yardmen. Grand Island, Nebraska

Background imageWorkwear Collection: The 'Challenger', Grand Island, Nebraska, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The "Challenger", Grand Island, Nebraska, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The " Challenger." Grand Island, Nebraska

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Farmer who has small plot... on outskirts of Salinas, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farmer who has small plot... on outskirts of Salinas, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmer who has small plot in rapidly growing settlement of lettuce workers on outskirts of Salinas, California

Background imageWorkwear Collection: Bud Fields, Tengle boy, and Floyd Burroughs on Frank Tengles porch, Hale County, Alabama, 1936

Bud Fields, Tengle boy, and Floyd Burroughs on Frank Tengles porch, Hale County, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Bud Fields, Tengle boy, and Floyd Burroughs on Frank Tengles porch, Hale County, Alabama




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