Historical Migrant Life Scenes

Black and white photographs capturing the daily lives of migrants in the 1930s and 40s, depicting open-air markets and tent interiors, highlighting their struggles and resilience.

Interior of white migrant's tent. Harlingen, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Harlingen, Texas , Cameron County

First washing of carrots on truck. Elsa, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Elsa, Texas , Hidalgo County

Mr. Keele examining wares of fruit and vegetables trucker, Pie Town, New Mexico. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pie Town, New Mexico , Catron County

Putting bale of cotton onto hand truck. Compress, Houston, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Houston, Texas , Harris County

Interior of white migrant's tent. Harlingen, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Harlingen, Texas , Cameron County

Blacksmith. Depew, Oklahoma 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Depew, Oklahoma , Creek County

Scene in show barn at San Angelo Fat Stock Show. San Angelo, Texas. These trunks containing the cowboys' personal gear and supplies for keeping the stock in show condition always accompany the cattlemen who are showing stock 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Angelo, Texas , Tom Green County

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Tennessee. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Enrollee Mechanics Overhauling Trucks and Caterpillar Tractors at CCC Garage: Fort Yates, ND. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Tenant farmer loading melons and vegetables on his truck for delivery into market at Muskogee, Oklahoma. This year many vegetables were brought back from town when prices offered were ruinessly low and were there fed to hogs. Refer to general caption numb. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Muskogee, Oklahoma , Muskogee County

Fish parts (heads, tails) which will be boiled to extract oil which is used in packing salmon and has high vitamin content. Columbia River Packing Association, Astoria, Oregon 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Astoria, Oregon , Clatsop County

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Vermont. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Man operating machine , Armories, Ordnance industry, Machinery, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Loading fruit into truck for shipment at produce company warehouse. Santa Clara, Utah 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Utah , Santa Clara, Utah , Washington County

Sheep shearers on ranch in Malheur County, Oregon. The cord around the waist of man on right is used to sew up the sacks which contain wool. These sheep shearers travel in outfit of which man on left is boss, has about twenty members 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Malheur County

Hydraulic pressure is applied to bags of crushed olives to force out the oil. The first pressing extracts about seventy-five percent of the entire oil content. This is fine virgin olive oil. Lindsay, California 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Lindsay, California , Tulare County

Community Forests - Maine. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Throwing fleece up to be put into sack. Sheep shearing time on ranch in Malheur County, Oregon 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Malheur County

Oiler at locker. Streetcar terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma , Oklahoma County

Equipment. 1941-01-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Bakery Stumholmen.Kronoageriet (1863) (depicted name)

Elsevier photo collection. Royal Dutch Salt Industry Boekelo Hengelo. Salt extraction. Salt transportation factory. 1940. Hengelo, Overijssel

Carpenter building house on Black Canyon Project. Canyon County, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Canyon County

Loading round bales of cotton onto conveyer at compress, Houston, Texas. These are not full bales 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Houston, Texas , Harris County

Elsevier photo collection. Report stone bakery. 1940-1945}. Gelderland

Sweeping up around the machine which removes the linters from the seed. Cotton seed oil mill. McLennan County, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , McLennan County

Tying the lantern onto the back of improvised truck which will travel to California near Muskogee, Oklahoma. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Muskogee, Oklahoma , Muskogee County

Description: Sisal growing in Kenya. G.213/12. Feeding the decorticator. Irregularity on table is due to temporary stoppage. The machine is British. Location: Kenya kenya, sisal, africa

Vintage Photograph. A man cutting a piece of plywood. Frame 2.

Piling picked turkeys on racks. Cooperative poultry house, Brownwood, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Brownwood, Texas , Brown County

Veneer and Plywood Making - Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Metal-Repair Class (Cleaning a Block). 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Mexican woman washing clothes in back of house. San Antonio, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Antonio, Texas , Bexar County

Lee Wagoner, Black Canyon Project farmer, gets feed for his cattle. Canyon County, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Canyon County

The sawmill in operation. It was built by the farmer members of the Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho. General caption 48. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Ola (Idaho), Idaho , Gem County, Sawmills

Repairing caterpillar tractor in repair shop at Colfax, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Colfax, Washington (State) , Whitman County

Miners drawing drinking water at Old Ben No. 8 mine, West Frankfort, Illinois 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Paul Erickson, owner of forty acres of land in Yuba County, California. He is working on his tractor. He has diversified fruit farm with a federal land bank loan and production credit loan. (see full title in notes section) 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Yuba County

Feeding hop vines into stationary-type mechanical picker. Yakima County, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Yakima County

Looking at an exhibit of needle work at Gonzales, Texas, county fair 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Gonzales, Texas , Gonzales County

Oilers at streetcar terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma , Oklahoma County

Workmen put crushed olives into heavy bags which will be put under hydraulic pressure to extract the oil. It takes an average of fifty-six pounds of olives to make a gallon of oil. Lindsay, California 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Lindsay, California , Tulare County

Negro working on machine in cotton seed oil mill. McLennan County, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , McLennan County

Removing olive pulp from bags after the oil has been extracted by means of hydraulic pressure. Lindsay, California 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Lindsay, California , Tulare County

Machinery for running ferris wheel with dozing attendant, So. La. state fair, Donaldsonville, La. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Louisiana , Donaldsonville, Louisiana , Ascension Parish

State Railways, SJ Elllok Littera Mg.

Farm worker who lives at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm family migratory labor camp. Yakima, Washington. He is attending the WPA (Work Projects Administration) apple packing school at the camp 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Yakima, Washington (State) , Yakima County

Machine for cleaning cotton linters which are used to stuff mattresses. Mattress factory. San Angelo, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Angelo, Texas , Tom Green County

An FSA Farm Security Administration supervisor consults a borrower about unsanitary water supply; Safe well demonstration, near La Plata, Maryland Charles County, July 1941.. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Maryland, Backyards, Wells, African American men, La Plata (Md.)

Living conditions of workers in agriculture on whom depend the crops of California. Family of migratory cotton pickers, originally from Oklahoma, living in abandoned cow barn. Note bed in corner. Kern County, California. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Kern County, Migrant agricultural laborers, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939, Depressions

Farmer of Spanish extraction husking corn, Concho, Arizona. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona , Concho, Arizona , Apache County

Saddle maker tamping leather in place after cementing it. Saddle shop, Alpine, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Alpine, Texas , Brewster County

Handling crate of chickens at cooperative poultry house. Brownwood, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Brownwood, Texas , Brown County

Elevator attendant putting sample of wheat into sacks. Elevator at Eureka, Walla Walla County, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Eureka, Washington (State) , Walla Walla County

Salinas, California. Intercontinetal rubber producers. Putting glass frames over drying guayule seed at the nursery 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Salinas, California , Monterey County

Spreading out green hops in drying room of kiln. Yakima County, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Yakima County

Wheat farmer's hands on gear levers of caterpillar tractor used to draw combine. Whitman County, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Whitman County

Elsevier photo collection. Flower transmission KLM. Flower transmission KLM flower own packaging method. 1937. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Fishing - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Sawmill Interiors - New York. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Unloading truckload of cotton. Compress, Houston, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Houston, Texas , Harris County

Feed Mill, Taylor, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Taylor, Texas , Williamson County

Spreading out green hops in drying room of kiln. Yakima County, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Yakima County

Young boy packing shingles at small mill near Jefferson, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Jefferson, Texas , Marion County

In the stock show barns at the Imperial County Fair, California 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Imperial County

Operator of winding machine in Laurel Cotton Mill repairing break in thread. Laurel, Mississippi. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mississippi , Laurel

Installation of slow chopper , Armories, Ordnance industry, Nuclear reactors, Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center U.S.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Cook of the SMS Ranch in front of the covered end of the chuck wagon. Ranch near Spur, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Spur, Texas , Dickens County

Loading sheep into stockcars, Denver, Colorado 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Injuries after collision between a rail bus and an ore train on the Ofotenbanan.

Corner of bakery with machine which forms dough into rolls. Bakery, San Angelo, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Angelo, Texas , Tom Green County

Mexican trucker eating lunch atop bales of cotton. Compress, Houston, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Houston, Texas , Harris County

Veneer and Plywood Making - Vermont. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Folke Lundin with colleague loads a freight wagon at AB Iron Processing.

Dumping peanuts into conveyor hopper. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Comanche, Texas , Comanche County

Installing wallboard in a house. Greenhills project, Ohio. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Ohio , Greenhills, Ohio , Hamilton County

Checking in equipment from FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camps as it arrives at the FSA permanent camp at Caldwell, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Caldwell, Idaho , Canyon County

Packing turkeys into boxes at cold storage plant. Brownwood, Texas. Brownwood is one of the largest shipping plants for turkeys 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Brownwood, Texas , Brown County

Stirring up curd after salt has been added. Tillamook cheese plant, Tillamook, Oregon 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Tillamook, Oregon , Tillamook County

Oiling the combine. Walla Walla County, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Walla Walla County

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Tennessee. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Installing wallboard in a house at the Greenhills project, Ohio. Note sound proofing and insulation. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Ohio , Greenhills, Ohio , Hamilton County

Laundry at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) migratory labor camp mobile unit. Wilder, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Wilder, Idaho , Canyon County

Photo collection Government information service. Wieringermeer, inundation and reconstruction. undated. Noord-Holland, Wieringermeer

Garbage disposal and water supply at end of the row shelters in Agua Fria Migratory Labor Camp, Arizona. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona , Agua Fria, Arizona , Maricopa County

Camp cook making rolls. Logging camp near Effie, Minnesota. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota , Effie, Minnesota , Itasca County

Contract No. 85, Manufacture and Delivery of Precast Concrete Steel Cylinder Pipe, Southborough, Framingham, Wayland, Natick, Weston, closure seam well, Natick, Mass., May 29, 1939

Commercial canning kitchen near Huntsville, Arkansas 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Tapping a blast furnace for slag, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1938. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Refilling of gear unit.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Specially charged cocoa culture Manokwari agricultural engineer A. Poyck. arfak-Papua charged expert bee seedlings. June 1954. Manokwari, Guinea

Farm workers fixing up the tent in which they will live at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) migratory labor camp mobile unit. Wilder, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Wilder, Idaho , Canyon County

Packing butter into tubs at the Dairymen's Cooperative Creamery. Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho. This co-op is sixteen years old. During the year of 1940 nearly 4,000,000 pounds of butter fat were received at the creamery 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Caldwell, Idaho , Canyon County

Negro workers and beans in the vegetable canning plant. Dania, Florida 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Handling sacks of cotton seed cake meal at cotton seed oil mill. McLennan County, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , McLennan County

Putting cans of salmon in trays before placing in ovens, where they will be cooked one and a half hours. Columbia River Packing Association, Astoria, Oregon 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Astoria, Oregon , Clatsop County

Tomato peddler asleep in back of his truck at early morning vegetable market. San Antonio, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Antonio, Texas , Bexar County

Packing turkeys at coop poultry house. Brownwood, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Brownwood, Texas , Brown County

Self-Master Colony - Rug making

Bridge construction at Viskafors. On the line between Varberg - Borås.

Sonoma County, California. Casks of aging wine 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Sonoma County

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