Migrant Labor Camps in 1930s

Depicts various migrant labor camps, showcasing makeshift housing and the living conditions of agricultural workers and their families during the Dust Bowl era.

Migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento, California on the American River. About thirty families lived on this flat. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Sacramento (Calif.), California , Sacramento County, Internal migrants, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

Potato pickers' camp. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. General caption number 63-1. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Tulelake, California , Siskiyou County, Migrant agricultural laborers, Squatter settlements

Bean pickers' camp in grower's yard. No running water. Marion County, near West Stayton, Oregon. See general caption number 46. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , West Stayton, Oregon , Marion County, Migrant agricultural laborers, Children of migrant laborers

Poultry raising is one of the mainstays of the Arizona part-time farms. Chandler Unit, Maricopa County, Arizona 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona , Chandler, Arizona , Maricopa County

Migratory camp, California. Photographs. 1936. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Internal migrants, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

Migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento, California on the American River. About thirty families lived on this flat. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Sacramento (Calif.), California , Sacramento County, Internal migrants, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

Unloading corn stover to be ground into livestock feed. 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

Home of rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California. They bought twenty acres of raw unimproved land with a first payment of fifty dollars which was money saved out of relief budget (August 1936). 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Tulare County, Assistance, Rural families

Home of married couple working on Earl Fruit Company ranch. Kern County, California. These houses have been made from boxcars 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Kern County

Sheet metal isolation units at the migratory labor camp. Sinton, Texas. These will be used for isolation of people at the camp with contagious diseases of a temporary nature 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Sinton, Texas , San Patricio County

Squatter camp entering potato town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon. General caption number 64. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Malin, Oregon , Klamath County, Migrant agricultural laborers, Squatter settlements

Outskirts of Salinas, California. Rapidly growing settlement of lettuce workers. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Salinas (Calif.), California , Monterey County, Migrant agricultural laborers, Housing

Packing shed of fruit farmer. Placer County, California 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Placer County

Moving bag of wool, Rosebud County, Montana 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Texas tenant farmer's house. He operated this farm on thirds and fourths; that is, he supplies teams and tools, feed and seed to the owner's land. He has made no crop for four years but survives because of government checks for participation in crop reduction program. He has farmed for twenty years but plans to abandon farm in fall of 1937. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas, Farms, Tenant farmers, Farm buildings

Major Project. 1940-02-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Tractor plowing near abandoned and wrecked tenant house, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Wagoner County

Sharecropper's farm, Tangipahoa, La. 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Shacks occupied by Mexican beet workers. Near Fisher, Minnesota. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota , Fisher, Minnesota , Polk County

Arkansas squatter's home. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Texas tenant farmer's house. He operated this farm on thirds and fourths; that is, he supplies teams and tools, feed and seed to the owner's land. He has made no crop for four years but survives because of government checks for participation in crop reduction program. He has farmed for twenty years but plans to abandon farm in fall of 1937. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas, Farms, Tenant farmers, Farm buildings

Squatter camp. California Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran Cal. 1936. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Squatter settlements, Internal migrants, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939, Migrant agricultural laborers

Home of wheat farmer-speculator. Cheap house and heavy investment in machinery. Box Butte County, Nebraska 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Home Repair: Straight Pine, Bullhead District, Before. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Work Progressing. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Farmstead, Black Canyon Project, Canyon County, Idaho. The FSA (Farm Security Administration) is making special real estate loans to farmers on this project, and the new houses and barns are a striking feature at the development 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Canyon County

Self-help cooperative dairy. This dairy is being taken over by the Resettlement Administration. Near Santa Ana, California. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Santa Ana (Calif.), California , Orange County, Dairy farms, Farms, Dairying, Cooperative

House and packing shed of fruit farmer. Placer County, California. This man owns thirty acres, is considered an average owner in this section 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Placer County

The filter cleaning facility.

The aftermath of the landslide in Surte which occurred on September 29, 1950. Ongoing reconciliation work.

Seasoning - Air Drying. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Shacks used to house workers, Shellpile, New Jersey, in oyster packing plant 1938. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Bluecloud's New Home under Construction. 1920 - 1965. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sisseton Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Cowshed on farm of negro farmer in McIntosh County, Oklahoma 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , McIntosh County

Farm with a yard in Beek (Gelderland), Folkert Idzes de Jong, c. 1905 - c. 1907 photograph Part of topographical album of Dutch villages and towns 1905. Beek photographic support farm (building). four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach. wooden container: barrel, cask (+ wood and other phytogenic material). meadow, pasture (+ landscape with figures, staffage) Beek

Men working on the foundations of a house at the Greenhills project. Ohio. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Ohio , Greenhills, Ohio , Hamilton County

Self-help cooperative dairy. This dairy is being taken over by the Resettlement Administration. Near Santa Ana, California. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Santa Ana (Calif.), California , Orange County, Farms, Dairying, Cooperative, Dairy farms

One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon. General caption number 64. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Malin, Oregon , Klamath County, Migrant agricultural laborers, Squatter settlements

Part of Bull tract near Marysville, California. Houses set on half and one acre lot are sold to workers who build their houses on them. (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 , Marysville, California , Yuba County

Vintage Photograph. Truck pulls up to Home construction $20-$30,000.

A successful rehabilitation client and some of the farm animals purchased with Resettlement Administration aid. Kinston, North Carolina Some of the chickens bought through the RA loan. Kinston, N.C. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. North Carolina , Kinston, North Carolina , Lenoir County, Farms, Assistance, Farmers

Farming (Pigs). 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Tree Seeds - Extracting. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Barnyard on farm in Orange County near Bradford, Vermont 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Vermont , Bradford, Vermont , Orange County

Stand for strapping in horses while being shod. Forest County lumber camp. Wisconsin. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Wisconsin , Forest County

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. Father was a coal miner in Tennessee. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Sacramento (Calif.), California , Sacramento County, Migrant laborers, Migrant agricultural laborers, Internal migrants

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

Building Construction (Laying Rubberized Roofing). 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

After corn is shelled the cobs are stored for fuel, Grundy County, Iowa 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Woodworking companies of the 4th K.U.K. Army in Dorohusk.

Commissary in the labor contractor's pea pickers camp. Canyon County, Idaho. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Canyon County

Mill of abandoned gold mine in San Juan County, Colorado 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado , San Juan County

United States government camp for migrants (Farm Security Administration), Farmersville, California. Prefabricated steel dwellings "one step up from a tent" replace the use of tents in the newer California camps. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Farmersville, California , Tulare County, Migrant agricultural laborers, Internal migrants, Labor camps, Housing

Mining town. West Virginia. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Farmyard scene in Russia. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item, No. 64, Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection .

Houses of oil field workers in Hobbs, New Mexico 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Hobbs, New Mexico , Lea County

Crude Products: Fuelwood - North Carolina. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Quarters provided sugar beet worker family on farm near Chaska, Minnesota. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota , Chaska, Minnesota , Carver County

Arkansawyers auto camp. Ten cabins which rent for ten dollars a month with iron bed and electric light, one room. Greenfield, Salinas Valley, California. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Greenfield, California , Monterey County, Migrant laborers, Migrant agricultural laborers, Housing

Storage of wheat combine. Idaho County, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Idaho County

Oostzijde van suikerfabriek () Soemberkareng.On the left is a man, in the background a sugar factory () Is visible.

Brevens Bruks sawmill at Kilsmo.

Fall scene on farm. Notice hay in the mow and sleigh before the door. Farm near Bradford, Vermont, Orange County 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Vermont , Bradford, Vermont , Orange County

Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran, California. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Corcoran, California , Kings County, Migrant agricultural laborers

Farmyard of Matt Henry near Tipler, Wisconsin. A primitive water tank hollowed from a tree and a windlass still in operation. Farmers in this region have to make many of their own devices because of lack of funds to purchase manufactured equipment. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Wisconsin , Tipler, Wisconsin , Florence County

Farming. 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Automobile salvage business. Muskogee, Oklahoma 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Muskogee, Oklahoma , Muskogee County

Austin B. Gross, barn and sheds, Prescott, Mass., Feb. 14, 1928 : Parcel no. 448-9, Austin B. Gross , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, barns, sheds storage structures

Machinery outside , Machinery, Fences Edgar Sutton Dorr Photograph Collection

Interior of shed on farm of Perry Warner. Tehama County, California 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Tehama County

Moving of the goods magazine

Camp of migrant agricultural day laborers who moved their goods along the road in this push cart. Camp is near Vian, Oklahoma, Sequoyah County 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Vian, Oklahoma , Sequoyah Coounty

Strawberry grower's shack, Hammond, Louisiana. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Three Men Working on Jennie Thompson Home. 1920 - 1965. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sisseton Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Fruit farmer in springhouse. Placer County, California. Notice the electric pump which makes possible running water in the house 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Placer County

Strawberry grower's shack, Hammond, Louisiana. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Small Sawmills (mold) - Florida. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Son of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, carrying hay into barn to feed mule while his brother pitches down the hay from the loft above. Creek County, Oklahoma 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Creek County

Naval Stores - Florida. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Assistant house on a tobacco plantation in Sumatra with an ox cart and plantation workers in the foreground, Carl J. Kleingprotheke, in or before 1898 photomechanical print Part of album with heliogravures of Sumatra's East Coast. Sumatramünchen paper plantation. tobacco. two-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle. working class, labourers Sumatra

Banvaktstuga.

Houses of oil field workers in Hobbs, New Mexico 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Hobbs, New Mexico , Lea County

Shafter camp for migrant workers (Farm Security Administration-FSA), California. Tent platforms are supplied. Workers supply their own tents. The newer camps are experimenting with prefabricated steel one-room houses. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Shafter, California , Kern County, Internal migrants, Migrant agricultural laborers, Labor camps

Cotton pickers in south Texas. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas, Cotton picking, Cotton pickers, Agricultural laborers, Cotton

Cauliflower checking shed on the farm of FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation client Serepio Medina. Costilla County, Colorado 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

This ex-tenant still lives on the plantation but works for wages of one dollar a day. He estimated that he worked about 190 days during 1936. Near Clarksdale, Mississippi. 1937 - 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mississippi , Clarksdale, Plantations, Agricultural laborers

Project 20 - Operation Greenhouse (Enewetak) Test Activities. Post Shot Easy - Damage to building 323B. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Elsevier photo collection. Genemuiden. Haypets cornstuffs. July 1931. Genemuiden

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

Administrative Site - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Workers, Vehicles, Camp Tent. Original Title: Miscellaneous. 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

El Monte Federal Subsistence Homesteads. 100 homes, all occupied. Each with nearly an acre of ground. Average family income $800 year. Calif. 1936. Photographs. 1936. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , El Monte, California , Los Angeles County, Homesteading

Houses of oil field workers in Hobbs, New Mexico 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Hobbs, New Mexico , Lea County

Primitive hog pen built by itinerant statue maker and day laborer camped on Poteau Creek near Spiro, Oklahoma. Sequoyah County 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Spiro, Oklahoma , Poteau Creek

The Woodcutters. William Henry Fox Talbot (English, 1800 - 1877)

Farmyard, 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

Post office on land use project at Las Cruces, New Mexico 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Houses inhabited by oyster workers, Shellpile, New Jersey 1938. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Major Project. 1940-02-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Pea pickers' camp near San Jose, California. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , San Jose (Calif.), California , Santa Clara County, Migrant agricultural laborers

Trucks from a small sawmill stand in front of the cabins at 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

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