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 Children of Negroes dressed in Sunday best for ceremonies, memorial services. 

All Saint's Day, New Roads, Louisiana, November 1938

  

 Mrs. Erasty Emvich in her kitchen. Mrs. Emvich is the wife of a tenant farmer and mother of twelve children, eleven of them living. Near Battle Ground, Indiana, March 1937

  

 Mrs. Ray Allen and two of her children in their home 

near Black River Falls, Wisconsin, June 1937

  

 One of Erasty Emvich's sons weaving a rug in farmhouse near Battle Ground, Indiana. Mr. Emvich, tenant farmer and father of twelve children, also weaves in his spare time, March 1937

  

 Prizewinning stallion bought with Farm Services Administration loan to 

serve cooperative group in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, Summer 1939

  

 Railroad workers, Port Barre, Louisiana, October 1938

  

 Some of the residents of the transient camp operated by the state of Michigan at Hagerman Lake. About a hundred men are quartered here, mostly old lumberjacks, miners, and other unemployables. Some of these men stay for just a short time. When men come to camp they are usually undernourished. April-May 1937

 

Washday at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) 

Camelback Farms, Phoenix, Arizona, February-March 1942

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 Lumberjacks near Littlefork, Minnesota, July 1937

  

 Mrs. Smallwood and her baby in the shack which they 

share with another family near Alvin, Wisconsin, April 1937

  

Rural school in session near Tipler, Wisconsin, April 1937

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 Children of agricultural day laborer who was picking up potatoes. The father, an oil field worker, had deserted the family. The shack was near Vian, Oklahoma, June 1939

  

 Chuck and bedroll wagon of the tank gang on the highway. Near Marfa, Texas, May 1939

  

 Cowboy dishing up chili at noonday dinner. Cattle ranch near Marfa, Texas, May 1939

  

 Fun in the snow, Sequoia National Park, California, March 1942

  

 Fun in the snow, Sequoia National Park, California, March 1942

  

 Fun in the snow, Sequoia National Park, California, March 1942

  

 Fun in the snow, Sequoia National Park, California, March 1942

  

 Housewife boiling clothes, Chicot Farms, Arkansas, Jan 1939

  

Welding a rail near Port Barre, Louisiana, October 1938

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 Child of migrant worker in front of trailer home, Weslaco, Texas, January 1939

  

 Chopping ice before shaving it to be used in icing 

shrimp boat, Morgan City, Louisiana, October 1938

  

 Edgar Allen, wife, and children. They are tenants of private party on one hundred sixty acre farm near Milford, Iowa. Crop share lease, two-fifths of all crops and two hundred dollars rent. This is an extreme case of poverty in northwest Iowa. Children are very smart and seemingly very happy. December 1936

 

 Farm boys, Louisiana, October 1938

  

 Farm girl leaning on wagon, near Morganza, Louisiana, November 1938

  

 Farmer (widow) husking corn. She lives on Black Canyon Project and has a FSA (Farm Security Administration) loan. Canyon County, Idaho, November 1941

 

 Farmer's wife churning butter. Emmet County, Iowa, December 1936

  

 Flood refugees being fed at Tent City, near Shawneetown, Illinois. The people 

serving food are volunteers from among the flood refugees, April 1937

  

 Preparing dinner for the six hundred fifty flood refugees encamped 

at Tent City near Shawneetown, Illinois, April 1937

  

Pulling stones from cut-over land. Forest County, Wisconsin, April 1937

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 Agricultural workers wait in the clinic at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) 

farm workers community, Woodville, California, Mar 1942

  

 Bedding of agricultural workers' family near 

Vian, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, June 1939

  

 Buggy stopped on highway near Lafayette, Louisiana, October 1938

  

 Child at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) Camelback Farms, 

Phoenix, Arizona, February-March 1942

  

 Children of agricultural day laborers sitting on bench 

in front of small store near Vian, Oklahoma, June 1939

  

 Fisherman's home along the Bayou, Akers, Louisiana, October 1938

  

 Getting ready to depart from home in Oklahoma for trip 

to California, near Muskogee, Oklahoma, July 1939

  

 Interior of store. Section 30 near Winton, Minnesota, August 1937

  

 Migrant child sitting in back seat of family car east of 

Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, June 1939

  

 Oscar Gaither and family eating dinner. He is a tenant 

farmer near McLeansboro, Illinois, January 1937

  

Part of Earl Taylor's family near Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Taylor is the foreman of a RA (Resettlement Administration) project crew. He does not farm his land, June 1937

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 At the Imperial County Fair, California, February-March 1942

  

 Beer party given by contractor at the Umatilla Ordnance Depot 

for employees. Hermiston, Oregon, September 1941

  

 Children resting during recess at a rural school near Tipler, Wisconsin, May 1937

  

 Christmas dinner in home of Earl Pauley. Near Smithfield, Iowa. 

Dinner consisted of potatoes, cabbage and pie, December 1936

  

 Dinner in the home of William Howell. Near Tipler, Wisconsin, April 1937

  

 Girls checking quality of peas at canning factory. Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, July 1937

  

 Mrs. Herman Perry in her home at Mansfield, Michigan. She is the wife of an oldtime iron miner who worked in the mines before they were abandoned, May 1937

  

 Scene in Shawneetown, Illinois, April 1937

  

 Skylarking at the Imperial County Fair, California, February-March 1942

  

Trucks call for milk every morning on Indiana farms. Near Battle Ground, Indiana, Mar 1937