Alabama Negro working in field near Eutaw, Alabama, 1936
Bob Lemmons, Carrizo Springs, Texas. Born a slave about 1850,
south of San Antonio. Came to Carrizo Springs during the Civil War with
white cattlemen seeking new range. In 1865, with his master was one of
the first settlers. Knew Billy the Kid, King Fisher, and other noted
bad men of the border. 1936
Colored family from near Houston, Texas, been in California two years, 1939
Cotton picker, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936
Cow Hollow farmer from Oklahoma, has received FSA loan to help them establish their new place. Wife is co-signer with her husband on chattel mortgage. She signs with an "X."
Malheur County, Oregon, 1939
Eighty year old woman living in squatters' camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California. "If you lose your pluck you lose the most there is in you - all you've got to live with." 1936
Farm family in the cut-over land, Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939
Lunchtime for cotton hoers, Mississippi Delta, 1937
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