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On the Road: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/01/2007 - 3:17am.
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On the road with her family one month from South Dakota. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, Calif. September 1939. View full size. Photograph by Dorothea Lange.
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Wapato Ennui: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/01/2007 - 2:59am.
"Washington, Yakima Valley, near Wapato. One of Chris Adolph's younger children. Farm Security Administration Rehabilitation clients." August 1939. View full size. Photograph by Dorothea Lange.
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A Place to Call Home: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/01/2007 - 2:57am.
"Youngest little girl of motherless family." Toppenish in the Yakima Valley of Washington State. August 1939. View full size. Photograph by Dorothea Lange.
Dust Bowl Kids: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/01/2007 - 2:54am.
"Children of Oklahoma drought refugee in migratory camp in California." November 1936. View full size. Photograph by Dorothea Lange.
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Tater Tot: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/01/2007 - 2:52am.
Family of migrant potato pickers in Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. September 1939. View full size. Photograph by Dorothea Lange.
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Mobile Home: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/01/2007 - 2:51am.
"To serve the crops of California, thousands of families live on wheels. Near Bakersfield, California." View full size. Photograph by Dorothea Lange.
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R.P. Bean Ranch: c. 1910
Submitted by Ken on Fri, 06/01/2007 - 1:01am.
The R.P. Bean Ranch, with four cowboys and three horses, near Van Horn, Texas, c. 1910. View full size (Courtesy Portal to Texas History).
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