DorotheaLange

DorotheaLange, 8 days ago to random

Wife and child of sharecropper near Gaffney, South Carolina. The farmer does a little day labor for his landlord. He received fifty cents a day in 1936, sixty to seventy-five cents in 1937

#Gaffney #SouthCarolina #theGreatDepression

DorotheaLange, 16 days ago to oregon

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Oregon, Marion County, near West Stayton. Large private auto camp in woods at end of day. Bean pickers from many states. Refer to general caption 46

#Oregon #MarionCounty #WestStayton

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017772872/

DorotheaLange, 18 days ago to oregon

Bean pickers tent, one of fourteen in a group on grower's property, adjoining the bean field. Near West Stayton Marion County, Oregon. See general caption number 46

#MarionCounty #Oregon

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017773301/

DorotheaLange, 19 days ago to memphis

Butter bean vines across the porch. quarter in Memphis, Tennessee

#Memphis #Tennessee

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017770578/

DorotheaLange, 23 days ago to california

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Living conditions for migrant potato pickers. Note potato sheds across the road. Siskiyou County, California. General caption number 63-1

#SiskiyouCounty #California

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017773341/

DorotheaLange, 24 days ago to northcarolina

Thirteen year old daughter of sharecropper planting sweet potatoes. She walks down the row and places the young plants in the holes her father has dug with a hoe. They will return down the row, water the plants with a bucket, then cover the roots with earth. Her father hopes to send her to school. Note pine woods and light colored soil. Near Olive Hill, North Carolina

#OliveHill #NorthCarolina

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017772304/

DorotheaLange, 25 days ago to california

Potato harvesters. Kern County, California

#KernCounty #California #ModelT

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017760272/

DorotheaLange, 25 days ago to oregon

This family came to the potato harvest after the Oregon hop harvest. In FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp unit. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

#Oregon #Merrill #KlamathCounty #theGreatDepression

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017774397/

DorotheaLange, 27 days ago to california

Camp of single men during potato harvest. Note packing shed across the road. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. General caption number 63-1

#Tulelake #SiskiyouCounty #California

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017773402/

DorotheaLange, 28 days ago to california

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Bindle stiffs in town three weeks before opening of Klamath Basin potato harvest. California, Siskiyou County, Tule Lake

#Bindle #KlamathBasin #California #SiskiyouCounty #TuleLake

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017773319/

DorotheaLange, 30 days ago to california

Migrant potato pickers pitching their tent. Often they are without water and sanitary conditions. Near Shafter, California

#Shafter #California

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017769922/