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9 Memories, Stories & Photos about Dorothea

Kathy Pinna

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08/10/2011

Oklahoma Drought Refugees

Drought refugees from Oklahoma looking for work in the pea fields of California, near Mission San Jose. Names of people in photo unknown.

Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, photographer Dorothea Lange

Date & Place: March 1935 at Mission San Jose in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California USA

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Kathy Pinna

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08/08/2011

Drought Refugee Woman, California

A refugee from the Oklahoma drought, living in a "ditch bank camp" in the Imperial Valley, California. She looks so nice - it must have been difficult to keep everything neat and clean. Her name is unknown.

Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, photographer Dorothea Lange

Date & Place: March 1937 at Camp in Imperial Valley, California USA

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Oklahoma Migratory Workers in California

Kathy Pinna

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Oklahoma Migratory Workers in California

A family of Oklahoma migratory workers, who were washing in a hot spring in the desert of the Imperial Valley in California. After the Dust Bowl, many families from Oklahoma migrated to California, looking for work and better living conditions. It doesn't look much better for them, yet. The names of these people are unknown.

Photo courtesy the Library of Congress, photographer Dorothea Lange

Date & Place: March 1937 at Farm in Imperial Valley, California USA

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12/29/2011

Oklahoma Refugees, 1935

Refugees from Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl arrive in San Fernando, California. This (unnamed family) photo was taken in June of 1935 by Dorothea Lange, who documented many affects of the Dust Bowl on the farmers. The caption says: "More Oklahomans reach Calif. via the cotton fields of Ariz." The family seems to be carrying all of their possessions in their car and there is a box on the front bumper labeled "Scotch Soap'.

Date & Place: June 1935 in San Fernando, California United States of America

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01/05/2012

Dalhart Texas Farm, 1938 Dust Bowl

A farm in Dalhart Texas in 1938. The farm was affected by the Dust Bowl but remained occupied, at least in 1938. Others in the same area were abandoned. The owners were hardy people to remain on that land!

The photo was taken by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration.

Date & Place: June 1938 in Dalhart, Coldwater County, Texas United States of America

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01/05/2012

Texas Farm, Dust Bowl Devastation, 1938

A photo of an abandoned farm during the Dust Bowl in the Coldwater District, near Dalhart, Texas in June of 1938. The photo was taken by Dorothea Lange, who documented the Dust Bowl for the Farm Security Administration.

Date & Place: June 1938 in Dalhart, Coldwater County, Texas United States of America

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12/29/2011

West Texas, Dust Bowl 1937

A photo of unnamed west Texas farmers visiting the nearest town (also not identified) during the Dust Bowl in June of 1937. This photo was taken by Dorothea Lange who traveled the United States, documenting the Dust Bowl and the Depression for the Farm Security Administration.

Interesting note: Today, businesses don't want people "loitering" outside. In the 1930's, businesses supplied benches for people to sit and visit!

Date & Place: June 1937 in Texas United States of America

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12/29/2011

Dust Bowl Refugee from Oklahoma, 1937

An unidentified female Dust Bowl refugee from Chickasaw, Oklahoma. This photo was taken in the Imperial Valley, California in March of 1937 by Dorothea Lange, who took a collection of photos all over the United States in order to document the times (the Dust Bowl and the Depression in general) for the Farm Security Administration.

Date & Place: March 1937 at Imperial Valley in California United States of America

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Dust Bowl Refugee - California 1936

An unknown man, a Dust bowl refugee, in California in February of 1936. He is quoted on the original photo as saying : "We was starved out and we live on, perhaps. We could maybe find a little work if we could afford to roll"

I think this means that while he (and perhaps his family) were able to get to California from their home in the Southwest, he needed money to continue on to the fields in California. Many refugees traveled to the more fertile (and unaffected) farms in the valleys of California. Their descendants still live in California.

This photo was taken by Dorothea Lange, a photographer paid by the Farm Security Administration to document the effects of the Dust Bowl.

Date & Place: March 1936 in California United States of America

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