Cotton hoers leaving Greenville at 5 a.m. for a day's work on the plantations. Wages one dollar a day, one dollar and twenty-five cents on a few plantations. Hoers carry their lunches. They return about 8 p.m. Mississippi
This ex-tenant still lives on the plantation but works for wages of one dollar a day. He estimated that he worked about 190 days during 1936. Near Clarksdale, Mississippi
Japanese relocation, California. A view of the quarters at Manzanar, California, a War Relocation Authority Center where evacuees of Japanese ancestry will spend the duration. Mount Whitney, highest peak in the United States, is in the background
Japanese relocation, California. Newcomers at Santa Anita Park Assembly Center in Arcadia, California, receive vaccination against smallpox and typhoid fever. Under direction of Dr. Norman Kobayshi and nurses who also are evacuees of Japanese ancestry, they pass through the hospital at a rate of 400 an hour. Evacuees are transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration
San Leandro, Calif. Apr. 1942. Girls bunching young tomato plants on an Alameda County farm for one of the last shipments to market prior to evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry and housing in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war
San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. Customers buying merchandise in a store operated by a proprietor of Japanese ancestry, during a pre-evacuation sale. The operator, of Japanese descent, will be evacuated and will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war
Stockton, Calif. Apr. 1942. A Caterpillar tractor used intensively on this 1300 acre farm which was worked and managed by persons of Japanese ancestry before evacuation. Evacuees from military areas are housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration
Japanese berry farm, transferred to a Yugoslavian who came to the United States in 1933. The berry crop on this farm last year was worth about $5,000. It was left in perfect condition. Near Centerville, Alameda County, Calif.
Mountain View, Calif. Apr. 1942. A scene in an orchard of a 20-acre farm before the operators, of Japanese ancestry, were evacuated, to go to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war
San Francisco, Calif., April 1942 - Children of the Weill public school, from the so-called international settlement, shown in a flag pledge ceremony. Some of them are evacuees of Japanese ancestry who will be housed in War relocation authority centers for the duration
Oakland, Calif., Mar. 1942. A large sign reading "I am an American" placed in the window of a store, at 401 - 403 Eighth and Franklin streets, on December 8, the day after Pearl Harbor. The store was closed following orders to persons of Japanese descent to evacuate from certain West Coast areas. The owner, a University of California graduate, will be housed with hundreds of evacuees in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war
Three related drought refugee families stalled on the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico. From farms near Claremore, Oklahoma. Have been working as migratory workers in Calfornia and Arizona, now trying to get to Roswell, New Mexico, for work chopping cotton. Have car trouble and pulled up alongside the highway. "Would go back to Oklahoma but can't get along there. Can't feed the kids on what they give you (relief budget) and ain't made a crop there you might say for five years. Only other work there is fifty cents a day wages and the farmers can't pay it anyways." One of these families has lost two babies since they left their home in Oklahoma. The children, seventeen months and three years, died in the county hospital at Shafter California, from typhoid fever, resulting from unsanitary conditions in a labor camp
Untitled photo, possibly related to: Migratory family from Louisiana, been in California eighteen months now on Works Progress Administration (WPA), receives fifty-five dollars a month. No house available in nearest town under twenty dollars a month
Dorothea Lange, a rebellious visionary, fearlessly captured the untold stories of everyday people. Through her lens, she immortalized the raw beauty and resilience of humanity. Her photographs are portals to a bygone era, whispering tales of struggle and hope. Lange's legacy inspires us to see the world through empathy and truth.