Wife and five children of migratory fruit worker. American River camp on outskirts of Sacramento, California. Have worked in the fruit since 1931. "We don't make a living, but we live on what we make"
Untitled photo, possibly related to: Nurse making her rounds, late in the afternoon. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. Unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp
Yakima Indian village, on the Columbia River, inhabited during salmon season. After the fishing is over they return to the Yakima Valley. Indian girl: "They don't want to live better. The government is trying to make them." Celilo, Wasco County, Oregon
Washington, Yakima Valley, near Wapato. One tenant purchase program (Farm Security Administration) client, Jacob N. Schrock. This family with eight children had lived for twenty-five years on a rocky, rented farm in this valley. They now own forty eight acres of good land, this good house, price six thousand seventy hundred and seventy dollars. They raise hay, grain, dairy and hogs. Mrs. Schrock says "Quite a lot of difference between that old rock pile, and around here."
Stump farm seen from the road. Note stump pile in distant field at left, where the bulldozer has just cleared another patch. Farm Security Administration (FSA) borrowers on non-commercial experiment plan. Name of client: "Olds." Western Washington, Thurston County, Michigan Hill. General caption thirty six
Home of rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California. They bought twenty acres of raw unimproved land with a first payment of fifty dollars which was money saved out of relief budget (August 1936). They received a Farm Security Administration (FSA) loan of seven hundred dollars for stock and equipment. Now they have a one-room shack, seven cows, three sows, and homemade pumping plant, along with ten acres of improved permanent pasture. Cream check approximately thirty dollars per month. Husband also works about ten days a month outside the farm. Husband is twenty-six years old, wife twenty-two, three small children. Been in California five years. "Piece by piece this place gets put together. One more piece of pipe and our water tank will be finished."
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.