To harvest the crops of California thousands of families live literally on wheels, San Joaquin Valley

This 1935 Dorthea Lange image shows a family living out of their car. The family belongings are piled in a flat bread truck so tha thte family can harvest crops in California.

Harvest crops

CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1935 Feb. 22
PHOTOGRAPHER: Lange, Dorothea, photographer
NOTES: Title from item. In album: Rural rehabilitation camps for migrants in California / compiled by Paul S. Taylor. 1935, [between plates 1 and 2].
SUBJECTS: Migrant agricultural laborers--California--1930-1940. Families--California--1930-1940. Trucks--California--1930-1940.
REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540
DIGITAL ID:  digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b16553 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b16553


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