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Dorothea Lange in Yakima Valley

Photographs from the Library of Congress American Memory collection for the Great Depression in Washington State Project.

Date: 02/13/2010
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All Chris Adolf's children are hard workers on the new place.

All Chris Adolf's children are hard workers on the new place.

Chris Adolf, his teams and six of his children, on their new FSA farm near Wapato.

Chris Adolf, his teams and six of his children, on their new FSA farm near Wapato.

Chris Adolf.

Chris Adolf. "My father made me work... I learned about farming but nothing out of the books.".

One of Chris Adolph's younger children.

One of Chris Adolph's younger children.

One of Chris Adolph's daughters.

One of Chris Adolph's daughters.

All Chris Adolf's children are hard workers on the new place.

All Chris Adolf's children are hard workers on the new place.

Chris Adolf, his team, and six of his children on their new FSA supported farm.

Chris Adolf, his team, and six of his children on their new FSA supported farm.

Fatherless migratory family camped behind gas station. The mother is trying to support three boys by picking pears.

Fatherless migratory family camped behind gas station. The mother is trying to support three boys by picking pears.

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Champion hop picker in squatter camp before the season opens. Earned five dollars a day in the 1938 season.

Champion hop picker in squatter camp before the season opens. Earned five dollars a day in the 1938 season.

Migratory woman, originally from Texas. Yakima Valley, Washington.

Migratory woman, originally from Texas. Yakima Valley, Washington.

Motherless migrant child. Washington, Toppenish, Yakima Valley.

Motherless migrant child. Washington, Toppenish, Yakima Valley.

Migratory boy in squatter camp. Has come to Yakima Valley for the third year to pick hops.

Migratory boy in squatter camp. Has come to Yakima Valley for the third year to pick hops.

Camp of family with nine children who have been on the road for three years.

Camp of family with nine children who have been on the road for three years.

Family who traveled by freight train. Washington, Toppenish, Yakima Valley.

Family who traveled by freight train. Washington, Toppenish, Yakima Valley.

Family who traveled by freight train. Washington, Toppenish, Yakima Valley.

Family who traveled by freight train. Washington, Toppenish, Yakima Valley.

Family who traveled by freight train. Washington, Toppenish, Yakima Valley.

Family who traveled by freight train. Washington, Toppenish, Yakima Valley.

Family who traveled by freight train. Washington, Toppenish, Yakima Valley.

Family who traveled by freight train. Washington, Toppenish, Yakima Valley.

Migratory worker in auto camp. Single man, speaks his mind.

Migratory worker in auto camp. Single man, speaks his mind. "Them WPAs are keeping us from a living.

Yakima shacktown, (Sumac Park) is one of several large shacktown communities around Yakima.

Yakima shacktown, (Sumac Park) is one of several large shacktown communities around Yakima.

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Camp of migratory families in

Camp of migratory families in "Ramblers Park."

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Hop yard on ranch of M. Rivard in French-Canadian colony, three weeks before picking. 8b15557u.jpg

Hop yard on ranch of M. Rivard in French-Canadian colony, three weeks before picking. 8b15557u.jpg

Hop yard on ranch of M. Rivard in French-Canadian colony, three weeks before picking. 8b15559u.jpg

Hop yard on ranch of M. Rivard in French-Canadian colony, three weeks before picking. 8b15559u.jpg

Hop yard on ranch of M. Rivard in French-Canadian colony, three weeks before picking.

Hop yard on ranch of M. Rivard in French-Canadian colony, three weeks before picking.

Monument to Depression. Unfinished hotel standing in center of town. Construction abandoned after collapse of 1929.

Monument to Depression. Unfinished hotel standing in center of town. Construction abandoned after collapse of 1929.

Buena. Yakima Valley small town. A county which ranks fifth in the United States in value of agricultural production.

Buena. Yakima Valley small town. A county which ranks fifth in the United States in value of agricultural production.

The famed stockade. Used as jail for striking farm workers in 1933.

The famed stockade. Used as jail for striking farm workers in 1933.

The famed stockade. Used as jail for striking farm workers in 1933. Building behind stockade is the courthouse.

The famed stockade. Used as jail for striking farm workers in 1933. Building behind stockade is the courthouse.

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