U.S. National Archives photos from the 1940s
1,644 photos, in date order; 121–180 on this page. Photos taken by federal employees as part of their duties are US government works and not under copyright. About the collection
Olivehurst, Sutter County, California. Another air view of Olivehurst tract looking west.
1940-04
South of Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Ten-year-old migratory Mexican cotton picker. He was born in T.
1940-11
On Arizona Highway 87, south of Chandler, Arizona. Grandmother and sick baby of migratory family ca.
1940-11
Near Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona. Migratory cotton pickers in grower's camp. See negative 4432.
1940-11
Near Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona. Store at grower's camp for migratory cotton pickers. Surplus.
1940-11
Shafter, Kern County, California. Another farm labor home in the Arvin Farm Workers Community (F.S.A.
1940-04-10
Sutter County, near Yuba City, California. Multiple family dwelling of the Yuba City Farm Workers Co.
1940-03
Ryer Island, Sacramento County, California. Housing in barracks for Japanese crew of asparagus packe.
1940-04-05
Sunset District, East Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Approximately 250 family units in this f.
1940-04-10
Olivehurst, 2 miles south of Marysville, Yuba County, California. Air view of the city of Marysville.
1940-01
Near Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona. Migratory cotton pickers in grower's camp.
1940-11
Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona. Private auto camp for cotton pickers, camp manager's store in for.
1940-11
Eloy District, Pinal County, Arizona. Child in cotton picker's camp.
1940-11
Near Coolidge, Arizona. Migratory cotton picker with his cotton sack slung over his shoulder rests a.
1940-11
Cortaro Farms, Pinal County, Arizona. Quarters for white cotton pickers on industrialized cotton far.
1940-11
Eloy District, Pinal County, Arizona. At the cotton wagon. Weighing and dumping cotton sacks at the.
1940-11
Near Yuba City, California. Children of migrant workers in Yuba City Agricultural Farm Workers Commu.
1940-03-21
Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Some cotton pickers ride the freights. Arriving in Eloy on Saturday aft.
1940-11
Chandler, near Pima County, Arizona. "No descriptive detail given" woman leaning against car.
1940-11
Cortaro Farms, Pinal County, Arizona. "Warming up the buggy" in the morning to drive to the cotton f.
1940-11
Near Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona. African-American cotton pickers plant in brush.
1940-11
Near Coolidge, Arizona. White cotton picker gathers the lint.
1940-11
Near Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona. Cotton pickers' barracks. Double row of 20 single-room apart.
1940-11
Coolidge, Arizona. Toilet in district on edge of town
1940-11
Near Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Shows bulldozer levelling more desert land for irrigation in Eloy.
1940-11
Edison, Kern County, California. Close-up of potato camp
1940-04-11
Arvin Kern County, California. Photograph made from the entrance of the Arvin Farm Labor Camp (F.S.A.
1940-04-11
Contra Costa County, California. Housing provided for year-round employees, in labor camp, large-sca.
1940-06-06
Lamont, Southeast Kern County, California. A new and growing rural shacktown in a cotton and grape d.
1940-04-12
McFarland, Kern County, California. Raising of Chickens is a primary enterprise in these rural shack.
1940-04-10
McFarland, Kern County, California. Homes in McFarland shacktown.
1940-04-10
Stanislaus County, San Joaquin Valley, California. Roadside settlement in commercial pea district on.
1940-04-09
Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Main street of Eloy. Cotton picker comes to town on Saturday afternoon.
1940-11
Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Saturday afternoon in a new cotton town. Shows the last market for seco.
1940-11
Near Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Cotton wagon in the field
1940-11
South of Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Grower's camp for migratory cotton pickers.
1940-11
Pinal County, Arizona. At the cotton wagon. Pickers carry their loads to dump -- then return to the.
1940-11
D Street, Marysville, Yuba County, California. Old-style California homes of whit.
1940-03-21
Olivehurst, Yuba County, California. Air view of Olivehurst school enlarged to accommodate migrant c.
1940-04
Weedpatch, Kern County, California. Families from Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas are rapidly settling.
1940-04-12
Sutter County, Near Yuba City, California. Isolation unit for contagious diseases, Yuba City, Califo.
1940-03
Airport tract, near Modesto, Stanislaus County, California. Children going to the Wilson Elementary.
1940-05-10
Airport tract, near Modesto, Stanislaus County, California. Typical store in new shacktown community.
1940-05-09
Olivehurst, Yuba County, California. Self-built house and privy. Note scarcity of windows and lack o.
1940-02-21
Olivehurst, Yuba County, California. Cooperation in a shacktown. A secondhand pump is being installe.
1940-03-20
Olivehurst, Yuba County, California. Church of the Nazarene. Another of the four churches in Olivehu.
1940-03-21
Oildale, Kern County, California. Shacktown in Kern county industrial district on Kern County Water.
1940-04-13
Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Close-up of a squatter camp
1940-11
Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Main street of a western cotton town on Saturday afternoon during harve.
1940-11
Westley, Stanislaus County, San Joaquin Valley, California. Migratory labor camp (F.S.A.) seen from.
1940-04-09
1 mile S. of Tulare, Tulare County, California. Line up of relief clients, early in the morning, out.
1940-04-10
Ryer Island, Sacramento County, California. Disaster in shacktown. Funeral of young migratory wo.
1940-04-05
McNews, 2 1/2 miles S.E. of Bakersfield, California. Several families often crowd on one lot in thes.
1940-04-10
Sunset District, Kern County, California. Young man (white) in the doorway of his home which is loca.
1940-04-13
Oliverhurst, Yuba County, California. Another view of new western addition to Oliverhurst.
1940-02-21
Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. The streets of Eloy are crowded with cotton pickers on Saturday afterno.
1940-11
Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Cotton pickers come to town to buy their week's supply of food on Satur.
1940-11
Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Looking down from water tower of cotton gin, shows ginyard, cotton pick.
1940-11
Sacramento, California. Close-up view of squatter camp. This family lives in the car without a tent.
1940-03-15
Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Young cotton picker wears the typical Texas sunbonnet in the Arizona co.
1940-11