U.S. National Archives photos from the 1940s
1,644 photos, in date order; 181–240 on this page. Photos taken by federal employees as part of their duties are US government works and not under copyright. About the collection
Cortaro Farms, Pinal County, Arizona. Cotton pickers weigh, haul, and dump their sacks at the cotton.
1940-11
Shafter, Kern County, California. A farm labor home (F.S.A.). One of forty on a tract which joins th.
1940-04-10
Edison, Kern County, California. Young girl looks up from her work. She picks and sacks potatoes on.
1940-04-11
Airport tract, near Modesto, Stanislaus County, California. Two related families, of five persons, c.
1940-05-10
McNews, 2 and 1/2 miles S.E. of Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Inside the McNews subdivision.
1940-04-10
Grayson, Highway 33, Westley, Stanislaus County, San Joaquin Valley, California. Caravan of four rel.
1940-04-09
Near Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Weighing the cotton of a migrant boy.
1940-11
Age 70, she came from near Greeley, Nebraska, with sister age 65, nephew age 30, and brother age 68.
1940-04-11
Across Natomas Levee, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California. Disasters of shacktown communities.
1940-02-19
2 1/2 miles S.E. of Westley, Stanislaus County, San Joaquin Valley, California. Trailer section of l.
1940-04-09
Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Orange and blue stamps swell the migratory cotton pickers' demand for f.
1940-11
Pinal County, Arizona. Texas cotton picker works in Arizona cotton field.
1940-11
Olivehurst, Yuba County, California. Looking up Second Avenue.
1940-02-20
Sacramento, California. Squatter camp of agricultural labor migrants one-eighth mile outside limits.
1940-03-19
Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Part of main street of a typical Western town.
1940-11
Near Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona. Mexican quarters in grower's camp for migratory cotton picke.
1940-11
On Highway 80, Maricopa County, Arizona. Ranch advertisement during cotton harvest. Highway signs re.
1940-11
Arvin, Kern County, California. Head of rural family asking questions regarding the size of his.
1940-04-13
Contra Costa County, California. Two-room cabins, with inside running water, provided in labor camp.
1940-06-06
Olivehurst, Yuba County, California. One of the 26 homes on Second Avenue Older settler. Note sign ".
1940-02-20
McFarland, Kern County, California. A new home. Young people from Texas, arrived in California 8 mon.
1940-04-10
Cortaro Farms, Pinal County, Arizona. Yaqui Indian "Jacal". On highly industrialized corporation far.
1940-11
Eloy District, Pinal County, Arizona. Mexican irrigator siphoning from irrigation ditch to field.
1940-11
Arvin, Kern County, California. Close-up of relief queue on S.R.A. pay day. Man in foreground is.
1940-04-13
Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona. Housing on FSA cooperative part-time farm, after 3 years of occu.
1940-11
Eloy District, Pinal County, Arizona. Mexican irrigator. He came from Mexico 12 years ago, works the.
1940-11
Coolidge, Arizona. Main street of Coolidge on Saturday afternoon during cotton harvest.
1940-11
Sutter County, near Yuba City, California. View of camp for seasonal workers in Yuba City Farm Worke.
1940-03
Shafter, Kern County, California. A view of the Shafter camp, provided by Shafter County since 1936.
1940-04-11
Shafter, Kern County, California. Living conditions within the camp provided by Kern County for migr.
1940-04-11
Grayson, Westley, Stanislaus County, Western San Joaquin Valley, California. At Westley school just.
1940-05-09
Dorothea Lange, Young Migratory Mother, originally from Texas, Edison, California, 1940
1940-04-11
Olivehurst, Yuba County, California. An unpainted house of second-hand lumber, and truck garden.
1940-03-21
Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Truck-load of cotton pickers, just pulled into town in the late afterno.
1940-11
Contra Costa County, California. Another view of the Davis Auto Camp housing.
1940-05-10
Sutter County, near Yuba City, California. Air view of recently constructed Yuba City Farm Workers C.
1940-03
Airport tract, near Modesto, Stanislaus County, California. Man and wife training beans in their fir.
1940-05-10
Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. This is a typical Western cotton town. Shows main street opposite the r.
1940-11
Eloy District, Pinal County, Arizona. Cotton pickers, Mexican children, in ditch bank at the edge of.
1940-11
Near Coolidge, Arizona. Gathering lint
1940-11
Sunset District, East Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Recreational center in African-American.
1940-04-10
Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Part of large grower's camp for cotton pickers in the Eloy District.
1940-11
Edison, Kern County, California. Close-up of barber shop in migratory potato pickers camp. Note.
1940-04-11
Olivehurst, Yuba County, California. Another air view of Olivehurst.
1940-04
Sacramento, California. Another close-up view of living conditions for agricultural workers in squat.
1940-03-15
Eloy District, Pinal County, Arizona. Migrant cotton pickers dumping their sacks into the field wago.
1940-11
Cortaro Farms, Pinal County, Arizona. Part of equipment yard seen from water tower.
1940-11
Cashion, Maricopa County, Arizona. Self-resettlement on the familiar pattern common in California, W.
1940-11
Chandler, Maricopa, County, Arizona. One unit of agricultural labor housing. FSA cooperative part-ti.
1940-11
Contra Costa County, California. Entrance to Davis Auto Camp. Family with 10 children live in the tr.
1940-05-10
Near Rio Oso, Sutter County, California. Family returning to their home after the 1940 flood of the.
1940-03-21
Sacramento, California. Close-up of living conditions for children in Louis' Camp.
1940-03-19
Airport tract, near Modesto, Stanislaus County, California. Just before 9 o'clock at the Wilson Elem.
1940-05-10
Olivehurst, Yuba County, California. Shows trailer-house in use for two years as permanent dwelling.
1940-03-20
Coolidge, Arizona. On main street of Western cotton town Saturday afternoon during cotton harvest.
1940-11
Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona. Auto camp for cotton pickers.
1940-11
Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona. One unit of agricultural labor housing. FSA cooperative part-tim.
1940-11
Sutter County, near Yuba City, California. Front of multiple family dwelling in Yuba City Farm Worke.
1940-03
Olivehurst, Yuba County, California. Second-hand business operations in rapidly growing shacktown co.
1940-03-20
Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Squatter's camp of cotton pickers across the railroad tracks of western.
1940-11