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Dorothea Lange: Farms Photographs

44 Dorothea Lange photographs of farms, from the Library of Congress archive.

Great Plains homesteads, showing sheep barn. Near Cland [i.e.…, New Mexico, 1938

Great Plains homesteads, showing sheep barn. Near Cland…

1938

Dust bowl farmer driving tractor with young son near Cland [i.e.…, New Mexico, 1938

Dust bowl farmer driving tractor with young son near Cland…

1938

Dust bowl farmer with tractor and young son near Cland [i.e. Claud?],…, New Mexico, 1938

Dust bowl farmer with tractor and young son near Cland…

1938

Dust bowl farmer driving tractor with young son, near Cland [i.e.…, New Mexico, 1938

Dust bowl farmer driving tractor with young son, near Cland…

1938

Cotton sharecropper farm, Texas, 1937

Cotton sharecropper farm, Texas

1937

Child of Texas sharecropper carrying water, 1937

Child of Texas sharecropper carrying water

1937

Virginia wheat field, 1936

Virginia wheat field

1936

Corn, drought-stricken and eaten off by grasshoppers. Near…, Arkansas, 1936

Corn, drought-stricken and eaten off by grasshoppers. Near…

1936

"Old age" near Washington, Pennsylvania, 1936

"Old age" near Washington, Pennsylvania

1936

Horse and wagon is still a common means of transportation. Family…, Missouri, 1938

Horse and wagon is still a common means of transportation.…

1938

Horse and wagon is still a common means of transportation. Family…, Missouri, 1938

Horse and wagon is still a common means of transportation.…

1938

Wife and child of sharecropper near Gaffney, South Carolina. The…, 1937

Wife and child of sharecropper near Gaffney, South…

1937

Home of sharecropper family near Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937

Home of sharecropper family near Chesnee, South Carolina

1937

Sharecropper family near Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937

Sharecropper family near Chesnee, South Carolina

1937

Sharecropper wife and mother of seven children. Near Chesnee, South…, South Carolina, 1937

Sharecropper wife and mother of seven children. Near…

1937

White sharecropper's house near Gaffney, South Carolina, 1937

White sharecropper's house near Gaffney, South Carolina

1937

House of cotton sharecropper (white) near Gaffney, South Carolina, 1937

House of cotton sharecropper (white) near Gaffney, South…

1937

Terraced fields of sharecropper. In 1936 he made seven bales of…, South Carolina, 1937

Terraced fields of sharecropper. In 1936 he made seven…

1937

Child of sharecropper. Near Gaffney, South Carolina, 1937

Child of sharecropper. Near Gaffney, South Carolina

1937

Sharecropper family near Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937

Sharecropper family near Chesnee, South Carolina

1937

Grandmother of sharecropper family near Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937

Grandmother of sharecropper family near Chesnee, South…

1937

Grandmother of fifty-six children, mother of fourteen, ten living.…, South Carolina, 1937

Grandmother of fifty-six children, mother of fourteen, ten…

1937

Well and old plantation smokehouse. Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937

Well and old plantation smokehouse. Chesnee, South Carolina

1937

Sharecropper boy near Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937

Sharecropper boy near Chesnee, South Carolina

1937

South Carolina sharecropper, 1937

South Carolina sharecropper

1937

Mechanization proceeds by stages. Here the tractor pulls a riding…, Texas, 1937

Mechanization proceeds by stages. Here the tractor pulls a…

1937

Tractor in cotton. Near Corsicana, Texas, 1937

Tractor in cotton. Near Corsicana, Texas

1937

Day laborers hoeing cotton. Many tenant farmers become day laborers…, Texas, 1937

Day laborers hoeing cotton. Many tenant farmers become day…

1937

This man was a tenant on the same farm for eighteen years. He has six…, Texas, 1937

This man was a tenant on the same farm for eighteen years.…

1937

Ex-tenants, now day laborers. Ellis County, Texas, 1937

Ex-tenants, now day laborers. Ellis County, Texas

1937

Abandoned tenant house. Childress County, Texas, 1937

Abandoned tenant house. Childress County, Texas

1937

Ex-tenant farmer, now a day laborer on large cotton farm near…, Texas, 1937

Ex-tenant farmer, now a day laborer on large cotton farm…

1937

Harrowing. West Texas, 1937

Harrowing. West Texas

1937

Strip cropping retains water and protects the soil from the wind. On…, Texas, 1938

Strip cropping retains water and protects the soil from the…

1938

Abandoned farm in the Dust Bowl. Coldwater District, near Dalhart,…, Texas, 1938

Abandoned farm in the Dust Bowl. Coldwater District, near…

1938

Dust Bowl farm. Coldwater District, near Dalhart, Texas. This farm is…, 1938

Dust Bowl farm. Coldwater District, near Dalhart, Texas.…

1938

This farm was abandoned in 1937. Near Dalhart, Texas, Coldwater…, 1938

This farm was abandoned in 1937. Near Dalhart, Texas,…

1938

Plantation of Brazos riverbottoms. Texas, 1938

Plantation of Brazos riverbottoms. Texas

1938

Wife and child of Negro laborer of the Brazos riverbottoms. Texas, 1938

Wife and child of Negro laborer of the Brazos riverbottoms.…

1938

Contour plowing on mechanized farm of the Texas Panhandle, 1938

Contour plowing on mechanized farm of the Texas Panhandle

1938

Power farming displaces tenants from the land in the western dry…, Texas, 1938

Power farming displaces tenants from the land in the…

1938

Drying prunes of small California farm. Family labor. Sonoma County,…, 1938

Drying prunes of small California farm. Family labor.…

1938

Corral near Cordova, New Mexico, 1935

Corral near Cordova, New Mexico

1935

Windmill on small farm near Tracy, California, 1938

Windmill on small farm near Tracy, California

1938

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