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Dorothea Lange: Texas Photographs

37 Dorothea Lange photographs of texas, from the Library of Congress archive.

Cotton sharecropper farm, Texas, 1937

Cotton sharecropper farm, Texas

1937

Baseball, Sunday afternoon. Rice vs. Perry, Texas, 1937

Baseball, Sunday afternoon. Rice vs. Perry, Texas

1937

Child of Texas sharecropper carrying water, 1937

Child of Texas sharecropper carrying water

1937

Boy riding freight. West Texas, 1937

Boy riding freight. West Texas

1937

Hoeing cotton. South Texas, 1936

Hoeing cotton. South Texas

1936

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

Baseball, Sunday afternoon. The town of Rice vs. the town of Perry,…, Texas, 1937

Baseball, Sunday afternoon. The town of Rice vs. the town…

1937

Baseball, Sunday afternoon. The town of Rice vs. the town of Perry,…, Texas, 1937

Baseball, Sunday afternoon. The town of Rice vs. the town…

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

Father of Texas migrant family who follow the cotton crop from Corpus…, 1937

Father of Texas migrant family who follow the cotton crop…

1937

Child of Texas migrant family who follow the cotton crop, 1937

Child of Texas migrant family who follow the cotton crop

1937

Mail wagon. Marshall, Texas, 1937

Mail wagon. Marshall, Texas

1937

Harrowing. West Texas, 1937

Harrowing. West Texas

1937

Lumber mill in the piney woods, showing dry stacking. Texas, 1937

Lumber mill in the piney woods, showing dry stacking. 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

McLennan County Courthouse just before the primary. Waco, Texas, 1938

McLennan County Courthouse just before the primary. Waco,…

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

O.O. Mills, Postmaster at Carey, Childress County, Texas. "The…, 1938

O.O. Mills, Postmaster at Carey, Childress County, Texas.…

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

Migratory laborer's wife with three children (not in photo). Near…, Texas, 1938

Migratory laborer's wife with three children (not in…

1938

Campaign posters in garage window, just before the primary. Waco,…, Texas, 1938

Campaign posters in garage window, just before the primary.…

1938

Grain elevator on the Texas Panhandle plains. Everett, Texas, 1938

Grain elevator on the Texas Panhandle plains. Everett, Texas

1938

McLennan County courthouse just before the primaries. Waco, Texas, 1938

McLennan County courthouse just before the primaries. Waco,…

1938

Wife of a migratory laborer with three children. Near Childress,…, Texas, 1938

Wife of a migratory laborer with three children. Near…

1938

Mexicans entering the United States. United States immigration…, Texas, 1938

Mexicans entering the United States. United States…

1938

O.O. Mills, United States Postmaster at Carey. Childress County,…, Texas, 1938

O.O. Mills, United States Postmaster at Carey. Childress…

1938

Cattle range on the high plains of the Texas Panhandle, 1938

Cattle range on the high plains of the Texas Panhandle

1938

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