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Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California. Organizer for United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers of America (Congress of Industrial Organizations-CIO)

Cotton hoers are transported to the fields daily during the season, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Memphis, Tennessee. Cotton hoers are transported to the fields daily during the season. Truck drivers are paid by the planters and serve as "runners" to recruit the men

Oil fields, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oil fields. Kern County, California

The Black Wax area of Texas, near Georgetown, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Black Wax area of Texas is the outstanding cotton producing section of the western cotton belt. Near Georgetown, Texas

Original bar of "Helldorado", Crystal Palace Saloon, Tombstone, Arizona, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Crystal Palace Saloon, Tombstone, Arizona. Original bar of "Helldorado"

Cabins in the corn, South Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cabins in the corn. South Georgia

Working in the community garden, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Working in the community garden which supplies fresh vegetables to twenty-eight families at the Delta cooperative farms. Hillhouse, Mississippi

Idle men attend the morning movies, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Idle men attend the morning movies. There are three such movies in one block. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ['Air cooled cinema showing "Desert Guns" starring Conway Tearle

Crumbling buildings in Tombstone, Arizona, once a thriving mining town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Crumbling buildings in Tombstone, Arizona, once a thriving mining town

Plant quarantine inspectors examining packages, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Plant quarantine inspectors examining packages brought over the bridge between Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas. Families

Tubercular migrant in a potato pickers camp, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tubercular migrant in a potato pickers camp. Kern County, California

Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp of migratory agricultural workers. Imperial County, California

Billboard sign, Southern California, near Los Angeles, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard sign. Southern California, near Los Angeles. [African American maid answering the telephone: They's mostly out since they got that new Ford V.8 (motor car)]

Textile factory built by Work Projects Administration (WPA), Brookhaven, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Textile factory built by Work Projects Administration (WPA) and leased to private industry to bring payroll to Brookhaven, Mississippi

Rural Rehabilitation Administration client with the Rehabilitation Administration... CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Rural Rehabilitation Administration client with the Rehabilitation Administration county agent. Outside of Hayward, California

Rehabilitation clients, five miles outside Phoenix, Arizona, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Rehabilitation clients. Five miles outside Phoenix, Arizona. Five hundred dollar loan for poultry (considered a good loan)

Home in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home in "Little Oklahoma, " a community that has grown out of migrant potato and cotton workers. California

The town of Widtsoe, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The town of Widtsoe, Utah

Cotton sharecropper family, Macon County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton sharecropper family. Macon County, Georgia

Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California

Lunchtime for young migrants at Shafter Camp, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lunchtime for young migrants at Shafter Camp, California. The nursery school for migrant children is conducted in camp under nursery school teachers trained by WPA (Work Projects Administration)

In front of city hall, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
In front of city hall, San Francisco, California. The Worker's Alliance, Works Progress Administration (WPA) organize simultaneous demonstrations in the large cities of the nation cut in

Pumpkins in barnyard to feed cows of rehabilitation client, San Joaquin County, California, 1938
San Joaquin County, California. Pumpkins in barnyard to feed cows of rehabilitation client

Kaweah Delta Cooperative cotton gin and yard, Tulare County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kaweah Delta Cooperative cotton gin and yard. Tulare County, California. There are three such cooperatives in the southern cotton industry

Night meeting in the FSA office, Visalia, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Night meeting in the Farm Security Administration (FSA) office, Rural Rehabilitation Division, Visalia, Tulare County, California

Baseball, Sunday afternoon - the town of Rice vs. the town of Perry, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Baseball, Sunday afternoon. The town of Rice vs. the town of Perry, Texas

Destitute farm families, FSA distributing depot, Bakersfield, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute farm families come to FSA (Farm Security Administration) distributing depot to apply for food grant. Bakersfield, Kern County, California

US No. 54, north of El Paso, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
U.S. No. 54, north of El Paso, Texas. One of the westward routes of the migrants

Berry pickers at 5 am, waiting for the truck to haul them to work, Memphis, Tennessee, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Berry pickers at 5 a.m. Waiting for the truck to haul them to work. Earn about sixty cents per day. Memphis, Tennessee

Delta cooperative farm cabins and cotton, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Delta cooperative farm cabins and cotton. Hillhouse, Mississippi, after one year of operation

Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait for use on their farms, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait for use on their farms to control the pest. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Planting corn in the community garden, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Planting corn in the community garden which supplies fresh vegetables to twenty-eight families. Delta cooperative farms. Hillhouse, Mississippi

Drought refugees are stopped at the inspection station in Yuma, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees are stopped at the inspection station in Yuma, Arizona, to have their baggage inspected for plant pests before they are allowed to enter California

Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp of migratory agricultural workers. Imperial County, California

Tenement dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon, 133 Aveue D, New York City, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the rear windows, tenement dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon, 133 Aveue D, New York City. The Solomon family are on the accepted list for resettlement at Hightstown, New Jersey

Migrant agricultural worker's family, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is native Californian. Nipomo, California

Mission District firetrap, San Francisco, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mission District firetrap. San Francisco, California

Backyard, North Beach District (Italians), San Francisco, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Backyard. North Beach District (Italians). San Francisco, California

Street and homes in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Street and homes in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Cotton sharecropper family, Macon County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton sharecropper family. Macon County, Georgia

Mexican children playing in ditch, near Corcoran, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican children playing in ditch which runs through company cotton camp near Corcoran, California

Sharecropper's child whose father receives five dollars a month, Macon County, Georgia, 1937
Sharecropper's child whose father receives five dollars a month "furnish" from the landowners. Macon County, Georgia

Migrants from Delaware picking berries in southern New Jersey, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrants from Delaware picking berries in southern New Jersey

Migrant cotton pickers at lunchtime, near Radstown, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant cotton pickers at lunchtime. Near Radstown, Texas

Cotton pickers lunchtime, near Corpus Christi, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton pickers lunchtime. Near Corpus Christi, Texas

Turpentine camp, Godwinsville, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine camp. Godwinsville, Georgia

Note on industrialization of the South, Meridian, Mississippi, 1936 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Note on industrialization of the South. Meridian, Mississippi. [Meridian Welcomes You! Make This Your Future Home; Free Factory Sites - Tax Exemption for New Industries; Inquire at Mayor's Office

Tenant Purchase applicants, Stockton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tenant Purchase applicants. Stockton, California

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"The Great Depression: A Time of Struggle and Resilience" The Jarrow March, a historic event that took place on 5th October 1936, symbolized the desperation and determination of the working class during the Great Depression. Unemployed coal miners from Jarrow, England marched to London in protest against poverty and unemployment. With their rallying cry "Organize? With 1, 250, 000 Workers Backing Us, Of Course We Will Organize, " workers united to demand better conditions. This powerful message was captured in an original oil painting by Ben Shahn in the late 1930s. The artwork served as a poster advocating for worker solidarity during these challenging times. Dorothea Lange's iconic photograph series "Migrant Mother" depicted Florence Thompson, a 32-year-old migrant worker with her seven children in a camp for migrant workers in Nipomo, California in 1936. These images highlighted the hardships faced by families who were forced to migrate due to economic instability. The stock market crash of Black Thursday on October 30th, 1929 left many speculators like Walter Thornton offering to sell their possessions just to survive. In his desperate attempt after losing everything he had invested, Thornton offered his roadster for sale as depicted through an oil-over-photograph artwork created at that time. Arthur Rothstein's photographs captured both despair and resilience during this era. His image of unemployed men demonstrating outside Jarrow illustrated the frustration felt by those affected by joblessness. Another photograph showcased a dust storm over Texas panhandle caused by drought - highlighting how environmental factors compounded economic woes. In Butte Montana, men stood defiantly outside the Board of Trade bar and gambling house amidst economic uncertainty captured through Arthur Rothstein's lens in 1939; showcasing how people sought solace or distraction from their troubles even amid adversity. Ben Shahn's painting for Steel Workers Organizing Committee represented the collective efforts of workers to fight for their rights.