1939 Vintage Photo of Migrant Worker Son in Texas Tent Camp

A vintage photograph from February 1939 shows the son of a white migrant worker living in a tent home near Mercedes, Texas. The image is part of the FSA/OWI Collection. It documents the living conditions of migrant camps in Hidalgo County during a time of economic hardship and displacement in the United States.

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