Drought Refugee Families on Highway New Mexico 1937

Drought refugees from Oklahoma travel along a highway in Lordsburg, New Mexico in May 1937. This image depicts the hardships of families displaced by the Dust Bowl, a catastrophic environmental disaster that led many to seek new opportunities in the West. The photograph is part of the Farm Security Administrations collection, documenting this pivotal migration.

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