Florence Thompson and Children in Nipomo Pea Pickers Camp 1936

In March 1936, Florence Thompson stands with two of her children in a pea pickers camp in Nipomo, California. The family faced extreme poverty as migrant agricultural workers during the Great Depression. They had just sold their tent to buy food, a common plight among the 2,500 individuals living in the camp. This image is part of the Migrant Mother series, illustrating the hardships faced by migrant families in California.

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