Migrant Camp in Kern County California February 1939

A migrant camp in Kern County, California, is depicted from U.S. 99. Two families from Missouri migrated in 1920, seeking better opportunities. Taken in February 1939, the image shows oil fields behind them. The father, formerly a gang foreman on the Los Angeles Aqueduct, recently lost his job and searches for work as they travel north.

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