Migrant Families Await Potato Harvest April 1938

In April 1938, approximately 150 migratory families camp along a highway seven miles east of Bakersfield, California. They wait for the potato harvest in a newly developed agricultural region. Lacking basic amenities like water and toilets, these families reflect the difficult living conditions faced by migrant workers during this era of agricultural expansion in Kern County.

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