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Family of white migrants in their automobile east of Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

Rear of automobile of white migrants east of Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

Rear of automobile of white migrants east of Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

White migrant children sitting in back seat of family car east of Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

White migrant children sitting in back seat of family car east of Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

White migrant children sitting in back seat of family car east of Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

White migrant children sitting in back seat of family car east of Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

White migrant children sitting in back seat of family car east of Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

White migrant child sitting in back seat of family car east of Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

Family of white migrants in their automobile east of Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

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Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Dust Bowl exodus was the largest migration in American history that happened during the Great Depression. Although overall three out of four farmers stayed on their land, the mass exodus depleted the population drastically in certain areas. By 1940, 2.5 million people had moved out of the Plains states; of those, 200,000 moved to California. Arriving in California, the migrants were faced with a life almost as difficult as the one they had left. Like the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath”, some 40 percent of migrant farmers wound up in the San Joaquin Valley, picking grapes and cotton. They took up the work of Mexican migrant workers, 120,000 of whom were repatriated during the 1930s.

Cars of the 1920s.

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oklahoma muskogee county fort gibson day laborers migrants nitrate negatives fort gibson okla migrants automobile fort gibson muskogee great depression great depression photographs automobiles of 1900 1930 cars of 1920 and 1930 automobile industry cars 20 s car vintage car 1920 s cars 1920 s trucks history united states history truck 1920 s library of congress
date_range

Date

01/01/1939
person

Contributors

Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
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Automobile!

Automobile photographs from Library of Congress

The Dust Bowl Exodus

Draught and Great Depression Refugees

Cars: 1920s

People and Cars: 1920s
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Location

Fort Gibson (Okla.) ,  35.79750, -95.25056
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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oklahoma muskogee county fort gibson day laborers migrants nitrate negatives fort gibson okla migrants automobile fort gibson muskogee great depression great depression photographs automobiles of 1900 1930 cars of 1920 and 1930 automobile industry cars 20 s car vintage car 1920 s cars 1920 s trucks history united states history truck 1920 s library of congress