Migrant Labor Camp Photographs from the Harry Everett Drobish Papers, 1935-1936

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Migrant Labor Camp Photographs from the Harry Everett Drobish Papers, 1935-1936

BANC PIC 1954.013--PIC

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July, 1936, Kern County, Kern Lake District. Frick Ranch. Ladies' privy. Note weeds growing around the building and necessity of crossing freshly ploughed ground to reach the building.

July, 1936. Kern County, Kern Lake District. Frick Ranch. Laborers' cabins.

July, 1936. Kern County, Kern Lake District. Frick Ranch. Laborers' cabins.

July, 1936, Hoover Ranch, Kern County. Laborers' homes made of adobe.

July, 1936. Kern County, Kern Lake District. Hutcheson Ranch. Negro laborer in the foreground, laborer shanties in the background. One of the dirtiest, most unsanitary camps visited. The owner is reported to be several times a millionaire.

July, 1936, Kern County near Weed Patch. A religious colony, largely Oklahomans. Members of the Full Gospel denomination who have leased this ground and set up their own camp. These are refugees.

[Unidentified migratory camp]

Hooverville, Sacramento, California. Ambitious but destitute families have formed this community of home-made homes.

Hooverville, Sacramento, California. A few Hooverville roofs.

Hooverville, Sacramento, California. Sanitary conditions in Hooverville are made conspicuous by their absence.

Hooverville, Sacramento, California. How clothes are washed in Hooverville. The washer declined to pose.

Hooverville, Sacramento, California. Residents of Hooverville have found there are many things that will keep out the weather besides standard building materials.

Hooverville, Sacramento, California. One of the Hooverille's better residences.

Hooverville, Sacramento, California. Some of Hooverville's younger citizens.

Hooverville, Sacramento, California. A few outdoor standpipes such as this constitute Hooverville's water supply.

Hooverville, Sacramento, California. Residents of Hooverville are fond of fences.

Hooverville residents don't appreciate the wading facilities made possible by seepage of the American and Sacto. [Sacramento] Rivers. S.E..R.A. Photo, 4/17/35

Scene in Stink Hollow when spring floods made Hooverille into a miniature lake - inhabitants need boots - but they have no boots!

Hooverville, Sacramento, California. A typical bachelor's hut.

Typical Hooverville family inside the home made frome [sic] materials not recognised [sic] by housing laws. S.E.R.A. Photo, 4/17/35

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