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"Bindle: A Symbol of Transient Lives and Hardship in 1930s California" In the midst of the Great Depression

Background imageBindle Collection: M. Dupin dans ses petits souliers, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

M. Dupin dans ses petits souliers, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
M. Dupin dans ses petits souliers, 19th century. Mr. Dupin in his little shoes

Background imageBindle Collection: One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California

Background imageBindle Collection: More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms. The type that formed the backbone of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

Background imageBindle Collection: More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms

Background imageBindle Collection: More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms

Background imageBindle Collection: More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms

Background imageBindle Collection: More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms

Background imageBindle Collection: More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms

Background imageBindle Collection: More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms

Background imageBindle Collection: More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms

Background imageBindle Collection: Sydney Fairbrother and George Robey

Sydney Fairbrother and George Robey
Character actors Sydney Fairbrother (1873-1941) and George Robey, also known as George Wade (1869-1954) playing Mrs and Mr Bindle

Background imageBindle Collection: Bindle stiffs in town three weeks before opening of Klamath... Tule Lake, Siskiyou County, CA

Bindle stiffs in town three weeks before opening of Klamath... Tule Lake, Siskiyou County, CA
Bindle stiffs in town three weeks before opening of Klamath Basin potato harvest. California, Siskiyou County, Tule Lake

Background imageBindle Collection: One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California

Background imageBindle Collection: Bindles on shady side of Pastime Cafe, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Bindles on shady side of Pastime Cafe, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Bindles on shady side of Pastime Cafe. California, Siskiyou County, Tulelake

Background imageBindle Collection: Car on siding across tracks from pea packing plant, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, 1939

Car on siding across tracks from pea packing plant, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Car on siding across tracks from pea packing plant. Twenty-five year old itinerant, originally from Oregon. " On the road eight years, all over the country, every state in the union

Background imageBindle Collection: Moving On, 1891 (gouache on paper)

Moving On, 1891 (gouache on paper)
869279 Moving On, 1891 (gouache on paper) by Herkomer, Hubert von (1849-1914); 25.4x35.6 cm; Private Collection; Photo eThe Ms Gallery, London; English, out of copyright

Background imageBindle Collection: Wearing O the Green (colour litho)

Wearing O the Green (colour litho)
3643394 Wearing O the Green (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wearing O the Green. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Background imageBindle Collection: Pipe bag, c. 1840s (buffalo hide and glass beads)

Pipe bag, c. 1840s (buffalo hide and glass beads)
PEM216352 Pipe bag, c.1840s (buffalo hide and glass beads) by American School, (19th century); length: 59 cm; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts

Background imageBindle Collection: HOBOS, c1920. Hobos walking along the railroad tracks, after being kicked off the train

HOBOS, c1920. Hobos walking along the railroad tracks, after being kicked off the train. Photograph, c1920

Background imageBindle Collection: Picture No. 10983775

Picture No. 10983775
Dog - Golden Retriever holding a stick with a spotted hankie ( Dick Whittington ) Date:

Background imageBindle Collection: RURAL CHILDREN, c1895. A group of African American children posing in playclothes

RURAL CHILDREN, c1895. A group of African American children posing in playclothes. Photograph, c1895

Background imageBindle Collection: Picture No. 10983776

Picture No. 10983776
Dog - Golden Retriever holding a stick with a spotted hankie - ( Dick Whittington ) Date:

Background imageBindle Collection: Picture No. 10983774

Picture No. 10983774
Dog - Golden Retriever holding a stick with a spotted hankie ( Dick Whittington ) Date:


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"Bindle: A Symbol of Transient Lives and Hardship in 1930s California" In the midst of the Great Depression, Sydney Fairbrother and George Robey found themselves among the bindle stiffs, wandering souls searching for work and a better life. Dorothea Lange's powerful photographs captured their struggle as they arrived in Tule Lake, Siskiyou County, California three weeks before the opening of Klamath. The images reveal a harsh reality - bindles resting on the shady side of Pastime Cafe, symbolizing their temporary respite from an unforgiving world. These makeshift bundles held all their possessions – meager belongings that represented both hope and despair. Lange's lens also focused on another scene in Calipatria, Imperial County. A car parked across tracks from a pea packing plant tells its own story - one of transience and uncertainty. Bindles were likely hidden within its confines as these nomads sought employment wherever it could be found. As we delve deeper into history, we find that this phenomenon is not new. "Moving On, " an artwork created in 1891 by an unknown artist captures the essence of those who carry their lives on their backs. Similarly, "Wearing O' The Green, " a colorful lithograph depicts individuals with bindles during uncertain times. Even further back in time lies a pipe bag made from buffalo hide adorned with glass beads dating back to the 1840s. This artifact serves as evidence that this way of life has existed long before our modern understanding. Through Lange's lens and these historical artifacts, we gain insight into the struggles faced by those who carried nothing but hope tied up in cloth or leather sacks known as bindles. Their stories remind us to appreciate what we have today while acknowledging those whose lives were marked by hardship and constant movement. The bindle stiffs depicted here may have been forgotten over time; their names and stories lost.