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Refugee families near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Refugee families near Holtville, California

Oklahomans bound for Oregon along a highway in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahomans bound for Oregon along a highway in California

The kind of work drought refugees and Mexicans do in the Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The kind of work drought refugees and Mexicans do in the Imperial Valley, California. Planting cantaloupe

Migrant agricultural worker, Near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural worker. Near Holtville, California

Oklahoma sharecropper and family entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma sharecropper and family entering California. Stalled on the desert near Indio, California

Mother and three children in a California squatter camp, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mother and three children in a California squatter camp

Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99, California. The father, twenty-four, and the mother, seventeen, came from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, early in 1935

Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99 in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99 in California. The father, twenty-four, and the mother, seventeen, came from Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Migrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway

Aged woman from Oklahoma, Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Aged woman from Oklahoma. Kern County migrant camp, California

Mexican townfolk sacking peppers near Stockton, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican townfolk sacking peppers near Stockton, California

Migrant worker on California highway, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant worker on California highway

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies

Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt, California, Kern County, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern County

Shack in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Shack in "Little Oklahoma." Lots 50 x 150, cost one hundred and twenty to two hundred dollars. Bought on hope and sold on promises. No work since last fall

Freight car converted into house in "Little Oklahoma, " California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Freight car converted into house in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Off for the melon fields (Mexican labor), 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Off for the melon fields (Mexican labor). Imperial Valley, California

Imperial Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Imperial Valley, California. Old Mexican laborer saying "I have worked all my life and all I have now is my broken body"

Mexican field worker, father of six, Imperial Valley, Riverside County, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican field worker, father of six. Imperial Valley, Riverside County, California

Date picker's home, Coachella Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Date picker's home. Coachella Valley, California

Mexican mother in California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican mother in California. "Sometimes I tell my children that I would like to go to Mexico, but they tell me We don't want to go

Mexican cotton picker, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican cotton picker. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Weighers and warehousemens union headquarters, Oakland, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Weighers and warehousemens union headquarters. Oakland, California. ['Berkeley Unfair to Organized Labor']

The day after election, Oakland, California, November 12, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The day after election. Oakland, California. November 12, 1936. [Weighers and warehousemens union headquarters]

Old time Chinaman of the type that originally followed the crops in CA, Sacramento, CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Old time Chinaman of the type that originally followed the crops in California. Sacramento, California

Harvesting grapes near La Monte [i.e. Lamont], Kern County, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Harvesting grapes near La Monte [i.e. Lamont]. Kern County, California. Lithuanian contract labor

Children of destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of destitute family. American River camp, near Sacramento, California

Destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute family. American River camp. Five children aged two to seventeen. Near Sacramento California. [Sign: "I must have work or food"]

Destitute family, American River camp, Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute family. American River camp, Sacramento, California

Destitute family, American River camp, Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute family. American River camp, Sacramento, California. Five children, aged two to seventeen years

Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner, living in the American River Camp... CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner. Living in the American River Camp near Sacramento, California

American River camp, Sacramento, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
American River camp, Sacramento. Home of Tennessee family, now migratory workers. Seven in family, came to California July 1935, following relatives who had come in 1933

Tubercular mother from Oklahoma now living in the Kern migrant camp (resettlement), CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tubercular mother from Oklahoma now living in the Kern migrant camp (resettlement), California. She receives daily visits from the county nurse

Migrant cotton picker on way to field, Kern migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant cotton picker on way to field. Kern migrant camp, California

Depression refugee family from Tulsa, Oklahoma, arrived in California June 1936, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Depression refugee family from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Arrived in California June 1936. Mother and three half-grown children; no father. "Anybody as wants to work can get by

Mexicans bound for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas, near Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexicans bound for the Imperial Valley to harvest peas. Near Bakersfield, California

Migratory woman, Greek, living in a cotton camp near Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory woman, Greek, living in a cotton camp near Exeter, California

Grandmother of twenty-two children from farm in Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grandmother of twenty-two children from farm in Oklahoma. Now living in Kern migrant camp, California

Mexican townfolk sacking peppers near Stockton, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican townfolk sacking peppers near Stockton, California

Migratory woman, Greek, living in a cotton camp near Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory woman, Greek, living in a cotton camp near Exeter, California

Oklahoma mother of five children, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma mother of five children, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno

Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years. He is now left stranded in the cut-over area

Mother of five children from Oklahoma, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mother of five children from Oklahoma, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno

Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years. He is now left stranded in the cut-over area

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"Workers: The Backbone of Nations, United by Labor" From the bustling streets of China during the Cultural Revolution to the coal miners in South Wales and Cornwall, they have always played a vital role in shaping societies. In Chairman Mao's China, a powerful cultural revolution poster depicted workers as heroes, inspiring unity and progress. Meanwhile, deep underground in shaft lifts and at Geevor Tin Mine, Pendeen and South Wales coal mines, brave miners risked their lives daily to fuel industrial growth. The Workers May-Pole design showcased solidarity among laborers striving for socialist ideals. In 1910 Britain, even political parties recognized the importance with colorful posters appealing for support. Swindon witnessed the dedication of builders constructing diesel locomotives while LNER promoted North East Coast Exhibition through an artistic poster celebrating hardworking individuals. Artists like Harold Harvey captured scenes from clay pits in Cornwall - be it Polkanuggo Quarry or Leswidden - highlighting arduous work that sustained local economies. Soviet propaganda also exalted workers' contributions under the sun of the motherland. Boris Parmeev's iconic poster from 1970s USSR symbolized strength gained through collective effort. Across continents and eras, these glimpses into worker's lives remind us that they are not just cogs within a system but essential pillars upon which nations stand tall. Their unwavering determination fuels progress and shapes our shared future.