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Okies

Location:
Agency: FSA
Credits:
Owner: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library
Medium: B&W Photo
Control Number: Photographs (General): FSA: Migrants: Squatters:
Date:

Enlarged Image

Description : Dust Bowl. Farmers whose topsoil blew away joined the sod caravans of "Okies" on Route 66 to California.

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