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Dorothea Lange, Resettlement Administration photographer. February 1936.
General Caption No. 35. Columbia Basin, near Quincy, Grant County, Washington
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August 13, 1939. One mile east of Quincy, Grant County, Washington. Abandoned farm house in Columbia Basin. See negative 20890 C. Refer to General Caption # 35.
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August 13, 1939. Three miles South of Quincy, Grant County, Washington. Chris Ament, on dry land wheat farm of Columbia Basin where he has farmed for 33 years. “I won’t live to get the benefits of the water, but I hope to be able to see it.” Refer to General Caption No. 35.
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August 6, 1939. Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon. Sign on service station, U. S. 99. Hop pickers are wanted for four big growers of the area three weeks before season opens. They also advertise in newspapers, including San Francisco newspapers, 450 miles away. Refer to General Caption No. 45.
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August 21, 1939. Near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon. Hop picker, with her children, goes from paymaster’s window to company-owned store adjoining. She had earned 42 cents that morning. She spent it for: 1 lb. bologna sausage, 1 package “Sensation” cigarettes, 1 “Mother’s Cake.” Refer to General Caption No. 45.
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August 21, 1939. Near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon. Deputy sheriff, stationed at paymaster’s window on large Willamette hop ranch. Owner employs between 500 and 600 hop pickers for three weeks each year. He says, “We have him (meaning deputy) kind of to keep them scared as much as anything.”
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October 22, 1939. Bonner County, Idaho. See General Caption No. 49. Priest River Valley, where new settlers grow hay between the stumps.
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October 21, 1939. Bonner County, Idaho. See General Caption No. 49. This farm has been occupied by four different families since 1936:
Claude Sargeant ‘36-37 failed
Lenny Davis ‘38 failed
Roy Silton ‘38-39 failed
Davy Walker ‘39 failed
The soil is sandy and the effort of clearing has been wasted.
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October 21, 1939. Boundary County, Idaho. See General Caption No. 56. Another interior of father’s two-room log home. Have their alfalfa seed stored in corner, “waiting for a better price.”
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October 23, 1939. Bonner County, Idaho. See General Caption No. 51. Members of the Halley family look over their new place, on a Sunday afternoon.
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August 14, 1939. Michigan Hill, Thurston Co., Western Washington. Three of the four Arnold children. The oldest boy earned the money to buy his bicycle. Refer to General Caption No. 36.
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August 14, 1939. Michigan Hill, Thurston Co., Western Washington. After the bulldozer has taken out and piled the heavy stumps, the family gather the debris, roots, and chunks, from the field to the stump pile for burning. Negative made in rain. Refer to General Caption No. 36.
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October 14, 1939. Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon. See General Caption No. 70. Sign on old bank building which now houses the office of the Bureau of Reclamation.
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May 17, 2005. Nyssa, Oregon. Old bank building which still houses the office of the Owyhee Irrigation District.
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Refer to General Caption No. 6 and General Caption No. 7. Tobacco people take it easy after their morning’s work “putting up” tobacco.
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Documents submitted by Lange with General Captions in 1939.
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