Untitled photo, possibly related to: #HighwayCity, #California, near #Fresno. See general caption. Family from #Oklahoma; have been in #California for six years, have been migratory workers now on #WorksProgressAdministrationWPA) from which they may be cut off at the opening of the 1939 harvest. Their house represents one of many similar structures, which they are attempting to construct by their own efforts on poor land, for which they are paying a few dollars a month out of the #WPA budget. Their light bill is two dollars a month. Water bill one dollar a month, kerosene for cooking five dollars per month, approximately. They own a 1929 #Ford. "The cheapest thing for the government to do would be to put people like me on enough land to make a living on. You can't tell me anything about running around with the fruit, I know that deal. You are lucky if you make enough to get home. I'm not a kickin', I'm being tuk care of, but if I should live to be hundred this way I'm not getting ahead noways."

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#House which adjoins that of family described in 19553-E. There are approximately one hundred such homes, each with about an acre at #HighwayCity, #California, which show various degrees of ability in self resettlement. Nearly all are on #WorksProgressAdministrationWPA)

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