#Washington, #YakimaValley. Drought refugee, aged sixty three, from #Bismark,NorthDakota. "Come to #Washington three years ago in that #Chevy coupe you see over there and twenty-five dollars cash. Had #480acres back there..."

#photography #DorotheaLange

#Washington, #YakimaValley. Drought refugee, aged sixty three, from #Bismark,NorthDakota. "Came to #Washington three years ago in that #Chevy coupe you see over there and twenty-five dollars cash. Had #480acres back there. I dried out after thirty years, lost it, and walked out." With help of #WorkProjectsAdministration WPA) and supplementary work on ranches is buying three quarters of an acre in shacktown near #Yakima, has it nearly paid for, has good garden. "On my own place I can't starve."

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Untitled photo, possibly related to: #Washington, #YakimaValley. Drought refugee, aged sixty three, from #Bismark,NorthDakota. "Come to #Washington three years ago in that #Chevy coupe you see over there and twenty-five dollars cash. Had #480acres back there. I dried out after thirty years, lost it, and walked out." With help of #WorkProjectsAdministration WPA) and supplementary work on ranches is buying three quaters of an acre in shacktown near #Yakima, has it nearly paid for, has good garden. "On my own place I can't starve."

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Untitled photo, possibly related to: Migratory worker in auto camp. Single man, speaks his mind. "Them WPAs are keeping us from a living. They oughtn't to do it. It ain't fair in no way. The government lays them off that is in #WorkProjectsAdministration- 1939) and they come in because they're locals and take the jobs away from us that never had no forty-four dollars a month. I came out of #Pennsylvania, used to be an oil worker. I'm getting along in years now and I seen lots of presidents and lots of systems. Voted for #Roosevelt both times and I don't know of any president that ever leaned toward the laboring man like him, but this system they've got here in the fruit is a rotten system the way they work it." #YakimaValley, #Washington

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Sick migrant child. #Washington, #YakimaValley, #Toppenish

#photography #DorotheaLange

OnlineFirst - "Theft: Grave robbery, territorial conquest, and irrigation" by Carrie Mott:

#irrigation #Yakimavalley #settlercolonialism #USwest #graverobbery

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/25148486221145410

I like to go for small, family owned wineries. Dineen Vineyards in Yakima Valley, WA, is a good one. Enjoyed this red blend with some local grass fed roast beef tonight. #wine #supper #winepairing #yakimavalley #wawine