One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99. Kern County, California

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Oil fields. Kern County, California

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Gas station. Kern County, California

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"Kern County Fire - OES: Kern County Fire Sheriff: WILDFIRE. Evacuation WARNING Zone(s) KRN-735-C South of Lake Isabella. Be prepared to leave. Visibility in area will be reduced and roads can become blocked; PREPARE to leave. CALL 9-1-1 if you or others have an emergency CHECK Facebook.com/ReadyKern for updates. "

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Type house at "Garden Homes," Kern County, California. Twenty such homes have been completed and are occupied on a tract adjoining the Arvin Migratory Labor Camp. Rent is eight dollars and twenty cents monthly, which includes electricity and water

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Kern County. Debris left out on the flats where squatters' camp stood during work season. These are common sights after the migrants have left

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Kern County, California is largely in the hands of big landowners. Also it is a mecca for migrants from the Southwest

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On U.S. 99. in Kern County on the Tehachapi Ridge. Migrants travel seasonally back and forth between Imperial Valley and the San Joaquin Valley over this ridge

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Large-scale, mechanized farming. The potato planter operated by a crew of three men, makes the rows, fertilizes and plants potatoes in one operation. Kern County, California

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