Untitled photo, possibly related to: Washington, Yakima Valley, near Wapato. Rural rehabilitation client (Farm Security Administration). Portrait of Chris Adolf. "My father made me work. That was his mistake, he made me work too hard. I learned about farming but nothing out of the books."
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Washington, Yakima Valley. Drought refugee, aged sixty three, from Bismark, North Dakota. "Came to Washington three years ago in that Chevy coupe you see over there and twenty-five dollars cash. Had 480 acres back there. I dried out after thirty years, lost it, and walked out." With help of Work Projects Administration (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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1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
Yakima Indian village, on the Columbia River, inhabited during salmon season. After the fishing is over they return to the Yakima Valley. Indian girl: "They don't want to live better. The government is trying to make them." Celilo, Wasco County, Oregon
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Yakima Indian village, on the Columbia River, inhabited during salmon season. After the fishing is over they return to the Yakima Valley. Indian girl: "They don't want to live better. The government is trying to make them." Celilo, Wasco County, Oregon
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Yakima Indian valley on the Columbia River, inhabited during salmon season. After the fishing is over they return to the Yakima Valley. Indian girl: "They don't want to live better. The government is trying to make them." Celilo, Wasco County, Oregon
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Untitled photo, possibly related to: Looking down on part of the Valley, approximately six miles from Yakima. Washington, Yakima Valley. See general caption number 33
Washington, Yakima Valley, near Toppenish. Single itinerant men on way to railroad yard
All Chris Adolf's children are hard workers on the new place. Yakima Valley, Washington
Untitled photo, possibly related to: Washington, Yakima Valley. The valley below seen from advertised "lookout point." See general caption number 33d
Harvesting pears, Pleasant Hill Orchards. Washington, Yakima Valley. See general caption number 34
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