Hooverville of Bakersfield, California. A rapidly growing community of people living rent-free on the edge of the town dump in whatever kind of shelter available. Approximately one thousand people now living here and raising children
1936 · Bakersville, Kern County, California, United States
A wide black-and-white view shows a camp with tents, trailers, and a few people in an open field.
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FSA documentary work, 1930s · Library of Congress
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection
FSA/OWI photographs are works of the U.S. federal government in the public domain
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