Category:Arvin Federal Government Camp
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historic buildings for southern California migrant workers during the Great Depression | |||||
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Arvin Federal Government Camp is the formal name for Weedpatch Camp, made famous by The Grapes of Wrath. The US National Archives material blue-linked on this page is a series of documents prepared by Tom Collins, director of Weedpatch Camp, which become key source material used by John Steinbeck for his novel.
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Media in category "Arvin Federal Government Camp"
The following 18 files are in this category, out of 18 total.
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2009-0820-WeedpatchCamp-CommunityHall.jpg 3,087 × 1,788; 3.48 MB
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2009-0820-WeedpatchCamp-housing.jpg 1,674 × 1,200; 1.41 MB
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2009-0820-WeedpatchCamp-LibPO.jpg 2,526 × 1,764; 3.02 MB
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An outbuilding of the former Weedpatch camp south of Bakersfield, California LCCN2013631374.tif 7,360 × 4,912; 206.9 MB
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Okie camp shack, Weedpatch, California LCCN2011630906.tif 3,415 × 4,350; 85.03 MB
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Photo of Tom Collins with migrant mother.jpg 1,024 × 819; 323 KB
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Report for Week Ending May 23, 1936 - NARA - 296520 (page 1).gif 585 × 756; 100 KB