We often think of California having migrant workers, however, they traveled throughout the United States. In July of 1940, photo/journalist John Vachon took these remarkable photographs of migrant children in Berrien County, Michigan.
Migrant child, Berrien County, Michigan July 1940
Migrant children, Berrien County, Michigan July 1940
Migrant child from Arkansas, Berrien County, Michigan 1940
Migrant child from Arkansas, Berrien County, Michigan 1940
Migrant child from Arkansas, Berrien County, Michigan 1940
Migrant girl, strawberry picker, Berrien County, Michigan 1940
Migrant girl, strawberry picker, Berrien County, Mich. 1940
Migrant children, Berrien County, Michigan 1940
Migrant children, Berrien County, Michigan 1940
Migrant children, Berrien County, Michigan 1940
Migrant child in front of tent home, Berrien County, Michigan 1940
Migrant child, Berrien County, Michigan 1940
Migrant children eating, Berrien County, Michigan 1940
Migrant children eating, Berrien County, Michigan
Migrant strawberry picker, Berrien County, Michigan 1940
Migrant children at nursery school, Berrien County, Michigan 1940
Migrant child in front of tent home, Berrien County, Michigan 1940
Migrant child eating in front of tent home, Berrien County, Michigan 1940
Child of migrant berry pickers, Berrien County, Mich. 1940
Migrant child in front of tent home, Berrien County, Mich. 1940
Migrant children at nursery school, Berrien County, Michigan1 1940
Migrant children at nursery school, Berrien County, Michigan 1940
Migrant children at nursery school, Berrien County, Michigan
Migrant children at nursery school, Berrien County, Michigan
Migrant children at nursery school, Berrien County, Michigan
Migrant children at nursery school, Berrien County, Michigan 1940
Migrant children at nursery school, Berrien County, Michigan 1940
Migrant children at nursery school, Berrien County, Michigan 1940
Baby in back seat of migrant workers’ automobile, Berrien County, Michigan 1940
Baby in back seat of migrant workers’ automobile, Berrien County, Michigan
Migrant children, Berrien County, Michigan July 1940
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