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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