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This man is planting flowers in his picket fence garden area.

The children look very content at the camp.

Children are in the sand pile in the street at the camp.

The big boy has a nice smile while the girl poses in the back. The little child looks more apprehensive. The big boy is wearing a David Crockett T-shirt.

The cotton bowls are opening, and the cotton will be ready to pick soon.

Linnell project was first called called the Visalia Migratory Farm Labor Camp when it opened. The camp is located six miles east of Visalia and within two miles of Famersville. The camp has gone through several name changes over the years, but has…

This aerial is taken from the north looking south at the hexagon layout of Linnell Camp. Migrant workers and their families could live in one of the 294 metal shelters, or in any of the 48 three-room cottages, or in one of the 30 three-room…

Another early aerial view of Linnell Camp in the winter. The water tower is discernable in the center of this picture.

In 1936 during the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency, the Farm Security Administration (FSA) was set up to meet the health and housing needs for migrant families. In June of 1938 work was begun on the Linnell Camp, and on Decmber 16, 1938, the camp…

The front view of one of the Linnell Camp apartments.