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Another family arriving at the Linnell Camp Office in their pick-up truck with a trailer filled with all the family belongings. The small child is peeking out at the surroundings.

Another similar method of migrant families means of travel.

This groups of migrants have a car with a trailer and truck. The men are talking by the car and the two children waiting by the truck.

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…

Two men have removed the car motor for repairs. They are working under a shade tree in back of the tin hut cabin at the camp.

This cabin is one of 294 sheet metal cabins with horizontal sheet medal siding. Some of huts have vertical medal siding. When the camp opened the cabins had no electricity or running water. In this picture power lines can be seen at the cabin.

The occupant of this tin cabin has planted flowers along the side of the hut and in front along the street.

This man has built a picket fench around his cabin as well as a little fence around his shade tree.

These tin hut cabins look unoccupied, but the photo shows the cabin arrangement. They were built 10 feet from the road and 15 feet from on another. The sheet metal siding is vertical on these cabins.

Two men are looking down the street. One is actually standing in the water in the street. These huts have metal lap siding