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In early spring, 2007, I conducted a photography tour along the routes used by various people to reach the San Joaquin Valley of California, from Okies and Texans in the 1930s to the influx of Latinos in the latter half of the 20th Century.


The San Joaquin Valley, which is the southern two thirds of the Great Central Valley of California, is perhaps the richest agricultural valley in the world. It lies between the Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains to the east, and the Coast Range Mountains to the west.


We found a diverse range of subjects, from people to wildflowers, from animals to architecture, including the few building still standing at the Sunset Labor Camp, the place made famous in the John Steinbeck novel, Grapes of Wrath. Our explorations to us to the Central Valley towns of Bakersfield, Arvin, and Weedpatch, and into the Tehachapi Mountains, and along a variety of old highways and back roads.


Sunset Labor Camp

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Cracked Window, Sunset Labor Camp

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View at the Sunset Labor Camp

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Cobwebs at the Sunset Labor Camp, Weedpatch, California

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Summer Wear

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Sheep is Shorn

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Shearing Sheep

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Waiting their Turn

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Sheep Shearing Encampment

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Martin Etchamendy, Basque Sheep Rancher

Capture Date: Apr 1, 2007 02:21 PMViews: 456

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Cowboy near Lamont, California

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Albertos Horse

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The Good Life

A cowboy, his horse, and a Corona! Photographed on a relaxing Sunday northeast of Bakersfield, California.
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DarrenLoczy Dec 24, 2014 02:13 AM
Nice shot!
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Child and her Mother Near Keene

Capture Date: Mar 31, 2007 10:23 AMViews: 299

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Lupine along Highway 223

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