Labor Camp Collection

A road sign for a Farm Security Administration labor camp in Caldwell, Idaho. Photograph by Russell Lee, June 1941
LABOR CAMP SIGN, 1941. A road sign for a Farm Security Administration labor camp in Caldwell, Idaho. Photograph by Russell Lee, June 1941

Deportations from Russia to Siberia around 1850. Engraving without author identification
PCT4263398 Deportations from Russia to Siberia around 1850. Engraving without author identification, illustrating a book from the end of the 19th century: " Vie de Mme Postel"

View of the Black Buttes camp, last station in the red desert (Mojave desert
LSE4329662 View of the Black Buttes camp, last station in the red desert (Mojave desert) of the Pacific Railway, in September 1868, engraving after the drawing of A.Marie

Russian prisoners forced to work in Siberia, 1880s
Russian convicts returning at night from the mines in Siberia, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Russian political prisoners sent to Siberia, 1880s
Russian prisoners marched on a muddy road to exile in Siberia, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

MARBLE GAME, 1942. Group of boys playing marbles at a Farm Security Administration labor camp at Robstown, Texas. Photograph by Arthur Rothstein, 1942

TEXAS: FSA LABOR CAMP, 1942. Boy building a model airplane while other children look on, at a Farm Security Adminiatration labor camp in Robstown, Texas. Photograph by Arthur Rothstein, January 1942

RUSSIA: FORCED LABOR, c1885. Russian prison guards surrounding a placer mine in the Transbaikalia region of Siberia, where convicts sentenced to hard labor are working. Photographed c1885

RUSSIA: FORCED LABOR, 1895. Russian convict railroad workers in the Ussuri region in eastern Siberia. Photographed by William Henry Jackson, October 1895

TRANS SIBERIAN RAILWAY. Workers from a hard-labor camp on Sakhalin Island, who worked on constructing the Trans Siberian Railway along the Ussuri River in Russia. Photograph, c1890

Postcard of an Oregon Logging Train. ca. 1911, An Oregon logging train

Perm, siberia, ussr 1943, barracks of corrective labor camp (part of gulag) for builders of the panyshevsky electric station

Perm, siberia, ussr 1943, interior of barracks for prisoners working at panyshevsky corrective labor camp (part of gulag) working on panyshevsky electric station

RAILROAD CREW, 1877. Convict laborers from a railroad crew in western Louisiana under close supervision at a camp along the route of the proposed New Orleans Pacific Railroad, 1877

Elderly Russian sentenced to hard labor, 1880s
Russian convict sentenced to hard labor in Siberia at age 65, 1880s. Hand-colored engraving reproduction of a photograph

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"Unveiling the Dark History: Labor Camps Through Time" A haunting road sign stands tall, marking the entrance to a Farm Security Administration labor camp in Caldwell, Idaho. (Photograph by Russell Lee, June 1941) In the heart of the Mojave desert lies Black Buttes camp - a desolate station that served as the final destination for many forced laborers. Transported back to 1880s Russia, we witness Russian prisoners and political dissidents being ruthlessly sent to Siberia for hard labor. Amidst turmoil and oppression, young boys find solace in simple pleasures like playing marbles at a Farm Security Administration camp in 1942. At a Texas FSA labor camp in 1942, one determined boy builds an intricate model airplane while his curious peers observe with awe. The year is c1885 in Russia; prison guards encircle a placer mine where forced laborers toil relentlessly under their watchful eyes. Another glimpse into history reveals Russian convict railroad workers from 1895 enduring grueling conditions within the Ussuri region. On Sakhalin Island's Trans-Siberian Railway route, workers from a harsh-labor camp strive against all odds to lay tracks amidst adversity. Traveling further back in time, we encounter an Oregon logging train postcard from ca. 1911 - capturing both progress and hardships of that era. Perm becomes synonymous with suffering as barracks of corrective labor camps during World War II house builders of Panyshevsky Electric Station (part of Gulag) - Siberia's infamous correctional system. These glimpses into various labor camps throughout history serve as reminders of human resilience amid unimaginable hardship and shed light on dark chapters often forgotten or overlooked.