A small archive of previously undocumented and unknown medium format photographic negatives of vernacular dwellings and spaces occupied by itinerant farm workers in California's Central Valley captured by an unnamed photographer who we know to have been a social worker with the FSA named Louis Kuplan. 

These appear to have been taken for documentation relating to his work and are of scenes remarkably similar to those famously captured by members of the FSA’s official photography corps. Named places include locations in Kern, Tulare, and Fresno Counties. Envelope notations include dates and places, sometimes providing extensive additional details, as in the case of one dated November 27, 1939:

"House rented by migratory family - 2 adults & 4 children - for $10 month - Only 2 windows in entire house - which is actually built around an old, home made trailer, which had its walls pushed out. Windows are originally part of trailer. House barely hight enough to permit man of average height to stand up. Water has to be hauled a mile. 7 mi. W. of Tulare on Corcoan Rd."

Another from a view captured February 7, 1940:

"Squatters - 2 i. south of Fresno limits. Single men - property owned by widow of an ex-bindlestiff who, in his will, requested that land be used by migrants - unattached men - prohibiting only negroes & Mexicans." 

 The official negative archive of the FSA has long been held by The Library of Congress and associated primary examples like these are rare to encounter anyplace else. A profound grouping and one immediately adjacent to a monumental American documentary photography initiative.

[KUPLAN, Louis] - photographer : [Photography] : [Californiana]. [Small Archive of Photograph Negatives Shot by a Social Worker with the Farm Security Administration in California]. [California, USA]: (1939-1940). 14 black and white film negatives. Each approximately 4 1/4" x 3 1/4." Enclosed in 11 notated envelopes or blank sleeves. All about near fine.