Object number:
A67.137.93092
Object name:
photograph
Title:
Midcontinent - Family on the Road; Family walking on highway-five children. Started from Idabel, Oklahoma, bound for Krebs, Oklahoma. In 1936 the father farmed on thirds and fourths at Eagletown, McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Was taken sick with pneumonia and lost farm. Unable to get work on WPA and refused county relief in county of fifteen years' residence because of temporary residence in another county after his illness.
Maker:
Dorothea Lange
Date made:
June 1938
Material / Technique:
gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
H: 8 in, W: 10 in
Credit line:
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
Family walking on highway-five children. Started from Idabel, Oklahoma, bound for Krebs, Oklahoma. In 1936 the father farmed on thirds and fourths at Eagletown, McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Was taken sick with pneumonia and lost farm. Unable to get work on WPA and refused county relief in county of fifteen years' residence because of temporary residence in another county after his illness.
Concepts:
hat; family; migrant; road; wagon; migrant farmworker
Places:
Oklahoma
Currently on display in the Gallery of California Art
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