Object number:
A67.137.38208.5
Object name:
photograph
Title:
Family on the Road
Maker:
Dorothea Lange
Date made:
1938
Material / Technique:
Gelatin silver print
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Physical description:
Gelatin silver contact sheet. Lange number stamped on verso. Contact sheet shows negatives of format 4 inches by 5 inches.
Content description:
Original description is "Family on the Road." Four images of a family made up of a man, a woman, and two children standing in grass on the side of the road. The woman is wearing a dress with a striped pattern, and in two of the photos, she has sunglasses on. The man is holding a child. In on the images, the woman is sticking her tongue out.
Concepts:
Dorothea Lange Project: An American Exodus
Places:
Oklahoma
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