Object number:
A67.137.94917
Object name:
photograph
Title:
Shafter Camp Beginnings; Shaftner Squatters Camp - Beginnings
Maker:
Dorothea Lange
Date made:
circa 1935
Material/Technique:
gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
H: 7.938 in, W: 9.938 in
Credit line:
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Concepts:
automobile; boy; blonde; migrant; trailer; canvas; rope; stove pipe; trailer; vent; roof; tree; sunlight; shadow; bed; camp; housing; woman; female; adult; truck; tent
Places:
Shafter, California
Persons:
Kern
Organizations:
California Resettlement Administration
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