Object number:
A78.144.20.13
Object name:
photograph; report
Title:
Statement in support of project to establish camps for migrants in California; Camp of Potato pickers. Kern Co. 35 families camped on the flat. Water purchased from service station at 5c per bucket. June 1935
Maker:
Dorothea Lange, Paul S. Taylor
Date made:
June 1935
Material / Technique:
Gelatin silver print and paper
Dimensions:
H: 7.25 in, W: 9.375 in
Credit line:
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
Copyright status:
No Copyright - United States (Public Domain)
Copyright holder:
Public Domain
Physical description:
Mounted photograph with text. Page from A78.144.20.
Concepts:
agriculture; Dorothea Lange Project: State Emergency Relief Administration; Dorothea Lange Project: California in the Depression; migrant farmworker; potato; tent; housing; camp; labor
Places:
Kern County, California; Central Valley
Organizations:
California Resettlement Administration
Currently on display in the Gallery of California Art
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