Object number:
A67.137.38208.1
Object name:
photonegative
Title:
Oklahoma family on the road; Family on the Road
Maker:
Dorothea Lange
Date made:
1938
Material / Technique:
Film photonegative
Dimensions:
H: 5 in, W: 4 in
Credit line:
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
Lange and Paul Taylor's caption for a photo of this family in "An American Exodus" reads, "Hitch-hiking from Joplin, Missouri, to a sawmill job in Arizona. On US 66 near Weatherford, western Oaklahoma, August 12, 1938
Concepts:
hitch hiker; drought; family; adult; male; female; child; male; female; roadside; sunglasses
Places:
Oklahoma; U.S. Route 66; Weatherford, Oklahoma
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