Object number:
A67.137.35001.8
Object name:
photograph
Title:
Signs Around the State in the Late '30s
Maker:
Dorothea Lange
Date made:
1935
Material / Technique:
Gelatin silver print
Credit line:
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Physical description:
Gelatin silver contact sheet printed on Agfa photopaper. Lange number stamped on verso. Contact sheet shows negatives of the 2.25 inches by 2.25 inches format.
Content description:
Original description is "Signs Around the State in the Late '30s." Six images show roadside signs with advertisements for various products and cotton-picking jobs. In three images, tents and makeshift dwellings are visible near the signs. One image shows a building door with a glass window lined with newspaper.
Concepts:
Dorothea Lange Project: California in the Depression
Places:
California
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