Gelatin silver contact sheet printed on Agfa photopaper. Lange number stamped on verso. Contact sheet shows negatives of the 4 inches by 5 inches format.
Content description:
Original description is "Drought refugees fro Oklahoma - Outskirts of Marysville, Calif. - This family was looking for work in the peach harvest, camped on the site where the new resettlement camp has since been erected. No tent -- and using their bedding for shelter." Images show people standing near various vehicles that have been adapted to be makeshift shelters, with various household goods scattered about.
Concepts:
Dorothea Lange Project: California in the Depression
Places:
Marysville, California
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