Object number:
A67.137.35250.3
Object name:
photograph
Title:
Fort Yuma Indian School
Maker:
Dorothea Lange
Date made:
April 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 3.25 inches by 4.25 inches format.
Content description:
Original description is "Fort Yuma Indian School - Near Border Station at Yuma - The Indian school - right over the top of the hill." Images show a curving dirt road leading up a hill toward a group of buildings past a sign that reads "Private Road - Fort Yuma - Indian School." In one image, a man carries a metal tub on one shoulder up the hill.
Concepts:
Dorothea Lange Project: California in the Depression
Places:
California
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