A78.144.20.22

Object number:

A78.144.20.22

Object name:

photograph; report

Title:

Statement in support of project to establish camps for migrants in California; Until the present time (August 1935) only two privys existed on the camp site. Flush toilets with septic tanks are being constructed. Marysville camp for migrants

Maker:

Dorothea Lange, Paul S. Taylor

Date made:

August 1935

Material / Technique:

Gelatin silver print and paper

Dimensions:

H: 7 in, W: 875 in

Credit line:

Gift of Paul S. Taylor

No Copyright - United States (Public Domain)

Public Domain

Physical description:

Mounted photograph with text. Page from A78.144.20.

Concepts:

labor; agriculture; camp; migrant farmworker; sanitation; toilet; outhouse; Dorothea Lange Project: California in the Depression; Dorothea Lange Project: State Emergency Relief Administration

Places:

Marysville, California; Central Valley

Organizations:

California Resettlement Administration

Currently on display in the Gallery of California Art

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