Object number:
A67.137.8293
Object name:
photonegative
Title:
Sacramento Shanty Town, Showing Flood Conditions
Maker:
Dorothea Lange
Date made:
circa 1935
Material / Technique:
Film photonegative
Dimensions:
W: 5 in, H: 4 in
Credit line:
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
Lange #'s 35093 - 35107 show "dump housing" near Sacramento.
Concepts:
shanty town; housing; migrant farmworker; flood; tree; automobile
Places:
Sacramento River; Sacramento, California
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