Object number:
A67.137.38209.1
Object name:
photonegative
Title:
Family on the Road; Family on the Road - Okla `38
Maker:
Dorothea Lange
Date made:
1938
Material / Technique:
Film photonegative
Dimensions:
W: 4 in, H: 5 in
Credit line:
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
Lange and Paul Taylor's caption for a photo of this family in "An American Exodus" reads, "Hitch-hiking from Joplin, Missouri, to a sawmill job in Arizona. On US 66 near Weatherford, western Oaklahoma, August 12, 1938" Handwritten on negative envelope: "Already proofed
Concepts:
roadside; adult; female; child; family; drought; male; male; female
Places:
Weatherford, Oklahoma; Oklahoma; U.S. Route 66
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