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 and of the 2.25 inches by 2.25 inches format.
Content description:
Original description is "Shaftner Camp Beginnings (& 2 Squatter Camps)." Images show tents and vehicles in an encampment alongside a dirt road. One image shows a wooden building with a sign "First Aid - Nursery" and a large group of very young children sitting and standing in front of it.
Concepts:
Dorothea Lange Project: California in the Depression
Places:
Shafter, California; Kern County, California
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