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.
Content description:
Original description is "Family of migrant "fruit tramps" living near Sacramento in the squatter shanty town. Family of 9 - Father making effort to keep older children in school regularly, so sacrifices some work in early part of season." Images show a man, woman, and several children sitting and standing outside a makeshift wooden dwelling near an automobile.
Concepts:
Dorothea Lange Project: California in the Depression
Places:
Sacramento, California
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