An online exhibit by English 690 (Spring 2017) at San Francisco State University
Handbills, Flyers, Advertisements, Billboards, Newspaper Articles, Photography. Print Media that might influence an Okie to head West.
Contributors: Alex Pittel, Kristina Liwanag
View the items in Dustbowl Migration: Visual Media Along the Road
The songs that the Okies perform and listen in the work camp when they came to California
Contributors: Ka Wing Tsang
View the items in Okie's Music in the Work Camp
Contributors: Michael Kenney
View the items in Musical Instruments of the Dust bowl
View the items in Recreation in Migrant Camps
As the Ornate Box turtle in some ways is the symbolic catalyst for the narrative events to follow in Grapes of Wrath, understanding the historical,…
View the items in Turtle Mythology
Items in this collection reflect the roles of children in Okie families in California during the Dust Bowl Migration.
Contributors: Kylie Madson
View the items in Migrant Children
Songs, travel, and people during the Dust Bowl.
Contributors: Lyanne Teopaco, Oliva Torres
View the items in Culture
View the items in Cars of the 1920s and 1930s
Hopefully these items will demonstrate the shift in culture, technology, and social structure that is explored by the Joads in The Grapes of Wrath.
View the items in Toilet and Plumbing History
View the items in Food of the Migrant Workers