Dustbowl Migration: Visual Media Along the Road
Dublin Core
Title
Dustbowl Migration: Visual Media Along the Road
Subject
Dustbowl Migration, Visual Media.
Description
Handbills, Flyers, Advertisements, Billboards, Newspaper Articles, Photography. Print Media that might influence an Okie to head West.
Creator
Alex Pittel, Kristina Liwanag
Contributor
Alex Pittel, Kristina Liwanag
Collection Items
Handbill Advertising Job Opportunities in Tulare County
Handbill of unknown (possibly dubious) origin beckoning laborers to venture to a farm in Tulare County.
Multilingual Billboard Advertising Job Opportunities in Hotchkiss Ranch
Billboard in both Spanish and English offering work at a nearby ranch.
Grapes of Wrath Billboard
This billboard advertising the cinematic version of Grapes of Wrath is ironically placed at a migrant labor camp. Families struggling to survive park in the shade of the ad: face-to-face with a humongous testament to their narrative becoming part of…
Fruit Pickers Wanted
Created as a prop for the Grapes of Wrath movie. Unsure if it was used in the movie.
Migrant Worker Looking Up At "It's the American Way" Billboard.
![Migrant Worker Looking Up At "It's the American Way" Billboard.](https://grapesofwrath.sfsuenglishdh.net/files/square_thumbnails/53430a602df99b77f6b050293e98b208.jpg "Migrant Worker Looking Up At "It's the American Way" Billboard.")
Photograph of Migrant Working viewing a billboard with a message intended to be inspirational.
Cotton Pickers Wanted Sign
This is an advertisement seeking to find any desperate farm workers or migrant families that need work.
