An outbuilding of the former Weedpatch camp south of Bakersfield, California
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Title
An outbuilding of the former Weedpatch camp south of Bakersfield, California
Subject
- United States--California--Weedpatch
- Weedpatch
- Weedpatch Camp
- Weedpatch
- Weedpatch Camp
Description
- Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.
- Weedpatch Camp, a "rescue camp" for distressed migrant workers, whom some disparagingly called "Okies," who had fled Dust Bowl conditions in the Great Plains. The camp was also referred to as the Sunset Camp and was officially known as the Arvin Federal Government Camp. Author John Steinbeck called it "Weed Patch Camp" in his novel, "The Grapes of Wrath."
- Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
- Gift; The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation in memory of Jon B. Lovelace; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:063).
- Forms part of: Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/highsm.24196/
- Weedpatch Camp, a "rescue camp" for distressed migrant workers, whom some disparagingly called "Okies," who had fled Dust Bowl conditions in the Great Plains. The camp was also referred to as the Sunset Camp and was officially known as the Arvin Federal Government Camp. Author John Steinbeck called it "Weed Patch Camp" in his novel, "The Grapes of Wrath."
- Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
- Gift; The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation in memory of Jon B. Lovelace; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:063).
- Forms part of: Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/highsm.24196/
Creator
Highsmith, Carol M.,photographer
Source
Library of Congress
Date
1946
Format
photograph : digital, tiff file, color.
Files
Collection
Citation
Highsmith, Carol M.,photographer, “An outbuilding of the former Weedpatch camp south of Bakersfield, California,” Grapes of Wrath, accessed May 21, 2024, https://grapesofwrath.sfsuenglishdh.net/items/show/15.