An original cabin (compare this photo with those of cabins vastly renovated in the early 2000s) in the former Weedpatch camp, south of Bakersfield, California
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Title
An original cabin (compare this photo with those of cabins vastly renovated in the early 2000s) in the former Weedpatch camp, south of Bakersfield, California
Subject
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."
Description
1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.
Source
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Date
2013
Rights
No known restrictions on publication.
Format
Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020.
Files
Citation
“An original cabin (compare this photo with those of cabins vastly renovated in the early 2000s) in the former Weedpatch camp, south of Bakersfield, California,” Grapes of Wrath, accessed May 22, 2024, https://grapesofwrath.sfsuenglishdh.net/items/show/19.