Grapes of Wrath

An online exhibit by English 690 (Spring 2017) at San Francisco State University

More Oklahomans reach Calif. via the cotton fields of Ariz. ; "We got blowed out in Oklahoma." Share-croppers family near Bakersfield, Apr. 7, 1935

Dublin Core

Title

More Oklahomans reach Calif. via the cotton fields of Ariz. ; "We got blowed out in Oklahoma." Share-croppers family near Bakersfield, Apr. 7, 1935

Subject

- Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
- Sharecroppers--California--Bakersfield--1930-1940
- Children--California--Bakersfield--1930-1940
- Automobiles--California--Bakersfield--1930-1940

Description

Photograph at top shows a car loaded with people, their belongings and supplies. Photo at bottom shows a woman and children sitting in the grass beside an automobile.

Creator

Lange, Dorothea, photographer

Source

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Publisher

Library of Congress

Date

1935

Rights

No known restrictions on publication.

Format

Online image

Language

English

Identifier

cph 3c31588 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c31588

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

1 photographic print

Physical Dimensions

Unknown

Files

Eng 690_Oklahomans reach California.tif

Citation

Lange, Dorothea, photographer, “More Oklahomans reach Calif. via the cotton fields of Ariz. ; "We got blowed out in Oklahoma." Share-croppers family near Bakersfield, Apr. 7, 1935,” Grapes of Wrath, accessed May 3, 2024, https://grapesofwrath.sfsuenglishdh.net/items/show/296.