Traditional Oklahoma family travels to California in 1936
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Title
Traditional Oklahoma family travels to California in 1936
Subject
Traveling to California in seeking stable farming.
Description
Mother and father travel from Oklahoma to California with eleven children in search of stable farming due to drought.
Creator
Lange, Dorothea, photographer
Source
Library of Congress: photo, print, drawing
Publisher
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection
Date
feb 1939
Contributor
Lange, Dorothea, photographer
Rights
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html
Relation
The expectation of California was an abundance of farming. In reality, they family is bouncing from farming site to farming site. The mother wants to go back to Oklahoma, but the father refuses.
Format
image: medium: 1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
Language
English
Type
image
Identifier
fsa 8b33264 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b33264
Files
Collection
Citation
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, “Traditional Oklahoma family travels to California in 1936,” Grapes of Wrath, accessed May 21, 2024, https://grapesofwrath.sfsuenglishdh.net/items/show/14.