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Title
Oklahoma potato picker's family encamped on the flats near Shafter, California
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lange, Dorothea (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lange, Dorothea

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1935
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 003796-ZB c.2
Topics
California -- Shafter
California -- Kern County
Internal migrants
Migrant laborers' families
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Date and title from Library of Congress.
Content: FSA Collection contains two copies of this photograph.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 22035
TMS Object Number: 003796-ZB c.2
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 78fd8710-73ee-0136-e56d-4112b52fdfb9
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1935: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Oklahoma potato picker's family encamped on the flats near Shafter, California" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1935. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/04147790-73f0-0136-dd6c-3ff32b2f6315

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Oklahoma potato picker's family encamped on the flats near Shafter, California" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/04147790-73f0-0136-dd6c-3ff32b2f6315

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1935). Oklahoma potato picker's family encamped on the flats near Shafter, California Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/04147790-73f0-0136-dd6c-3ff32b2f6315

Wikipedia Citation

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Oklahoma potato picker's family encamped on the flats near Shafter, California