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Title
Migrant oil worker near Odessa, Texas
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lange, Dorothea (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lange, Dorothea

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1937-05
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 016936-E c.2
Topics
Texas -- Odessa
Texas -- Ector County
Migrant laborers
Oil industry workers
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
Genres
Photographs
Portraits
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress record.
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: 23293
TMS Object Number: 016936-E c.2
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c0870f70-8842-0136-e1ab-67cf351d3e73
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1937: 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. "Migrant oil worker near Odessa, Texas" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1937. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/37aadc10-8845-0136-e3af-3bb4656980ea

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Migrant oil worker near Odessa, Texas" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/37aadc10-8845-0136-e3af-3bb4656980ea

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1937). Migrant oil worker near Odessa, Texas Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/37aadc10-8845-0136-e3af-3bb4656980ea

Wikipedia Citation

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Migrant oil worker near Odessa, Texas