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Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma. Arrived in California October 1936 to join the cotton harvest. Near Tulare, California

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

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Farm Security Administration Photographs

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Lange, Dorothea

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Title
Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma. Arrived in California October 1936 to join the cotton harvest. Near Tulare, California
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lange, Dorothea (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lange, Dorothea

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1936-11
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 009870-E
Topics
California -- Tulare
California -- Tulare County
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
Internal migrants
Migrant agricultural laborers
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress.
Content: FSA Collection contains four 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: 22410
TMS Object Number: 009870-E
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): df560700-82ca-0136-cfe8-294db6af707a
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

  • 1936: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2021: Found by you!
  • 2022

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma. Arrived in California October 1936 to join the cotton harvest. Near Tulare, California" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1936. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3c05c2a0-82cd-0136-374f-06feaaa05e4b

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma. Arrived in California October 1936 to join the cotton harvest. Near Tulare, California" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed February 27, 2021. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3c05c2a0-82cd-0136-374f-06feaaa05e4b

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1936). Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma. Arrived in California October 1936 to join the cotton harvest. Near Tulare, California Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3c05c2a0-82cd-0136-374f-06feaaa05e4b

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3c05c2a0-82cd-0136-374f-06feaaa05e4b | title= (still image) Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma. Arrived in California October 1936 to join the cotton harvest. Near Tulare, California, (1936)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=February 27, 2021 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma. Arrived in California October 1936 to join the cotton harvest. Near Tulare, California