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Detail of kitchen cabinet on trailer of white migrant near Harlingen, Texas

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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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Title
Detail of kitchen cabinet on trailer of white migrant near Harlingen, Texas
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lee, Russell

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1939-02
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 011999-M2
Topics
Texas -- Harlingen
Texas -- Cameron County
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress.
Content: FSA Collection contains two copies of this photograph.
Content: "General Caption #5" is attached to verso: "White migrant family from Ariz. This was the first time they had been in Texas. They came to the valley because they had heard that there was work the year around with the exception of the month of June. The man said that he had owned a large farm in Ariz. but this is doubtful. He was an ex-service man until recently had been receiving some compensation, he said. He had worked on WPA until he left his home county searching work in adjoining county on a farm. He did not find the expected work and said that the WPA refused to restore him to the rolls or have his transferred to the rolls in his new home. The cabinet on the back of his trailer is an exact duplicate of those on the chuck wagons on the old-time ranches. The skillet shown had a "skeleton" lid. Coals are piled on the lid in order to bake bread. The tent is erected in the midst of thick chapparel and when a neighbor walked up to visit them the man welcomed, "well, come in and see the bruch dwellers". This man said that he wished he had gone to California where he thinks there is plenty of work. He intends to try to get to California in the fall.
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: 60318
TMS Object Number: 011999-M2
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 90b90ac0-d6e3-0136-4035-037608c35473
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

  • 1939: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Detail of kitchen cabinet on trailer of white migrant near Harlingen, Texas" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b206f170-d6e5-0136-d652-4df715e4ba42

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Detail of kitchen cabinet on trailer of white migrant near Harlingen, Texas" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b206f170-d6e5-0136-d652-4df715e4ba42

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). Detail of kitchen cabinet on trailer of white migrant near Harlingen, Texas Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b206f170-d6e5-0136-d652-4df715e4ba42

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Detail of kitchen cabinet on trailer of white migrant near Harlingen, Texas