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Title
Cottage Gardens roadsign. Outskirts of San Bernardino, California
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lange, Dorothea (Photographer)
United States. Resettlement Administration (Sponsor)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lange, Dorothea

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1935-02
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 009057-D c.5
Topics
California -- San Bernardino
California -- San Bernardino County
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Date and title from Library of Congress. LC record lacks image. This print was given the NYPL accession number of 91PH021.115, which is in duplicate. The other print is unrelated.
Content: Written caption on verso: This sign advertises "Cottage Gardens"- a depression community. There are 100 homes, all but 15 of the families are living on S.E.R.A. budgets, and buying their homes, ie. buying the land and erecting SOMETHING to live in. Have additional photographs showing type houses and hotels. "Cottage Gardens" is not a government project.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 7 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. (19.1 x 23.2 cm)
Resettlement Administration stamp and manuscript notations on verso. Photo Source stamp on recto.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 21892
TMS Object Number: 009057-D c.5
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c9ff1790-73ee-0136-d2da-25bcc86ddf71
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. "Cottage Gardens roadsign. Outskirts of San Bernardino, California" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1935. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba309cea-940a-4288-e040-e00a18066c61

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Cottage Gardens roadsign. Outskirts of San Bernardino, California" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba309cea-940a-4288-e040-e00a18066c61

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1935). Cottage Gardens roadsign. Outskirts of San Bernardino, California Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba309cea-940a-4288-e040-e00a18066c61

Wikipedia Citation

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Cottage Gardens roadsign. Outskirts of San Bernardino, California