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Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside. They hope to work in the cotton fields. There are seven in family. Blythe, California

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Title

Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside. They hope to work in the cotton fields. There are seven in family. Blythe, California

Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs
Lange, Dorothea

Names

United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lange, Dorothea (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1936-08

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 009666-E

Subjects

California -- Blythe
California -- Riverside County
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
Migrant agricultural laborers
Droughts
Internal migrants

Genres

Photographs

Notes

Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Date and title from Library of Congress.

Physical Description

Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Identifiers

TMS ID: 22281
TMS Object Number: 009666-E
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d8570d80-76f7-0136-7fc3-05bf972779c7

Rights

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Still Image

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside. They hope to work in the cotton fields. There are seven in family. Blythe, California" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d8570d80-76f7-0136-7fc3-05bf972779c7

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside. They hope to work in the cotton fields. There are seven in family. Blythe, California Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d8570d80-76f7-0136-7fc3-05bf972779c7

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside. They hope to work in the cotton fields. There are seven in family. Blythe, California" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d8570d80-76f7-0136-7fc3-05bf972779c7

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