This family from Arkansas had one thousand dollras when they arrived in California. There are eleven children in family. They bought a forty acre piece of land on which they still owe one thousand dollars

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Title
This family from Arkansas had one thousand dollras when they arrived in California. There are eleven children in family. They bought a forty acre piece of land on which they still owe one thousand dollars
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lange, Dorothea (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lange, Dorothea

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1938-11
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 018658-C c.3
Topics
California -- Tulare County
Internal migrants
Assistance
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress.
Content: Caption continues: A Farm Security Administration (FSA) loan bought them dairy cows, an irrigation plant, and seed for irrigated pasture lands. Note large vegetable garden and small house. Tulare County, California.
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: 24086
TMS Object Number: 018658-C c.3
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3afc76a0-940a-0136-8ecc-3174504fd23f
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

  • 1938: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "This family from Arkansas had one thousand dollras when they arrived in California. There are eleven children in family. They bought a forty acre piece of land on which they still owe one thousand dollars" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/52d821b0-940c-0136-9667-23f9e9f016ab

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "This family from Arkansas had one thousand dollras when they arrived in California. There are eleven children in family. They bought a forty acre piece of land on which they still owe one thousand dollars" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 26, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/52d821b0-940c-0136-9667-23f9e9f016ab

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1938). This family from Arkansas had one thousand dollras when they arrived in California. There are eleven children in family. They bought a forty acre piece of land on which they still owe one thousand dollars Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/52d821b0-940c-0136-9667-23f9e9f016ab

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This family from Arkansas had one thousand dollras when they arrived in California. There are eleven children in family. They bought a forty acre piece of land on which they still owe one thousand dollars