Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is native Californian. Nipomo, California

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Title
Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is native Californian. Nipomo, California
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lange, Dorothea (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lange, Dorothea

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1936-03
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 009098-C
Topics
California -- Nipomo
California -- San Luis Obispo County
Migrant laborers' families
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
Poverty
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)
Description
Portrait shows Florence Thompson with several of her children in a tent shelter.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 22086
TMS Object Number: 009098-C
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2ff4b9b0-73ef-0136-7061-037fc8cc23ec
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
  • 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. "Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is native Californian. Nipomo, California" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1936. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/94e1b3a0-73f0-0136-95d2-297ec513251d

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is native Californian. Nipomo, California" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/94e1b3a0-73f0-0136-95d2-297ec513251d

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1936). Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is native Californian. Nipomo, California Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/94e1b3a0-73f0-0136-95d2-297ec513251d

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Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is native Californian. Nipomo, California