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Summary
Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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california
calipatria
imperial county
labor camps
migrant laborers
migrant agricultural laborers
internal migrants
the miriam and ira d wallach division of art prints and photographs photography collection
farm security administration photographs
farm security administration
labor camp
imperial valley
united states farm security administration sponsor
lange dorothea photographer
ultra high resolution
high resolution
great depression
classic photography
art photography
new york public library
Date
01/02/1939 - 28/02/1939
Source
New York Public Library
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Copyright info
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")