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On U.S. 101 near San Luis Obispo, California. Itinerant worker. Not the old "Bindle-Stiff" type
U.S. 99 on ridge over Tehachapi Mountains. Heavy truck route between Los Angeles and San Joaquin Valley over which migrants travel back and forth. California
U.S. 101 near San Juan Bautista, California
Highway U.S. 101 which runs the full length of California. A main artery on which all travel [California, near King City]
Sign on U.S. Highway 99 near Shafter, California
Car and homemade trailer on U.S. 101 near King City, California. Man and wife middle-aged, from Wisconsin. "Old Man Depression sent us out on the road ... You don't know anything about how many people are living in trailers till you 'hit' Florida.
Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms. The type that formed the backbone of the Industrial Workers of the World in California before the war
Car and homemade trailer on U.S. 101 near King City, California. Man and wife middle-aged, from Wisconsin. "Old Man Depression sent us out on the road ... You don't know anything about how many people are living in trailers till you 'hit' Florida.
Between Tulare and Fresno. Overpass on U.S. 99. California. See general caption
On U.S. 101 near San Luis Obispo, California. Itinerant worker. Not the old "Bindle-Stiff" type
Summary
Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for her depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's photographs humanized the consequences of the Great Depression and influenced the development of documentary photography. Lange is best known for her photograph "Migrant Mother," which depicts a mother and her children during the Great Depression. Lange's photographs of the period are considered some of the most iconic images of the era.
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california
san luis obispo
san luis obispo county
internal migrants
migrant laborers
depressions
the miriam and ira d wallach division of art prints and photographs photography collection
farm security administration photographs
itinerant worker
united states farm security administration sponsor
lange dorothea photographer
ultra high resolution
high resolution
farm security administration
great depression
pedestrians
classic photography
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new york public library
Date
01/02/1939 - 28/02/1939
Source
New York Public Library
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Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")