Artist
Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965)American, 1895–1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Drought Refugees from Oklahoma, Blythe, California
- Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside. They hope to work in the cotton fields. There are seven in family. Blythe, California
DateAugust 1936, printed 1976
Place depictedBlythe, California, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 9/16 × 10 1/2 in. (26.8 × 26.7 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number76.395
Not on view
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Exhibition History"The 150th Anniversary of the Invention of Photography: Prague 1989," Manes Center of the Union of Czechoslovak Creative Artists, Progue, c/o U.S.I.A., Washington, D.C., August 1–September 30, 1989.
"Introducing America to Americans: Depression-era Photographs from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring, Texas, June 10–September 9, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso upper left in pencil "RS 53142[underlined] / F34-9666"
bottom right in pencil "Lange"
bottom right in pencil "Lange"
verso center a stamp reading vertically "Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress"
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