Arthur Rothstein
Vernon Evans, Migrant to Oregon from South Dakota

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Artist Arthur Rothstein (American, 1915–1985)American, 1915–1985

CultureAmerican

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Vernon Evans, Migrant to Oregon from South Dakota
Vernon Evans (with his family) of Lemmon, South Dakota, near Missoula, Montana on Highway 10. Leaving grasshopper-ridden and drought-stricken area for a new start in Oregon or Washington. Expects to arrive at Yakima in time for hop picking. Live in tent. Makes about two hundred miles a day in Model T Ford

DateJuly 1936, printed 1981

Place depictedUnited States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 × 12 1/16 in. (22.9 × 30.6 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 14 in. (27.6 × 35.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. George Peterkin, Jr.

Object number2011.654.3

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PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceGeorge Peterkin, Jr.; given to MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"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

lower right below image in pencil "Arthur Rothstein"

recto lower left corner an embossed stamp "h / p"

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