Arthur Rothstein
Vernon Evans, Migrant to Oregon from South Dakota

ArtistAmerican, 1915–1985
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • 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
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
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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