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Fatherless migratory family camped behind gas station, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Fatherless migratory family camped behind gas station, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

2-899-396 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Fatherless migratory family camped behind gas station. The mother is trying to support three boys by picking pears. Just arrived from Minnesota, she used to work in a restaurant there. Oldest boy, age ten, helped carry ladder from tree to tree Photograph made at end of day (temperature 106 degrees) when she returned from orchard. Yakima Valley, Washington.

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People Information

Creator
  1. Dorothea Lange, attributed to: American: Photographer, artist, photojournalist
Medium
  1. Photograph
Picture Type
  1. Nitrate negatives. gmgpc
  2. Still image
Geographic Hierarchy

World North and Central America United States Washington Yakima Yakima Valley

  1. 46 25 00 N , 120 30 00 W
Category Hierarchy

Society & Culture Family Life

People Other

Society & Culture Wealth & Poverty

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4102x4251
File Size : 17,029kb

Aliases

  1. 2017772694
  1. 1010003124
  1. 2-899-396
  1. 2017772694
  1. 2899396
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