Cars on the Road
August 1936
Dorothea Lange
Gelatin silver print with typewritten captions
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
11 in x 8.5 in
A67.137.94035
© The Dorothea Lange Collection, the Oakland Museum of California.
Drought refugees from Abilene, Texas who are following the crops of California as migratory workers.
Additional Information
Typewritten caption: "Two years drought, then a crop. Then two years drought-- and so on. I got two brothers still tryin' it back there, and this year they're sittin'." Mother of family from Abilene, Texas on t
Typewritten caption: "Two years drought, then a crop. Then two years drought-- and so on. I got two brothers still tryin' it back there, and this year they're sittin'." Mother of family from Abilene, Texas on the highway, California, August, 1936"
