Obverse of “Drought Refugees from Oklahoma Camping by the Roadside” print
August 1936
Dorothea Lange
Correspondence (Ink on paper)
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
8 in x 10 in
A67.137.94028b
Additional Information
Inscription in Lange's hand (pencil): "Aug 1936 / Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside. They hope to work in the cotton fields. Family of 7 - Blythe, California /// The official at the border,
Inscription in Lange's hand (pencil): "Aug 1936 / Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside. They hope to work in the cotton fields. Family of 7 - Blythe, California /// The official at the border, (Calif - Ariz) inspection service said that on this day, Aug 17 1936 23 carloads and truckloads of migrant families out of the drought counties of Oklahoma and Arkansas had passed through that station entering California up to 3 o'clock in the afternoon."
also (pencil): "RA 9665-E" and red ink stamp: "Resettlement Administration"
