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Dorothea LANGE "We come from the State nobody likes"

Dorothea LANGE "We come from the State nobody likes"

Dorothea LANGE

Ten children, "We come from the State nobody likes."

From Chickasaw, Oklahoma. California, March, 1937

Vintage Gelatin Silver Print

7 7/8 x 7 3/8 inches (image size)
Mounted to thin card.

Typed paper caption slip attached to lower margin, mount recto: “Ten children. 'We come from the state Nobody likes.' From Chickasaw Oklahoma. California, March, 1937”
Inscribed on mount verso by Lange, “8C.”
Inscribed upper  mount verso in pencil: “Dorothea Lange from
Resettlement Administration” and “RA 16300-E”

This print was made and submitted by Dorothea Lange with other  
photographs keyed to a layout and story for inclusion in Life  
Magazine. Life published only one of the images in the Spring, 1937  
issue.

Published (this print): Fortune, April 1939, p. 97, article titled, “Along  
the Road”

Library of Congress catalog number for this image: LC-USF34-016300-E
Titled there: “Children of migrant agricultural workers in California.”


 

 

 

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