Sujet

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Légende

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies. The father, aged thirty-five, is an intelligent fellow, a painter by trade. Advanced tuberculosis, victim of an occupational disease. Ineligible for WPA (Works Progress Administration), rated as totally disabled. As a state charge under Oklahoma relief standards, the family were told the maximum relief would be seven dollars every two weeks. They lost their home, their furniture, took to the road a year ago and when the photographs were made they were found to be without money, shelter, and without food for the four children.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM22A49_096

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,5Mo (2,5Mo) / 34,6cm x 36,6cm / 4084 x 4320 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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