Title
Depression refugees from Iowa
Caption
Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway. Depression refugees from Iowa. Left Iowa in 1932 because of father's ill health. Father an auto mechanic labourer, painter by trade, tubercular. Family has been on relief in Arizona but refused entry on relief roles in Iowa to which state they wish to return. Nine children including a sick four-month-old baby. No money at all. About to sell their belongings and trailer for money to buy food. 'We don't want to go where we'll be a nuisance to anybody' 1936
Date
1936
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP18A00_465
License type
Rights managed
Available size
78,3Mb (8,6Mb) / 16,7in x 18,2in / 5000 x 5474 (300dpi)