Title

Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Caption

Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99, California. The father, twenty-four, and the mother, seventeen, came from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, early in 1935. Their baby was born in the Imperial Valley, California, where they were working as field laborers.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A49_124

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NA

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NA

License type

Rights managed

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175,9Mb (4,9Mb) / 29,7in x 23,0in / 8902 x 6906 (300dpi)

Keywords

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