Title

Drought refugees in California near Holtville, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Caption

Drought refugees in California near Holtville.

Date

1937

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A49_227

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

174,8Mb (6,7Mb) / 29,5in x 23,0in / 8862 x 6894 (300dpi)

Keywords

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