Title

Drought refugee families from Oklahoma on road to Roswell, New Mexico, near Lordsburg, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Caption

Drought refugee families from Oklahoma on road to Roswell, New Mexico, to chop cotton. Near Lordsburg, New Mexico.

Date

1937

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A49_412

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52,1Mb (1,7Mb) / 13,9in x 14,6in / 4163 x 4376 (300dpi)

Keywords

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