Title

A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Caption

A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia. The father repairs sewing machines, lawn mowers, etc. He is leaving Macon, where a license is required for such work (twenty-five dollars) and heading back for Alabama.

Date

1937

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A50_201

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

29,2Mb (787,5Kb) / 9,5in x 11,9in / 2863 x 3570 (300dpi)

Keywords

highway road female women woman people male child children employment job man men waiting family father economics country fatherhood guy occupation Georgia mother photography poor poverty motherhood location century profession parenting thirties roadside concept depression negative recession mechanic dad B&W unemployed hitchhiker hitchhiking hitchhikers hitching mum United States of America black & white black and white B W 1930s 20th century belongings Great Depression possessions American America USA TGN photograph united states wayside Heritage Art Dorothea Lange Lange Dorothea Taylor Dorothea Lange Dorothea Lange Taylor Russell Lee Lee Russell Farm Security Administration FSA Office of War Information OWI United States Office of War Information Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn Nutzhorn Dorothea Margaretta nitrate negative