Title

Destitute farm families, FSA distributing depot, Bakersfield, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Caption

Destitute farm families come to FSA (Farm Security Administration) distributing depot to apply for food grant. Bakersfield, Kern County, California.

Date

1938

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A50_419

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51,6Mb (1,3Mb) / 13,8in x 14,6in / 4128 x 4365 (300dpi)

Keywords

California agriculture people male work employment job man men farming queue waiting economics pipe country guy occupation clothes smoking photography relief dress poor poverty location century textiles profession fabric overalls queuing aid clothing thirties textile concept depression negative recession denim APPAREL B&W dungarees relieved benefits benefit unemployed unemployment Bakersfield United States of America destitute welfare black & white black and white B W workwear 1930s farm hand farmhand farm hands farmhands farm worker farm workers tobacco pipe 20th century farmworker farmworkers Great Depression American America USA agricultural worker farm labourer TGN photograph unemployment benefit united states Welfare State Kern Heritage Art agricultural workers farm labourers Dorothea Lange Lange Dorothea Taylor Dorothea Lange Dorothea Lange Taylor Russell Lee Lee Russell clothing & dress fashion & clothing bib overalls Farm Security Administration FSA Office of War Information OWI United States Office of War Information Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn Nutzhorn Dorothea Margaretta nitrate negative