Title

Housing of families living on (WPA) jobs, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Caption

Housing of families living on Works Progress Administration (WPA) jobs on the plains, in the brush, and in many cheap auto trailer camps of Kern County, California, reflect the shortage of housing for low income workers.

Date

1938

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A50_435

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

147,8Mb (4,7Mb) / 28,4in x 20,2in / 8527 x 6059 (300dpi)

Keywords

California countryside politics economics country housing migration migrating photography accommodation rustic political tent tents location century camp thirties concept depression negative recession B&W United States of America black & white black and white B W 1930s WPA 20th century Great Depression rural American America USA New Deal rural life TGN photograph united states Regionalism Tent City 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 Work Projects Administration Works Progress Administration