Sujet

Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Légende

Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway. Depression refugees from Iowa. Left Iowa in 1932 because of father's ill health. Father an auto mechanic laborer, painter by trade, tubercular. Family has been on relief in Arizona but refused entry on relief roles in Iowa to which state they wish to return. Nine children including a sick four-month-old baby. No money at all. About to sell their belongings and trailer for money to buy food. "We don't want to go where we'll be a nuisance to anybody".

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM22A48_370

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

29,8Mo (1,1Mo) / 24,2cm x 30,8cm / 2857 x 3641 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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