Sujet

Refugees camped by the roadside beside an irrigated pea field, nine miles from Calipatria, CA, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Légende

Forty families of drought and depression refugees camped by the roadside beside an irrigated pea field. A freeze which destroyed the pea crop threw practically every family in this camp on emergency relief. Nine miles from Calipatria, California.

Date

1937

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM22A49_146

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

178,3Mo (5,9Mo) / 75,7cm x 59,0cm / 8938 x 6974 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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