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Oklahomans in public camp on relief, Coachella Valley, California
Oklahomans in public camp on relief, Coachella Valley, California

Oklahomans in public camp on relief, Coachella Valley, California

Artist Dorothea Lange (American, 1895 - 1965)
DateFebruary 1935
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 5/8 inches (22.54 × 16.83 cm)
Mount: 8 7/8 × 6 5/8 inches (22.54 × 16.83 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4226
SignedArtist's label attached to mount verso, upper left, white label with green type: "PICTURES OF PEOPLE / DOROTHEA LANGE / 2515 GOUGH ST . SAN FRANCISCO"
InscribedOn mount verso, right edge, in black pen: "Oklahomans in Coachella Valley - / living in the public camp / February 1935"
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper right, in black pen: "8" [circled]; On mount verso, central left, in pencil: "9333"; On mount verso, lower left, in pencil: "J68 / HF235".
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DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print of mother and children in a migrant workers' camp.Exhibition History

Dignity vs. Despair: Dorothea Lange and the Depression Era Photographers, 1933-1941. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 23 – November 26, 2017, no cat.

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