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"I don't like you make the picture because we have shame for these house," squatter's camp, Imperial Valley
"I don't like you make the picture because we have shame for these house," squatter's camp, Imperial Valley

"I don't like you make the picture because we have shame for these house," squatter's camp, Imperial Valley

Artist Dorothea Lange (American, 1895 - 1965)
DateApril 1935
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 1/4 × 9 3/16 inches (18.42 × 23.34 cm)
Mount: 8 1/2 × 11 inches (21.59 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4319
Signednone
InscribedOn mount recto, bottom, in black pen: ""I don't like you make the picture because we have shame for thees house" / Squatter's camp. Imperial valley April 1935"
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DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print mounted on spiral ring-bound board; image of a 'squatter's 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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Eighty-year-old woman living in a squatter's camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California
Eighty-year-old woman living in a squatter's camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California
Dorothea Lange
November 1936
2005.27.4189
FULTON. MO. FEBRUARY. FIRST. 1974 FREE THOUGHT; FREE SPEECH; YES" IN THIS DAY, AND AGE" WITH ALL OF OUR CHURCHES; SCHOOLS; AND COLLEDGES." YES, THE MOST SHOKING TRUTH" OF MY WHOLE LIFE IS, THE GREAT MULTITUDE' OF PEOPLE; THAT DONT KNOW A HOLY BIBLE' FROM A' FUNNY PAPER, OR AN ALMANAC; I HAVE TALKED TO A GREAT MANY PEOP-LE. AND JUST AS SOON AS I MENTION THE BIBLE THEY GET GOING; I SAY; SHAME ON YOU, YES, GO HANG YOUR HEAD'IN SHAME". IF YOU CANNOT" FIND'A ROPE; THEN HANG YOUR HEAD IN THE FORK=OF A TREE; MY BIBLE SAYS, QUOTE. AND IF A'KINGDOM BE' DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF; THAT KINGDOM CANNOT STAND. AND IF A HOUSE BE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF THAT HOUSE CANNOT = STAND. AND IF SATAN RISE UP AGAINST HIMSELF, AND BE DIVIDED; HE: CANNOT STAND, BUT HATH AN END.ST= MARK.3=24=25=26. READ ON, AND ON. FREE THOUGHT, FREE SPEECH. YES, THE KINGDOM OF CALLAWAY
FULTON. MO. FEBRUARY. FIRST. 1974 FREE THOUGHT; FREE SPEECH; YES" IN THIS DAY, AND AGE" WITH ALL OF OUR CHURCHES; SCHOOLS; AND COLLEDGES." YES, THE MOST SHOKING TRUTH" OF MY WHOLE LIFE IS, THE GREAT MULTITUDE' OF PEOPLE; THAT DONT KNOW A HOLY BIBLE' FROM A' FUNNY PAPER, OR AN ALMANAC; I HAVE TALKED TO A GREAT MANY PEOP-LE. AND JUST AS SOON AS I MENTION THE BIBLE THEY GET GOING; I SAY; SHAME ON YOU, YES, GO HANG YOUR HEAD'IN SHAME". IF YOU CANNOT" FIND'A ROPE; THEN HANG YOUR HEAD IN THE FORK=OF A TREE; MY BIBLE SAYS, QUOTE. AND IF A'KINGDOM BE' DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF; THAT KINGDOM CANNOT STAND. AND IF A HOUSE BE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF THAT HOUSE CANNOT = STAND. AND IF SATAN RISE UP AGAINST HIMSELF, AND BE DIVIDED; HE: CANNOT STAND, BUT HATH AN END.ST= MARK.3=24=25=26. READ ON, AND ON. FREE THOUGHT, FREE SPEECH. YES, THE KINGDOM OF CALLAWAY
Jesse Howard
1974
2017.17.4
FULTON. MO. MARCH.19.1973. THE COURT HOUSE' GANG." YES, THE COURT HOUSE GANG." YOU HAVE PROVED TO MY SATISFACTION." THAT YOU DON'T CARE ADAM'N" FOR' OLD MAN. HOWARD; ONLY. MY TAX $DOLLARS. YOU HAVE RAISED MY TAXES EVERY YEAR." FOR 28. LONG YEARS." YES, YOU ARE NOT SATI-SFIED" TO RAISE MY TAXES, BUT, SOME ONE OF THE GANG TOOK MY OLD AGE PENSION AWAY; MORE YET, YOU ARE: TAKING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENSE; I WAS FORCED TO JOIN THE CARPTNERS UNION; I WAS FIRED BECAUSE, I WOULD NOT; HOOT, TOOT, SHOOT DICE; WITH THE GANG.
FULTON. MO. MARCH.19.1973. THE COURT HOUSE' GANG." YES, THE COURT HOUSE GANG." YOU HAVE PROVED TO MY SATISFACTION." THAT YOU DON'T CARE ADAM'N" FOR' OLD MAN. HOWARD; ONLY. MY TAX $DOLLARS. YOU HAVE RAISED MY TAXES EVERY YEAR." FOR 28. LONG YEARS." YES, YOU ARE NOT SATI-SFIED" TO RAISE MY TAXES, BUT, SOME ONE OF THE GANG TOOK MY OLD AGE PENSION AWAY; MORE YET, YOU ARE: TAKING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENSE; I WAS FORCED TO JOIN THE CARPTNERS UNION; I WAS FIRED BECAUSE, I WOULD NOT; HOOT, TOOT, SHOOT DICE; WITH THE GANG.
Jesse Howard
1973
2017.17.1
Paul Taylor in migrant labor camp, Coachella Valley, California
Paul Taylor in migrant labor camp, Coachella Valley, California
Dorothea Lange
1935
2005.27.4298
Oklahomans in public camp on relief, Coachella Valley, California
Oklahomans in public camp on relief, Coachella Valley, California
Dorothea Lange
February 1935
2005.27.4226
Ex-tenant farmer on relief grant in the Imperial Valley, California
Ex-tenant farmer on relief grant in the Imperial Valley, California
Dorothea Lange
March 1937
2005.27.4318
We moved up to a nicer house. We thought we'd do better, but the real estate man got us. Closing costs were supposed to be $295 but they turned out to be $750. They have you where they want you-you've already moved into the house.
We moved up to a nicer house. We thought we'd do better, but the real estate man got us. Closing costs were supposed to be $295 but they turned out to be $750. They have you where they want you-you've already moved into the house.
Bill Owens
ca. 1972; printed 1998
2007.54.7
FULTON. MO. MAY. 7.TH 1973. YES, 80" YEARS OF HARD" HARD; LABOUR. IS' A-HECK OF A LONG" LONG TIME; YES, SAWING WOOD, TO KEEP THE PEOPLE WARM YES, MANY' FAMILIES: HAVE SAT BY: A RED HOT STOVE' AFTER A SAWED THEIR WOOD. I HAVE SHEARED MANY SHEEP, AND' GOATS I HAVE NAILED SHOES ON A NUMBER: OF HORSE'S. I HAVE PL-OWED' AND ORDERED, MANY GARDENS: FOR ONE THIRD THE PRICE YOU HAVE TO PAY" JUST TO' GET ONE" ONE: tHIRD BRO-KE." i PLOWED WITH A SIX HORSE: TEAM." IN: LITTLE SHASTA. CAL-IN YEAR. 1905. I HAVE STACKED MANY. STACKS' OF: HAY" I HAVE HAULED MANY LOGS TO BE'SAWED INTO LUMBER; I HAVE WORKED' IN SOME OF THE LARGEST SAW MILL'S, IN THE U.S.A. I RUN STREET CARS IN. PINE BLUFF ARK. I DROVE SKILES' IN THE WABAS' RR. IN 1904. QUOTE. IN: THE SWEAT OF THEY FACE SHALT THOU: EAT BREAD; GEN.3:19. JESSE HOWARD.
FULTON. MO. MAY. 7.TH 1973. YES, 80" YEARS OF HARD" HARD; LABOUR. IS' A-HECK OF A LONG" LONG TIME; YES, SAWING WOOD, TO KEEP THE PEOPLE WARM YES, MANY' FAMILIES: HAVE SAT BY: A RED HOT STOVE' AFTER A SAWED THEIR WOOD. I HAVE SHEARED MANY SHEEP, AND' GOATS I HAVE NAILED SHOES ON A NUMBER: OF HORSE'S. I HAVE PL-OWED' AND ORDERED, MANY GARDENS: FOR ONE THIRD THE PRICE YOU HAVE TO PAY" JUST TO' GET ONE" ONE: tHIRD BRO-KE." i PLOWED WITH A SIX HORSE: TEAM." IN: LITTLE SHASTA. CAL-IN YEAR. 1905. I HAVE STACKED MANY. STACKS' OF: HAY" I HAVE HAULED MANY LOGS TO BE'SAWED INTO LUMBER; I HAVE WORKED' IN SOME OF THE LARGEST SAW MILL'S, IN THE U.S.A. I RUN STREET CARS IN. PINE BLUFF ARK. I DROVE SKILES' IN THE WABAS' RR. IN 1904. QUOTE. IN: THE SWEAT OF THEY FACE SHALT THOU: EAT BREAD; GEN.3:19. JESSE HOWARD.
Jesse Howard
1973
2017.17.5
We lived in our house for a year without any living room furniture. We wanted to furnish the room with things we loved, not early attic or leftovers. Now we have everything but the pictures and the lamps. (#2 of 2-part diptych)
We lived in our house for a year without any living room furniture. We wanted to furnish the room with things we loved, not early attic or leftovers. Now we have everything but the pictures and the lamps. (#2 of 2-part diptych)
Bill Owens
ca. 1972; printed 1998
2007.54.52
We lived in our house for a year without any living room furniture. We wanted to furnish the room with things we loved, not early attic or leftovers. Now we have everything but the pictures and the lamps. (#1 of 2-part diptych)
We lived in our house for a year without any living room furniture. We wanted to furnish the room with things we loved, not early attic or leftovers. Now we have everything but the pictures and the lamps. (#1 of 2-part diptych)
Bill Owens
ca. 1972; printed 1998
2007.54.53
Because we live in the suburbs we don't eat too much Chinese food. It's not available in the supermarkets so on Saturday we eat hot dogs.
Because we live in the suburbs we don't eat too much Chinese food. It's not available in the supermarkets so on Saturday we eat hot dogs.
Bill Owens
ca. 1972; printed 1998
2007.54.26
I don't feel that Richie playing with guns will have a negative effect on his personality. (He already wants to be a policeman). His childhood gun-playing won't make him into a cop-shooter.
I don't feel that Richie playing with guns will have a negative effect on his personality. (He already wants to be a policeman). His childhood gun-playing won't make him into a cop-shooter.
Bill Owens
ca. 1972; printed 1998
2007.54.71