Arvin Farm Labor Camp

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Filename: 0-495.jpg
PID: islandora:76_822
Title: Arvin Farm Labor Camp
Creator: Dorothea Lange
Date issued: 1936-04-10
Description: Arvin Co-op Store and Gasoline Station, at the entrance to Farm Security Administration Arvin Farm Labor Camp ('Weedpatch'). This store was started 12/15/1939 by 60 camp members who each contributed 1 dollar to get it started. Lange's photographs influenced the development of documentary... Show moreArvin Co-op Store and Gasoline Station, at the entrance to Farm Security Administration Arvin Farm Labor Camp ('Weedpatch'). This store was started 12/15/1939 by 60 camp members who each contributed 1 dollar to get it started. Lange's photographs influenced the development of documentary photography and humanized the consequences of the Great Depression. Show less
File Format: Image/jpg
Object type: photographic prints
Tags: Dust Bowl
Subject, LCSH: Lange, Dorthea, 1895-1965
Subject, TGM: Agricultural laborers
Camps
Geographic coverage: Kern County -- California
Collection: Steinbeck Center Photo Archive
Repository: Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies, SJSU
Rights: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies.
Note: Acquired 1975-05-f17 from National Archives (2,10USD); Published in journal: SR 12.1 (2015)
Digital reproduction information: Scanning details unknown.