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Waiting for the Oranges: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 03/15/2008 - 10:16am.
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November 1936. "Drought refugee from Polk, Missouri. Awaiting the opening of orange picking season at Porterville, California." View full size. Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration.
Porterville
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 03/26/2008 - 4:23pm.
He's wearing new clothes. Reminds me of a short piece that John Steinbeck wrote in the 1930s, describing a family of migratory workers he came accross one morning in California. If I recall, life was good for them that morning: they had new clothes and food. They shared breakfast with him.
I hope...
Submitted by mad4books on Sun, 03/16/2008 - 3:08pm.
...his life turned out okay and that California turned out to be a happy home. (Does he remind anyone else of Vladimir Putin?)
Landon and Knox
Submitted by DTNelson on Sat, 03/15/2008 - 11:15pm.
Assuming that is his car, I see by the sticker in his rear window that he did not support Franklin Roosevelt in the election that month.
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