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Dorothea Lange: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 06/03/2007 - 2:43pm.
Dorothea Lange, Resettlement Administration photographer, in California atop car with her giant camera. February 1936. View full size.
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Chapel Hill: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 06/03/2007 - 2:42pm.
Fourth of July 1939 near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. "Rural filling stations become community centers and general loafing grounds. Cedargrove Team members about to play in a baseball game." Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange. View full size.
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Mud Bowl: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 06/03/2007 - 2:40pm.
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June 1938. Caddo, Oklahoma. Migrants leave the small towns as well as the farms of the southwest. This region is a source of many emigrants to the Pacific Coast. View full size. Photograph by Dorothea Lange.
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Tenant Farmer: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 06/03/2007 - 2:38pm.
July 1939. Tenant farmer in Chatham County, North Carolina. View full size. Farm Security Administration photograph by Dorothea Lange.
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Sick Baby: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 06/03/2007 - 2:38pm.
April 1939. Farm Security Administration migrant camp at Westley, California. Migrant mother with sick baby and agricultural workers medical association card. View full size. Photograph by Dorothea Lange.
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Rex Theatre: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 06/03/2007 - 2:37pm.
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House Call: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 06/03/2007 - 2:36pm.
October 1939. Farm Security Administration camp unit at Merrill, Oregon. The camp nurse introduces doctor to mother of sick baby. View full size.
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