A father with his sick child. This man moved his family from Texas to Oregon in a homemade trailer in 1939 in order to secure work in a potato field.Photo by Dorothea Lange. [American Memory link]
Showing posts with label Oregon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oregon. Show all posts
Jul 6, 2009
Worry and Hardship
A father with his sick child. This man moved his family from Texas to Oregon in a homemade trailer in 1939 in order to secure work in a potato field.Photo by Dorothea Lange. [American Memory link]
Jul 4, 2009
Hanging With Grandad
A fourth of July picnic in Vale, Oregon. 1941. (Click the image for a larger view.)Photo by Russell Lee. [American Memory link]
May 16, 2009
Flat Tire
The family to which these younsters belonged had just arrived in Oregon from Kansas, hoping to get work harvesting potatoes. Other photos in the series show a flat tire being replaced on their trailer/wagon - thus providing Dorothea Lange with this photo opportunity.Sept. 1939. [American Memory link]
Apr 21, 2009
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