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| View Original: | An outbuilding of the former Weedpatch camp south of Bakersfield, California LCCN2013631374.tif.tiff (7360x4912) | |||
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| Keywords: An outbuilding of the former Weedpatch camp south of Bakersfield, California LCCN2013631374.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Title date and keywords provided by the photographer ; Credit line The Jon B Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Gift; The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation in memory of Jon B Lovelace; 2012; DLC/PP-2012 063 ; Forms part of Jon B Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Weedpatch Camp a rescue camp for distressed migrant workers whom some disparagingly called Okies who had fled Dust Bowl conditions in the Great Plains The camp was also referred to as the Sunset Camp and was officially known as the Arvin Federal Government Camp Author John Steinbeck called it Weed Patch Camp in his novel The Grapes of Wrath 2013 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2013631374 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/24100/24196a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 24196 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 24196 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ The Jon B Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Jon B Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||