Daughter of migrant workers
date: label: Date made
content: 1937
name: label: photographer
content: Mydans, Carl
notes: label: Description
content: While traveling through Texas capturing images for his photo essay, Mydans focused not only on the free and prosperous cowboys on the range, but also on the displaced population that was still struggling to find a job amidst a national economic crisis. In the 1930s, a combination of droughts, the Depression, and the increased mechanization of farming prompted a migration of small farmers and laborers from Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas to the western United States.
label: Description
content: This girl's family probably traveled on its own, following the crops from one place to another, in order to make a living.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Texas, Raymondville
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
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content: Carl Mydans
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Mydans, Carl. Carl Mydans, Photojournalist
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0228.036
label: accession number
content: 2005.0228
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0228.036
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm