Dust Bowl Refugee from Oklahoma, 1937

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Dust Bowl Refugee from Oklahoma, 1937

An unidentified female Dust Bowl refugee from Chickasaw, Oklahoma. This photo was taken in the Imperial Valley, California in March of 1937 by Dorothea Lange, who took a collection of photos all over the United States in order to document the times (the Dust Bowl and the Depression in general) for the Farm Security Administration.

Date & Place: March 1937 at Imperial Valley in California United States of America

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