On highway no. 1 of the "OK" state near Webbers Falls, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. Seven children and eldest son's family. Father was a blacksmith in Paris, Arkansas. Son was a tenant farmer. "We're bound for Kingfisher (Oklahoma wheat) and Lubbock (Texas cotton). We're not trying to but we'll be in California yet. We're not going back to Arkansas; believe I can better myself"
Dublin Core
Title
On highway no. 1 of the "OK" state near Webbers Falls, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. Seven children and eldest son's family. Father was a blacksmith in Paris, Arkansas. Son was a tenant farmer. "We're bound for Kingfisher (Oklahoma wheat) and Lubbock (Texas cotton). We're not trying to but we'll be in California yet. We're not going back to Arkansas; believe I can better myself"
Subject
Family migration due to Dust Bowl
Description
Same as title
Creator
Lange, Dorothea, photographer
Source
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
https://www.loc.gov/item/2017770570/
https://www.loc.gov/item/2017770570/
Publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Date
1938 June.
Rights
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs
https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html
https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html
Format
Nitrate negatives
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Nitrate negatives
Physical Dimensions
2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
Citation
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, “On highway no. 1 of the "OK" state near Webbers Falls, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. Seven children and eldest son's family. Father was a blacksmith in Paris, Arkansas. Son was a tenant farmer. "We're bound for Kingfisher (Oklahoma wheat) and Lubbock (Texas cotton). We're not trying to but we'll be in California yet. We're not going back to Arkansas; believe I can better myself",” The Kudzu Experience, accessed July 22, 2025, https://kudzu.ecdsomeka.org/items/show/44.